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ACTS AND RESOLVES

MASSACHUSETTS

1926

B*" The General Court, which was chosen November 4, 1924, assembled
on Wednesday, the sixth day of January, 1926, for its second annual
session.

His Excellency Alvan T. Fuller and His Honor Frank G. Allen con-
tinued to serve as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectivelj'^, for the
political year of 1926.

ACTS.

An Act validating the municipal election in the city nhnrt

OF CHICOPEE IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ^'

TWENTY-FIVE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:

Section 1. The city election of the city of Chicopee held City election
on Tuesday, the first day of December, nineteen hundred in year 1925
and twentj^-five and all acts and proceedings of said city and ^^^iit^^^ted.
of its boards and officers and all acts of any other persons,
in so far as said election, acts or proceedings may be illegal
or invalid by reason of the fact that said election was held
on the first Tuesday of December instead of on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of December, are hereby
made legal and valid.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 6, 1926.

An Act placing the office of inspector of buildings (Jfidj)
OF the town of watertown under the civil service

LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the inspector of
General Laws, and the rules and regulations made there- w^tertown^
under, shall hereafter apply to the inspector of buildings of placed under
the town of Watertown. kws."^'^ '^^

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance submission
to the voters of said town at its next annual town election *° voters, etc.
in the form of the following question which shall be placed
upon the official ballot to be used for the election of town
officers: — "Shall an act passed by the general court in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled 'An Act
placing the office of the inspector of buildings of the town of
Watertown under the civil service laws', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes in answer to said question are
in the affirmative then this act shall thereupon take full
effect; but for the purpose of such submission it shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved January 26, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 3, 4, 5.

Chap. 3 An Act providing for the participation of the state

TREASURER IN PROCEEDINGS TO SETTLE THE ESTATES OF
ABSENTEES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section one of chapter two hundred of the General Laws
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing: — The state treasurer shall be made a party to
every such petition and shall be given due notice of all
subsequent proceedings under this chapter.

Approved January 27, 1926.

G. L. 200, § 1,
amended.

State

treasurer as
party in pro-
ceedings to
settle estates
of absentees.

Chap.

Nominations
of candidates
for town
offices to be
filled at an-
nual town
meeting of
Grafton to be
held in 1926
validated.

4 An Act relative to the nomination of candidates for
town offices to be filled at the annual town meet-
ing OF the town of GRAFTON TO BE HELD IN THE YEAR
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All nominations of candidates for town
offices to be filled at the annual town meeting of the town
of Grafton in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six
made by nomination papers which have been filed with and
accepted by the town clerk of said town in conformity with
section ten of chapter fifty-three of the General Laws, as
amended by chapter three hundred and eighty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, if and in so far
as such nominations may be invalid by reason of having
been submitted to the registrars for the purpose of having
the signatures thereon certified, in accordance with the
provisions of section seven of said chapter fifty-three, as
amended by section one of chapter two hundred and four-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, instead
of in accordance with the provisions of said section, as
finally amended by chapter one hundred and twenty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, are hereby
made valid.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 28, 1926.

Chap.

G. L. 175,

§ 23 A, etc.
amended.

5 An Act to require foreign insurance companies to
notify the commissioner of insurance of any change
IN the amount of their capital stock or guaranty
or deposit capital.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-three A of chapter one hundrejd and sev-
enty-five of the General Laws, inserted by section two of
chapter one hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, as amended by section two of
chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of said
year, is hereby further amended by striking out the last
paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following: —

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 6, 7. 5

Every foreign company shall forthwith notify the commis- Foreign
sioner in writing as aforesaid of any change of its corporate '"durance
name, of the location of its home or principal office or of notify com-
the amount of its paid-up capital stock or guaranty or de- cfianger[n"
posit capital, and of anv amendments to its charter or "?"!£' '°''^*'°°

• in. . ',. 11 Ki. omfo,

articles of incorporation relative to the classes of business it amount of
may transact and, in case of a foreign company described in or'guaranty
section one hundred and fifty-five, of any change of its clltaretc
resident manager in the United States, or of the trustees, if
any, appointed under section one hundred and fifty-six, or
of the location of his or their principal office. Every foreign Filing of
company shall, within thirty days after the filing of any such documents
notice, or within such further time as the commissioner may setting forth
allow, file with him duly certified documents executed and '^ ^°^^' ^'*''
authenticated in a manner satisfactory to the commissioner
setting forth any such change or amendment, other than a
change of the location of its office or that of its resident
manager or trustees. Approved January 28, 1926.

An Act chaxging the name of the normal art school Chav 6

TO MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF ART.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter seventy-three of the General Laws g. l. 73, § i,
is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the '*™^"'^^«^-
words "normal art school" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — Massachusetts school of art, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 1. The department of education, in this state normal
chapter called the department, shall have general manage- schools.
ment of the state normal schools at Barnstable, Bridgewater,
Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, North Adams, Salem,
Westfield and Worcester, and the Massachusetts school of Name of nor-
art at Boston, wherever said schools may be hereafter located, ^ange'/to""'
and of any other state normal schools hereafter established, schooToKar"^
and of boarding houses connected therewith, and may direct
the expenditure of money appropriated for their maintenance.

Approved January 28, 1926.

Chap.

An Act authorizing the city of fitchburg to borrow

MONEY for the PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND ORIGI-
NALLY EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING ADDITIONS TO THE
BURBANK HOSPITAL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section I. For the purpose of constructing additions to Cityof Fitch-
the Burbank hospital, a public hospital in the city of Fitch- borrow money
burg, and originally equipping and furnishing the said addi- for construct-
tions, said city may borrow from time to time, within a a'ddition's to
period of five years from the passage of this act, such sums ho"sp^trL
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words. Bur- Burbank
bank Hospital Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue MttnllC'''

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 8, 9.

shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no
issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal
to an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax
levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but
shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted
in section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred
and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 1, 1926.

Chap. 8 An Act relative to the tenure of office of the city

CLERK AND ASSISTANT CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF
EVERETT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city clerk and the assistant city clerk
of the city of Everett, and their successors in office, shall
hold office continuously during good behavior unless in-
capacitated by physical or mental disability from perform-
ing the duties of their respective offices; provided, that the
city council may, subject to the provisions of law governing
the removal of civil service employees, remove any incum-
bent of either of said offices. Any vacancy in the office of
city clerk or assistant city clerk in said city shall be filled
by election by the city council voting by ballot.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the
provisions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance
occurs during the current year.

Approved February 1, 1926.

Tenure of
office of city
clerk and
assistant city
clerk of
Everett.

Proviso.

V.acancies.

Submission
to city council,
etc.
Proviso.

Chap. 9

Danvers fire
department,
office of cl;icf
engineer
placed under
civil service
laws.

To apply to
chief of fire
department
in case, etc.

An Act placing the office of chief engineer of the
fire department of the town of danvers and, under
certain conditions, the office of chief of said de-
partment, under the civil service laavs.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of tJie
General Laws, and the rules and regulations made there-
under, shall hereafter apply to the office of the chief engineer
of the fire department of the town of Danvers, but the
present incumbent shall continue to hold office without
examination or reappointment.

Section 2. The words "chief engineer of the fire de-
partment of the town of Danvers" shall be deemed to include
the chief of the fire department of said town in case sections
forty-two to forty-four, inclusive, of chapter forty-eight of
the General Laws become effective in said town by accept-

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 10, 11, 12. 7

ance at tlie annual town nieeting in the current year, where-
upon the present chief engineer of said department shall
become, without examination or appointment, chief of said
fire department.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance Submission
to the voters of said town at its next annual town meeting ^'^ ^ot^ers, etc.
and shall take full effect upon its acceptance by a majority
of the voters voting on the question; but for the purpose of
such submission, it shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 1, 1926.

An Act authorizing the Atlantic union college to nL..^-. i n

GRANT THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCA- ' ^*
TION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Atlantic Union College, of Lancaster, is hereby author- Atiautio
ized to grant to graduates of its four year college courses, i^ge°ma^°g'rant
qualified by scholarship and previous college entrance degrees of
preparation, degrees of Bachelor of Religious Education. Religious"

Approved February 1, 1926. Education.

An Act authorizing the international young men's nhr,^^ 1 1

CHRISTIAN association COLLEGE TO GRANT CERTAIN ^ '

degrees.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The International Young Men's Christian Association international
College, of Springfield, is hereby authorized to confer the chHsfia^n*^"^
degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Education, in Association
addition to those degrees it is now authorized to confer. grant certain

Approved February 1, 1926. '^^-'^''^■

An Act transferring the town of erving from the (Jfi^r) \2

EASTERN MEDICAL EXAMINER DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN
county TO THE NORTHERN MEDICAL EXAMINER DISTRICT
OF SAID COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter thirty-eight of the General Laws g. l. 38, § i.
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "Orange" in '^^^n'^e''-
the thirty-eighth line the word : — , Erving, — and by strik-
ing out, in the thirty-ninth line, the word "Erving", — so
that the paragraph included in lines thirty-eight to forty-
three, inclusive, will read as follows: — Franklin county, the Town of
northern district, comprising Orange, Erving, Warwick, l^rred^to'^'"''^'
New Salem and Wendell; the eastern district, Bernardston, northern
Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague, Northfield, Shutesbury "miner district
and Sunderland; and the western district, Ashfield, Buck- e^if^fy.''''"
land, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Hawley,
Heath, Leyden, Monroe, Rowe, Shelburne and Whately.

Approved February 2, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 13, 14, 15.

CJtap. 13 An Act eliminating such provisions of the charter

OF THE CITY OF LYNN AS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE
ADMISSION OF WOMEN TO FULL RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE.

Changes in
charter of
city of Lynn
as relating to
women voters.

Repeals.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section ten of chapter three hundred and
forty of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen
is hereby amended by striking out so much thereof as is con-
tained in lines thirty-two to forty-one, inclusive.

Section 2. Sections nine and fifty-five of said chapter
three hundred and forty are hereby repealed.

Approved February 2, 1926.

G. L. 175, § 60,
amended.

Bonds of
Pertain officers
of domestic
insurance
companies.

Chap. 14 An Act relative to the bonds of certain officers of

DOMESTIC insurance COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixty of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out the last paragraph and inserting in place thereof
the following: — The secretary, the treasurer, if any, and
each assistant secretary and each assistant treasurer of such
a company shall, before entering upon his duties, give a bond
payable to the company conditioned upon the faithful per-
formance of his duties. The bond shall be executed as surety
b}^ a surety company authorized to transact business in the
commonwealth and shall be in a form satisfactory to the com-
missioner and in such penal sum as the directors shall pre-
scribe. If the authority of any such surety company to
transact business in the commonwealth is terminated, each
officer bonded as aforesaid by such surety company shall
forthwith execute a new bond in compliance with this section.
A secretary or assistant secretary or treasurer or assistant
treasurer who enters upon or performs any of the duties of
his office without having previously executed a bond in com-
pliance with this section shall be punished by a fine of not
less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 2. Every secretary, treasurer, assistant secretary
or assistant treasurer of an existing domestic insurance com-
pany who has not previously executed a bond with a duly
authorized surety company as surety shall within thirty days
from the effective date of this act execute a bond complying
with section one thereof. Approved February 2, 1926.

New bonds
required, when.

Penalty.

Certain officers

of existing

domestic

insurance

companies

to execute new

bond, etc.

Chap. 15 An Act to authorize the baldwinville water district

IN THE TOWN OF TEMPLETON TO TAKE WATER FROM A
certain pond or lake and its WATERSHED IN THE TOWN
OF PHILLIPSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

1925, 60, § 3, Section 1. Section three of chapter sixty of the acts of

amen e . nineteen hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended by

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 15. 9

inserting after the word "therefrom" in the ninth line the
words: — , or the Avater or any portion thereof of PliilHpston
pond, sometimes known as Queen lake, and the waters of
any streams tributary thereto within the limits of the town
of Phillipston, — by inserting after the word " Winchendon "
in the eleventh line the words: — or Phillipston, — and by
striking out, in the twelfth and thirteenth lines, the words
" the limits of the aforesaid portion of said town of Win-
chendon" and inserting in place thereof the words: — its
limits, — so as to read as follows: — Section 3. For the Baidwinyiiie
purposes aforesaid, said district, acting by and through its may'^take'*"°*^
board of commissioners hereinafter provided for, may take p"'^^'^;^,!*^'^®'
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the Gen- limits of towns
eral Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, winci^ndon"'
the water or any portion thereof of any well, pond, brook, f"gtrn"'
spring or stream within the limits of the town of Templeton,
or within that portion of the town of Winchendon which lies
between the Winchendon-Templeton town boundary line and
a line parallel thereto and distant two miles therefrom, or the
water or any portion thereof of Phillipston pond, sometimes
known as Queen lake, and the waters of any streams tributary
thereto within the limits of the town of Phillipston, subject
to the approval of the department of public health and sub-
ject to any rights the town of Winchendon or Phillipston may
now have in and to any sources of water supply within its
limits; and for said purposes may take as aforesaid, or ac- May take
quire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of etc!^'" i^^ds,
way and other easements necessary for collecting, storing,
holding and preserving such water and conveying the same
to any part of the territory of said district. Said district ^^y ^^^^\,
may erect on the lands acquired and held under this act ings, etc.
proper dams, buildings, fixtures and other structures, and
may make excavations and procure and operate machinery
and provide such other means and appliances, and do such
other things as may be necessary for the establishment and
maintenance of complete and effective water works; and for May lay
that purpose may construct and lay conduits, pipes and other p'lpes^'etc.
works, over and under any lands, water courses, railroads,
railways, and public or private ways, and along such ways,
in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same;
and for the purposes of constructing, maintaining and repair-
ing conduits, pipes and other works, and for all other proper
purposes of this act, said district may dig up any such lands,
and, under the direction of the selectmen of the town m
which any such way lies, may enter upon and dig up the same,
in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public
travel thereon. The said district shall not enter upon the Restrictions
location of any railroad corporation, or construct or lay any upon raUroad
pipes, conduits or other works within such location, except locations.
at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with
such railroad corporation,, or, in case of failure so to agree,
as may be approved by the department of public utilities.
Said district may purchase water from any municipality for May purchase

water from

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 16, 17, 18.

municipalities,
etc.

such periods of time, in such manner, on such terms and
conditions and in such amounts as said district may by vote
determine, and for the purpose aforesaid the said water
district, by its board of commissioners, may make a contract
or contracts.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 4, 1926.

Chap.

Boston school
committee
may grant
degree of
Master of
Education at
The Teachers
College of the
City of Boston.

16 An Act authorizing the school committee of the city
of boston to grant the degree of master of educa-
tion at the teachers college of the city of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The school committee of the city of Boston may grant the
degree of Master of Education to graduates of colleges or
universities who have satisfactorily completed a graduate
course of instruction in The Teachers College of the City of
Boston as prescribed by the board of superintendents, in
addition to the degrees it may now grant to graduates of said
college under authority of chapter two hundred and seventy-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twent^'-two and
chapter one hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four. Approved February 4, 1926.

Chap. 17 An Act relative to preliminary elections for the

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL
OFFICE IN THE CITY OF QUINCY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

There shall be placed upon the ballot to be used at the next
state election in the city of Quincy the following question: —
"Shall sections forty-four A to forty-four G, inclusive, of
chapter forty-three of the General Laws, relative to the
nomination by preliminary elections of candidates for elec-
tive municipal offices in cities governed under a standard form
of city charter, be accepted by the city of Quincy?" If a
majority of the voters voting thereon in said city vote in the
affirmative, said sections shall thereupon take effect therein.

Approved February 4i 1926.

Preliminary
elections for
nomination of
candidates for
elective munic-
ipal office in
city of Quincy.

Chap. 18 An Act authorizing the town of sharon to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Town of
Sharon may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Sharon
School I>nan,
Act of 1926.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new high
school building and originally equipping and furnishing the
same, the town of Sharon may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Sharon School Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 19. 11

issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no
issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to
an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax
levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but
shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in
section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Section 2. ThTs act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 5, 1926.

An Act regulating the taking of trout in a certain

PART OF the DEERFIELD RIVER.

Chap, 19

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section forty-nine of chapter one hundred g. l. iso,
and thirty of the General Laws, as amended by chapter two imencfed.
hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "length" in the seventh line the words: — , or a
trout less than twelve inches in length if taken from that
section of the Deerfield river lying between Shelburne Falls
and the state line at Sherman, Vermont, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 49. Except as provided in section fifty- Buying, seii-
two, no person shall at any time buy, sell or offer for sale a g"^' ^o/^timit
trout or take or have in possession trout between August regulated.
first in any year and April fifteenth of the year following; or
have in possession at any time a brook trout less than six
inches in length or a rainbow or brown trout less than eight
inches in length, or a trout less than twelve inches in length Application
if taken from that section of the Deerfield river lying between parTo^f Deer-
Shelburne Falls and the state line at Sherman, Vermont, ^^''^ "ver.
unless taken by a person lawfully fishing and immediately
returned alive to the water whence it was taken.

Section 2. Section fifty-one of said chapter one hundred ^- ^- ^^j'' ^ ^i,
and thirty is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof
the following: — , nor shall any person take more than five
trout of any or all species in any one day from that section
of the Deerfield river lying between Shelburne Falls and
the state line at Sherman, Vermont, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 51 . No person shall in any one day take Fishing for
a total of more than twenty-five trout of any or all species, ca°tch ™'*^°^
and when two or more persons are angling from the same
boat or raft they shall take for a like period not more in the
aggregate than thirty trout, nor shall any person take more Application
than five trout of any or all species in any one day from that parTof Deer-
section of the Deerfield river lying between Shelburne Falls field river.
and the state line at Sherman, Vermont.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and thirty is hereby g. l. iso, new
further amended by inserting after section fifty -four the §^54.'°" "^'''^'^

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 20, 21.

Restricted
area in

Deerfield river
for breeding
and developing
trout.

G. L. 130, § 53.
amended.

Penalty for
violations
as to taking,
etc., of trout.

following new section: — Section 54 A. For the purpose of
breeding and developing trout, the director may establish
a restricted area in that section of the Deerfield river lying
between Shelburne Falls and the state line at Sherman,
Vermont, and he may, subject to approval by the governor
and council, make rules and regulations for the taking of fish
within such area.

Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and thirty is hereby
further amended by striking out section fifty-three and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 53. Viola-
tion of any provision of the four preceding sections, or of any
rule or regulation made under the preceding section or sec-
tion fifty-four A, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, and the director may,
in case of a violation of any rule or regulation made by him,
suspend or revoke any license or permit granted under
authority of the preceding section.

Approved February 5, 1926.

Chap. 20 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to furnish water

TO THE LYNNFIELD WATER DISTRICT.

City of Lynn
may furnisli
water to
Lynnfield
water district.

Contract.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lynn is hereby authorized to
furnish water to the Lynnfield water district, established by
chapter four hundred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, for such periods of time, in such
manner, on such terms and conditions, and in such amounts,
as the city council of said city of Lynn, by vote or votes, in
accordance with its charter, may determine, and for the
purpose aforesaid, said city of Lynn, by its city council, in
accordance with its charter, may make a contract with said
Lynnfield water district, acting by and through its board of
commissioners.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 9, 1926.

Chap.

Action by
town of
Arlington,
etc., as to
laying out
and construc-
tion of certain
streets
validated.

Petitions for
assessment of
damages, etc.

21 An Act relative to the laying out and construction

OF certain streets in the town of ARLINGTON AND
TO THE ASSESSMENT OF BETTERMENTS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as jolloivs:

Section 1. All action by the town of Arlington and by
any of its boards or officers for the purpose of laying out and
constructing Brooks avenue, Hamlet street, Newton road and
Surry road in said town, in so far as such action may be
invalid by reason of the fact that the orders of taking for
such improvements were recorded in the registry of deeds
after the expiration of the period provided by section three
of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, is hereby vali-
dated and confirmed. The time within which petitions for
the assessment of the damages for takings for the aforesaid
improvements may be brought shall run from the effective

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 22, 23. 13

date of this act, subject otherwise to the provisions of said
chapter seventy-nine. Notwithstanding the provisions of Assessment of
section one of chapter eighty of the General Laws limiting ^^^^^'^"^'^'^ ^•
the period for assessing betterments to six months after the
completion of the improvement and the provisions of section
two of said chapter eighty prohibiting any such assessment
unless the order of taking, plan and estimate are recorded
in the registry of deeds within thirty days from the adoption
of the order, betterments for the aforesaid improvements may
be assessed, subject otherwise to the provisions of said chap-
ter eighty, at any time within six months after said effective
date, if otherwise in accordance with law.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 9, 1926.

An Act authorizing the city of lynn to pension Walter Chav 22

E. coates.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public good, ^'^y plMufn"
the city of Lynn may retire Walter E. Coates, who served the Waiter e.
city faithfully for over fifteen years as a regular fireman and
for five years previously as a call fireman, on an annual
pension, payable monthly, equal to one half of the salary
received by him during the last year of his active service,
which ended June tenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
the said Coates being permanently disabled for further
performance of duty.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- "*y'^°"'i<='i'etc.
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs P'^viso.
during the current year. Approved February 9, 1926.

An Act relative to the enforcement of the laws Chav 23
regulating apiaries.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-eight of chapter one hundred and twenty- g. l. 128, § 38,
eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting ^™^^'^'^'^-
after the word "inclusive" in the second line the following:
— , or after receipt of written request from the inspector or
any of his assistants unreasonably refuses or neglects to
comply with any regulation lawfully made and issued under
said section thirty-two, — so as to read as follows: — Sec- Penalty for
Hon 38. Whoever violates any provision of sections thirty- raS*e°tc! °^
two to thirty-six, inclusive, or after receipt of written request regulating
from the inspector or any of his assistants unreasonably
refuses or neglects to comply with any regulation lawfully
made and issued under said section thirty-two, shall be
punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than ten
dollars, for the second offence by a fine of not more than
twenty-five dollars and for a subsequent offence by a fine of
not more than fifty dollars. Approved February 9, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 24, 25.

Curry.

Chap. 24 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to pat a

SUM OF MONEY TO THE ESTATE OF ROBERT CURRY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

city of Section 1. For the purpose of discharging its moral

pay "sum of ' obligation, the city of Worcester may pay to Harvey Curry,
TRoberr'*^*" administrator of the estate of Robert Curry, who was killed
on January nineteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four
in the city hospital in said city, a public institution thereof,
in consequence of the want of due care in the management of
an elevator in said hospital, the sum of seven hundred and
fifty dollars. Upon the payment of said sum as aforesaid
to said administrator, the said city shall be discharged from
all liability on account of said death.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter;, provided, that such acceptance occurs
during the current year. Approved February 9, 1926.

Submission to
oity council, etc

Proviso.

Chap. 25 An Act enabling the town of milton to sell a portion

OF its playgrounds on ADAMS STREET.

Town of Mil-
ton may sell
portion of its
playgrounds
on Adams
street.

Boundaries
and descrip-
tion of
property.

Action by town,
when may be
taken, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Milton may sell at public
auction or private sale, and convey, the whole or any part
of a certain parcel of real estate situated in that town, which
was acquired for playground purposes and is no longer needed
for public use, and shall use the proceeds of such sale for the
purposes stated in section sixty-three of chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, inserted by section four of chapter
three hundred and three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three. Said parcel of land is bounded and
described as follows: southwesterly by the northeasterly side
line of Adams street, one hundred eighty-one and thirty one
hundredths feet; northwesterly by the southeasterly line of
the old "East Milton School House Lot" extended north-
easterly, three hundred twenty-five feet; northeasterly by
the remaining part of the "Playground Lot", one hundred
eighty-one feet, more or less; and southeasterly by land
formerly of Samuel Babcock, three hundred twenty-five feet.

Section 2. Action hereunder may be taken by the
town at the annual meeting to be held in March nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, but not thereafter, except so far as
is necessary to carry out the provisions of a vote passed at
said meeting or to use as aforesaid the proceeds of said sale.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 10, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 26, 27. 15

An Act providing for the omission of lists of share- (JJkij) 26
holders from certificates of condition of certain '

corporations.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section thirty-seven of chapter one hundred and fifty- G. l. i58. § 37,
eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking '*'"®"^«'^-
out, in the eighth and ninth hnes, the words "the name of
each shareholder and the number of shares standing in his
name", — so as to read as follows: — Section 37. Every Annual cer-
corporation shall annually file in the office of the state secre- condition of
tary, within thirty days after the date fixed in its by-laws for tfMg'^gf^""'""'*"
its annual meeting, or within thirty days after the final etc."
adjournment thereof, but not more than three months after
the date so fixed for said meeting, a certificate signed and
sworn to by its president, treasurer and at least a majority
of its directors, stating the date of holding such meeting, the Contents.
amount of capital stock as it then stands fixed by the cor-
poration, the amount then paid in, and the assets and
liabilities of the corporation, in such form, with such detail
and of such date as the commissioner shall require or approve.
Such certificates shall, by the act of filing, be considered as Filing to be
recorded and shall be preserved by the state secretary in rewrdfng^'jtc.
book form convenient for reference. Such certificate of a Verification by
corporation having a capital stock of one hundred thousand '^"^»*'"'"' ^^e^^-
dollars or more shall be verified by an auditor as provided
in section forty-nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-six.

Approved February 10, 1926.

An Act increasing the penalty for the taking of small Chav 27

PICKEREL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and thirty of ^c^amended^'
the General Laws, as amended by 'section two of chapter
two hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the fourth line, the words "one dollar" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — not less than ten dollars, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 89. Whoever takes from Penalty for
the waters of the commonwealth a pickerel less than twelve ptckefe?.^ ^™^''
inches in length or has in possession any such pickerel shall
be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars for each
pickerel so taken or held In possession; and in prosecutions
under this section the possession of pickerel less than twelve
inches in length shall be prima facie evidence of such unlawful
taking. Approved February 10, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 28, 29, 30.

Chap. 28 An Act relative to the issuing and recording of li-
censes FOR intelligence OFFICES IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two hundred and two of chapter one hundred and
forty of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "of" in the fourteenth Hne the words: —
inteUigence offices, — so as to read as follows: — Section 202.
Licenses granted to keepers of intelligence offices, dealers
in junk, old metals and second hand articles, junk collectors,
pawnbrokers and keepers of billiard saloons, pool or sippio
rooms or tables, bowling alleys, skating rinks and picnic
groves shall, except as hereinafter provided, be signed by the
clerk of the town where they are granted. Every such license
shall, before being delivered to the licensee, be recorded by
the town clerk, in a book kept for that purpose. Such
license shall set forth the name of the licensee, the nature of
the business, and the building or place in such town in which
it is to be carried on, and shall continue in force until May
first following unless sooner revoked. The board or officer
issuing such a license shall, except as provided in section
seventy-seven, receive for the use of the town such amount,
not less than two dollars for each license, as the board or
officer considers reasonable. In Boston licenses for keepers
of intelligence offices, billiard saloons, pool or sippio rooms
or tables, bowling alleys, skating rinks and picnic groves
shall be signed by the licensing board and recorded by its
clerk; the other licenses shall be signed by the police com-
missioner and recorded by his clerk.

Approved February 11, 1926.

G. L. 140,

§ 202, amended.

Certain
licenses
granted by
cities and
towns, signing,
recording, etc.

Contents.

Duration.
Fees.

Certain

licenses granted
by city of Bos-
ton, signing,
recording, etc.

Chap. 29 An Act repealing the law establishing the minimum

RATE OF compensation TO BE PAID ASSESSORS OF TAXES.

Repeal of law
as to minimum
rate of com-
pensation of
assessors of
taxes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eighty-eight of chapter fifty-nine of the General
Laws, establishing the minimum rate of compensation to be
paid assessors of taxes, is hereby repealed.

Approved February 11, 1926.

Chap. 30 An Act extending the time for the acceptance of the

ACT establishing THE HOUSATONIC FIRE AND WATER
district in THE TOWN OF GREAT BARRINGTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirteen of chapter three hundred and forty-one <
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby '
amended by striking out, in the third line, the word "three"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — seven, — and by
striking out, in the fifth line, the word "four" and inserting
in place thereof the word : — eight, — so as to read as f ol-

1923, 341, § 13,
amended.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 31, 32. 17

lows: — Scctio7i 13. For the purpose of its submission for Extension of
acceptance, this act shall take effect upon its passage; but acceptance of
it shall be void unless such acceptance occurs within seven act estabiish-

c, •. I ii- J- J. 'J. J -A • • ing Housatonic

years after its passage and the district, under its provisions. Fire and
shall begin the distribution of water within eight years after ^^''^^ District.
its passage. Approved February 11, 1926.

An Act relative to the enforcement of the plant Chap. 31

PEST CONTROL LAAVS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section twenty-seven of chapter one hun- g. l. 128, § 27,
dred and twenty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended '''^^^"'ied.
by striking out, in the seventh and eighth lines, the words
"prescribe such general requirements" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — make and issue such regulations, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 27. The director, with Powers of
the approval of the commissioner, after a duly advertised div^isionof
public hearing with notice to interested parties, may pro- '^^^^^^{'^'^
hibit for such periods and under such conditions as he may
impose, the delivery within the commonwealth of nursery
stock from outside thereof when in his opinion such nursery
stock is likely to.be infested with insect pests or disease or
is likely to act as a carrier thereof. With the approval of Regulations.
the commissioner, he may make and issue such regulations
as may be needed to carry out sections sixteen to thirty-one,
inclusive, and may publish information about such insects
and disease as come within his observation.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-eight ^^^ll\' ^ ^^'
is hereby further amended by striking out section twenty-
nine and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section Penalty for
29. Whoever violates any provision of sections sixteen to plant^pes^t"
twenty-seven, inclusive, or offers any hindrance to the carry- control laws,
ing out of any part thereof, or after receipt of written request
from the director or any of his assistants unreasonably re-
fuses or neglects to comply with any order or regulation
lawfully made under any of said sections, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars to the use of the commonwealth.

Approved February 11, 1926.

An Act establishing a close season until the year Chap. 32
nineteen hundred and thirty-one on ruffed grouse
IN dukes county.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

It shall be unlawful, before the beginning of the open Close season
season for ruffed grouse throughout the commonwealth in onruffed'^
the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one, to hunt, pursue, f5u^|sc"unt
take or kill a ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, in
Dukes county, or to have in possession a ruffed grouse or
any part thereof taken in said county. Violation of any Penalty.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 33, 34.

provision of this act shall be punished by a fine of twenty
dollars for each bird or part thereof in respect to which the
violation occurs. Approved February 11, 1926.

G. L. 92. I 44,
etc., aiiiendcd.

Notice of hear-
ings upon
petitions for
locations for
street railway,
electric railroad,
gas and elec-
tric companies
in certain
boulevards and
reservations.

Chap. 33 An Act relative to locations for street railway,

ELECTRIC railroad, GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANIES IN
CERTAIN BOULEVARDS AND RESERVATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter ninety-two of the General Laws, as amended in
section forty-four by section two of chapter three hundred
and ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four
and by section two of chapter eighty-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section forty-four and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 44- Subject to the pro-
visions of section forty-three, the commission, upon petition
of a duly authorized official or representative of a street
railway, electric railroad, gas or electric company for such
location, shall give notice to all parties interested of the
time and place at which the commission will give a hearing
upon such petition, at least fourteen days before the hearing,
by publication in one or more newspapers published in each
town where the location petitioned for would lie, and if none
such is published, then by publication in one or more news-
papers published in each county where the location peti-
tioned for would lie; and after hearing, if in the opinion of
the commission public convenience and necessity so require,
it may grant such location, or any part thereof, upon such
terms, conditions and obligations, and for such compensation,
as the public interest and a due regard for the rights of the
commonwealth may require. Any such location shall be
void unless written acceptance by a duly authorized official
or representative of the company is filed with the commis-
sion within sixty days after such company receives notice
of the granting of the same. No order of the department of
public utilities or of the commission shall be required for,
but the commission may make rules and regulations govern-
ing, the renewing, repairing or replacing of poles, wires,
cables or pipes for the transmission of electricity fcfr light,
heat or power or for the distribution of gas, once erected or
constructed in accordance with law, or the making of house
connections or connections between duly located pipes,
conduits and distributing poles.

Approved February 12, 1926.

Gra,nting of
locations, etc.

Location void
unless accept-
ance filed, etc.

Renewing, re-
pairing, etc., of
poles, wires,
cables or
pipes, cic.

House con-
nections, etc.

Chap. 34 An Act placing under the civil service the offices of

CHIEF OF police, AND OF CHIEF ENGINEER AND PERMANENT
assistant ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OF THE
CITY OF FITCHBURG.

City of Fitch-
burg, offices of
chief of police.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The offices of chief of police of the city of
Fitchburg, of chief engineer of its fire department, and of the

Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 35, 36. 19

assistant engineers of said department by ordinance desig- ""d of chief
nated as permanent district chief engineers, shall hereafter o'f'lir'ecfep^art-
be subject to the civil service laws, and the rules and regu- ■""^'^ placed

I • 1 1 1 • 1 !• 1 1 1 under civil

lations made thereunder, respectively applicable thereto. service.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provi- etc^ ^ounci ,
sions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs Proviso.
during the current year. Approved February 12, 1926.

An Act relative to the enforcement of the laws QJmy 35

REGULATING THE GRADING AND PACKING OF APPLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and twelve of chapter ninety-four of ^^Jj^jg^jj ^ ''"'
the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following: — Whoever obstructs or hinders the Penalty in

„•• 1. 'i, _ iu* 'j-j-'il connection with

commissioner or agriculture or any 01 his assistants in the enforcement of
performance of his duties under sections one hundred and apple grading

1111 • 1 • 1 111 ^^"^ packing

one to one hundred and seven, inclusive, and one hundred laws.
and nine to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hun-
dred dollars. Approved February 12, 1926.

An Act providing for precinct voting, representative QJkij) 3(3

TOWN meetings, TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, A REFEREN-
DUM AND AN ANNUAL MODERATOR IN THE TOWN OF WAKE-
FIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the Piecinct voting,
town of Wakefield, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen, towTmeeVng^s,
assessors and registrars of voters of the town, acting jointly, Wakefield*" ^^
and hereinafter referred to as the districting board, shall
forthwith divide the territory thereof into not less than six
nor more than twelve voting precincts, each of which shall
be plainly designated, and shall contain not less than six
hundred registered voters. The precincts shall be so estab- Precincts.
lished as to consist of compact and contiguous territory, to
be bounded as far as possible by the middle line of known
streets and ways or by other well defined limits. All pre-
cincts shall contain approximately an equal number of
registered voters. Their boundaries shall be reviewed and,
if need be, wholly or partly revised by the districting board,
in December, once in five years, or in December of any year
when so directed by a vote of a town meeting not later than
November thirtieth of that year. The districting board board'to'ie-
shall, within ten days after any establishment or revision of t^°^^ doings,
the precincts, but not later than January tenth of the suc-
ceeding year, file a report of their doings with the town clerk,
the assessors and the registrars of voters, with a map or
maps or description of the precincts and the names and
residences of the registered voters therein. The districting

establishment,

etc.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 36.

Division into
voting pre-
cincts, effective
date, etc.

Town clerk to
give written
notice to stnte
secretary, etc.

Meetings of
voters, when
and where to
be held.

Certain pro-
visions of
general laws to
apply, etc.

Representative
town meeting
membership,
number, etc.

Town meeting
members, elec-
tion, terms,
etc.

board shall also cause to be posted in the town hall a map
or maps or description of the precincts as established or
revised from time to time, with the names and residences of
the registered voters therein; and it shall also cause to be
posted in at least one public place in each precinct a map or
description of that precinct with the names and residences
of the registered voters therein. The division of the town
into voting precincts and any revision of such precincts shall
take effect upon the date of the filing of the report thereof
by the districting board with the town clerk.

Whenever the precincts are established or revised, the
town clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the
state secretary, stating the number and designation of the
precincts. Meetings of the registered voters of the several
precincts for elections, for primaries, and for voting upon
any question to be submitted to all the voters of the town,
shall be held on the same day and at same hour, and at such
place or places within the town as the selectmen shall in the
warrant for such meeting direct. The provisions of the
general laws, relating to precinct voting at elections, so far
as the same are not inconsistent with this act, shall apply to
all elections and primaries in the town upon the establish-
ment of voting precincts as hereinbefore provided.

Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, the representative
town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of
the largest number divisible by three which will admit of a
representation of all precincts by an equal number of mem-
bers and which will not cause the total elected tow^n meeting
membership to exceed two hundred and fifty-two. The
registered voters in every precinct shall, at the first annual
town election held after the establishment of the precincts,
and at the first annual town election following any precinct
revision where the number of precincts is changed, conform-
ably to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent with
this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters in
the precinct, other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, provided for in the
first sentence of this section, to be town meeting members
of the town. The first third in order of votes received of
members so elected shall serve three years, the second third
in such order shall serve two years, and the remaining third
in such order shall serve one year, from the day of the annual
town meeting; in case of a tie vote affecting the division into
thirds as aforesaid the members elected from the precinct
shall by ballot determine the same; and thereafter, except
as is otherwise provided herein, at each annual town election
the registered voters of each precinct shall, in like manner,
elect one third of the number of town meeting members to
which that precinct is entitled for the term of three years,
and shall at such election fill for the unexpired term or terms
any vacancy or vacancies then existing in the number of
town meeting members in their respective precincts. Upon

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 36. 21

every revision of the precincts where the number of pre-
cincts is changed, the terms of office of all town meeting
members from every precinct shall cease upon the election
of their successors. The town clerk shall, after every Notice to
election of town meeting members, forthwith notify each "kcted"
member by mail of his election.

Section 3. Any representative town meeting held under Town meetings
the provisions of this act, except as otherwise provided ceTt'afn elected
herein, shall be limited to the voters elected under section members and
two together with the following, designated as town meeting large, etc.^
members at large; namely, any member of the general court
of the commonwealth from the town, the moderator, the
town clerk, the selectmen, the town treasurer, the town
accountant, the town solicitor, the town collector of taxes,
three members of the school committee, to be chosen by it,
one member of the municipal light board, to be chosen by it,
one member of the water and sewage board, to be chosen by
it, one member of the trustees of the public library, to be
chosen by them, one member of the board of health, to be
chosen by it, one member of the park commissioners, to be
chosen by them, the tree warden, one member of the plan-
ning board, to be chosen by it, one member of the assessors
of taxes, to be chosen by them, one member of the regis-
trars of voters, to be chosen by them, one member of the
overseers of the poor, to be chosen by them, and three mem-
bers of the finance committee, to be chosen by it. The town Notice of
clerk shall notify the town meeting members of the time g°^" meetings,
and place at which representative town meetings are to be
held, the notices to be sent by mail at least five days before
the meeting. The town meeting members, as aforesaid, shall
be the judges of the election and qualification of their mem-
bers. A majority of the town meeting members shall con- Quorum,
stitute a quorum for doing business; but a less number may
organize temporarily and may adjourn from time to time.
Notice of every adjourned representative town meeting shall Notice of
be posted by the town clerk in the town clerk's office, and mJet'ingsto bT
said clerk shall notify the members by mail of the adjourned posted, etc.
meeting at least twenty-four hours prior thereto. The
notices shall state briefly the business to be acted upon at the
meeting, and shall include notice of any proposed reconsidera-
tion. All town meetings shall be public. The town meeting Meetings public.
members as such shall receive no compensation. Subject to Nocompen-
such conditions as may be determined from time to time by ^^*'°°-
the representative town meeting, any voter of the town who Voters may
is not a town meeting member may speak at any representa- meet'ingl, etc.
tive town meeting, but shall not vote. A town meeting Resignations.
member may resign by filing a written resignation with the
town clerk, and such resignation shall take effect on the date
of such filing. A town meeting member who removes from Removal from
the town shall cease to be a town meeting member and a dnc^, "effect'
town meeting member who removes from one precinct to
another or is so removed by a revision of precincts shall
not retain membership after the next annual election.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 36.

Nomination of
candidatt-s fol-
low ii meeting
members, how
made.

Proviso.

Acceptance of
iionaiiiitiou.

Warrant
articles, how
acted upon,
etc.

Moderator,
election, etc.

Moderator pro
tempore.

Vacancies in
full number of
town meeting
members,
filling, etc.

Notices of
vacancy.

Calling of
epecial meeting.

Choice by
ballot.

Certificate of
cb'iice, etc.

Section 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting
members to be elected under this act shall be made by
nomination papers, which shall bear no political designation
and shall be signed by not less than twenty-five voters of
the precinct in which the candidate resides, and filed with
the town clerk at least ten days before the election; pro-
vided, that any town meeting member may become a candi-
date for re-election by giving written notice thereof to the
town clerk at least twenty days before such election. No
nomination paper shall be valid in respect to any candidate
whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto.

Section 5. The articles in the warrant for every town
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moderator,
town officers, and town meeting members, as hereinbefore
provided, to referenda and all matters to be acted upon and
determined by ballot, shall be so acted upon and determined
by the voters of the town in their respective precinct meet-
ings. All other articles in the warrant for any town meet-
ing, beginning with the annual town meeting in the year
when said town meeting members are first elected, shall be
acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting
members at a meeting to be held at such time and place as
shall be set forth by the selectmen in the Avarrant for the
meeting, subject to the referendum provided for by section
eight.

Section 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at
each annual town meeting and shall serve as moderator of
all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law,
until a successor is elected and qualified. Nominations for
and election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other
elective town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be
filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held for
that purpose. If a moderator is absent a moderator pro
tempore may be elected by the town meeting members.

Section 7. Any vacancy in the full number of town
meeting members from any precinct may be filled until the
next annual election by the remaining town meeting mem-
bers of the precinct from among the registered voters thereof.
Upon petition therefor signed by not less than ten town
meeting members from the precinct, notices of the vacancy
shall promptly be given by the town clerk to the remaining
members from the precinct in which the vacancy exists, and
said clerk shall call a special meeting of such members for
the purpose of filling any vacancy. The town clerk shall
cause to be mailed to every such member, not less than four
days before the time set for the meeting, a notice specifying
the object, time and place of the meeting. At the said
meeting a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum,
and they shall elect from their own number a chairman and
a clerk. The choice to fill any vacancy shall be by ballot,
and a majority of the votes cast shall be required for a
choice. The chairman and the clerk shall make a certificate
of the choice and forthwith file the same with the town

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 36. 23

clerk, together with a written acceptance by the member
or members so chosen, who shall thereupon be deemed
elected and qualified as a town meeting member or mem-
bers, subject to the right of all the town meeting members to
judge of the election and qualifications of members as set
forth in section three.

Section 8. No article in the warrant shall at any rep- Disposition of
resentative town meeting be finally disposed of by a vote to arUdes^ctc.
pass over, to lay upon the table, to indefinitely postpone or
to take no action thereon. No vote passed at any repre- Votes, when
sentative town meeting under any article in the warrant, °p<^'''^*>^<'-
except a vote to adjourn or a vote for the temporary borrow-
ing of money in anticipation of taxes, shall be operative until
after the expiration of seven days, exclusive of Sundays and
holidays, from the dissolution of the meeting. If, within Referendum.
said seven days a petition, signed by not less than two hun-
dred registered voters of the town, containing their names
and addresses, as they appear on the list of registered voters,
or signed by not less than fifty town meeting members, is
filed with the selectmen requesting that the question or
questions involved in such vote be submitted to the voters
of the town at large, then the selectmen, within fourteen
days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special meet-
ing, which shall be held within ten days after the issuing
of the call, for the sole purpose of presenting to the voters
at large the question or questions so involved. The polls Polling hours.
shall be opened at two o'clock in the afternoon and shall be
closed not earlier than eight o'clock in the evening, and all
votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by Votes by ballot,
ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several precinct ^*'^'
meetings in the same manner as in the election of town
officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined by Questions, how-
vote of the same proportion of voters at large voting thereon 6^0.^"^™'"" '
as would have been required by law of the town meeting
members had the question been finally determined at a rep-
resentative town meeting. The questions so submitted ^,ated°u"pon'"^
shall be stated upon the ballot in the same language and ballot, etc.
form in which they were stated when presented to said rep-
resentative town meeting by the moderator as appears from
the records of the said meeting. If such petition is not filed tive^ff'mf'^*'
within the said period of seven days, the vote of the repre- petition, etc.
sentative town meeting shall become operative upon the
expiration of the said period.

Section 9. The town of Wakefield, after the acceptance Powers of
of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and to be town meeting
bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when members, etc.
convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute
representative town meetings; and the representative town
meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to
the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal
corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of
law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town
affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any representa-

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 37, 38.

Certain_ rights
not abridged,
etc.

Submission to
voters of town
of Wakefield,
etc.

Time of
taking effect.

tive town meeting in accordance with the provisions of this
act, have the same force and effect as if such action had
been taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of the
town as heretofore organized and conducted.

Section 10. This act shall not abridge the right of the
inhabitants of Wakefield to hold general meetings, as that
right is secured to them by the constitution of the com-
monw^ealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative
town meeting in Wakefield the power finally to commit the
town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or
changing its government, without action thereon by the
voters of the town at large, using the ballot and the check
lists therefor.

Section 11. This act shall be submitted to the regis-
tered voters of the toAvn of Wakefield at any annual or special
town meeting called for the purpose. The vote shall be
taken in precincts by ballot in accordance with the pro-
visions of the general laws, so far as the same shall be appli-
cable, in answer to the question, which shall be placed upon
the official ballot used for the election of town officers:
" Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-six entitled * An Act providing for
precinct voting, representative town meetings, tow^n meet-
ing members, a referendum and an annual moderator in the
town of Wakefield' be accepted by this town?"

Section 12. So much of this act as authorizes its sub-
mission for acceptance to the registered voters of the town
shall take effect upon its passage, and the remainder shall
take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters
voting thereon. Approved February 15, 1926.

Chap. 37 An Act authorizing the Massachusetts homceopathic

HOSPITAL TO HOLD ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital, incorporated
by chapter four hundred and eleven of the acts of eighteen
hundred and fifty-five, is hereby authorized, for the pur-
poses of its incorporation, to hold property to an amount
not exceeding ten million dollars.

Approved February 15, 1926.

Massaciiusetts
Homceopathic
Hospital may
hold additional
property.

Chap. 38 An Act relative to the form of application for ballots

BY ABSENT VOTERS.

G. L. 54, §
par. (6),
amended.

Form of
application
for ballots
by absent
voters.

87,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eighty-seven of chapter fifty-four of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (6) and
inserting in place thereof the following: — (h) Blank forms
of application for such ballots, worded as follow^s:

I, , hereby apply for an official absent voting

ballot. I am a legal resident of the city or town of
and a duly registered voter at ,

(Street and Number) (City or Town)

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 39, 40. 26

and, as I believe, entitled to vote at the next state election at

precinct , ward , in the city or town of

. Mail official absent voting ballot to

(Street and Number) (Pi ty or Town) (State)

(If in the service of the United States, the apj)licant will
fill out the following:) I am in the military, naval, civil
service of the United States, and my rank or official position
is . (Signature) (date)

We, the undersigned, a majority of the registrars of
voters of the of , hereby certify

that the above signature, to the best of our knowledge and
belief, appears to be genuine, and that we believe said
is a duly registered voter in said pre-
cinct , ward , city or town of
Registrars of voters of the of

Approved February 15, 1926.

An Act authorizing the town of boylston to borrow fjjnY) 39

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a school 5°^.°^

, ., J. , . . „ ^ . ^ . , » ... -J 1 -I 1 Boylston may

buildmg and ongmally equippmg and lurnisnmg said build- borrow money
ing, the town of Boylston may borrow from time to time, p°urposes.
within a period of five years from the passage of this act, such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
fifteen thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes •

therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Boylston Boylston
School Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall con- acS/uT'
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall
be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised in the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section
seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 18, 1926.

An Act further extending the boundaries of the north ni^Q^ ac)

CHELMSFORD FIRE DISTRICT. ' '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The boundaries of the North Chelmsford North cheims-
Fire District, established by chapter one hundred and nine- District,
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and six and extended f'ur'ther"^^
by chapter three hundred and fourteen of the acts of nine- extended.
teen hundred and ten, are hereby further extended so as to

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 41.

Chap.

Union Trust
Company of
Springfield,
>Iassacliusett3
may liold
additional
real estate,
etc.

include the territory hereinafter described and such taxable
inhabitants of the town of Chelmsford as reside in said
territory: — Beginning at the northwesterl}' corner of the
said territory at a point in the southerly line of the present
fire district distant approximately one hundred twenty-five
feet westeWy from the westerly line of the North road;
thence running southerly parallel with and distant approxi-
mately one hundred twenty-five feet westerly from the said
westerly line of the North road one thousand two hundred
six and thirty-eight one hundredths feet to a point; thence
turning at an angle of ninety-six degrees twenty-two minutes
twenty seconds and running easterly across the North road
three hundred one and eighty-six one hundredths feet to a
point; thence turning at an angle of eighty-three degrees
thirty-seven minutes forty seconds and running in a north-
westerly direction nearly parallel with and distant approxi-
mately one hundred twenty-five feet easterly from the.
easterly line of said North road two hundred ninety-eight
and forty-six one hundredths feet to a point; thence turning
at an angle of two hundred four degrees fifty-two minutes
twenty seconds and running in a general northerly direction
parallel with and approximately one hundred twenty-five
feet easterly from the easterly line of the Old road, so-called,
being the road leading from the North road to the Princeton
boulevard, nine hundred ten and thirteen one hundredths
feet to a point in the southerly line of the present fire dis-
trict; thence turning at an angle of one hundred two degrees
twenty-four minutes thirty seconds and running south-
westerly along the southerly line of the present fire district
across said Old road two hundred fifty-six and forty-four one
hundredths feet to a fire district bound; thence running
still southwesterly across the said North road two hundred
thirty-eight and seventy-nine one hundredths feet to the
point of beginning. Being the premises shown on a plan
entitled, " Extension to North Chelmsford Fire District,
North Chelmsford, Mass., Surveyed December 19, 1925, by
J. C. and W. T. Monahan, Civil Engineers, Lowell, Mass.",
and containing according to said plan eleven and eight one
hundredths acres.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1926.

41 An Act authorizing the union trust company of spring-
field, MASSACHUSETTS, TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE
IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Union Trust Company of Springfield,
Massachusetts, a trust company organized under the laws
of this commonwealth and having its usual place of business
in the city of Springfield, may, subject otherwise to the pro-
visions of section forty-one of chapter one hundred and
seventy-two of the General Laws, as amended by chapter

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 42, 43. 27

three hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-two, and to the approval of the commis- Approval of
sioner of banks, invest in real estate in said city suitable for of'brnks!""^'^
and to be used in whole or in part for the transaction of its
business to an amount, including the cost of alterations and
additions in the nature of permanent fixtures, not exceeding
directly or indirectly two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
in addition to the amount permitted by said section forty-
one, amended as aforesaid, to be held by said trust company
at the time this act takes effect.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act authorizing the town of walpole to incur QJiqj) 42
indebtedness for school purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and waTp"oi^^may
constructing a new school building or of constructing addi- borrow money
tions to school buildings, where such additions increase the p^urposes.
floor space, and for the purpose of originally equipping and
furnishing such building or additions, the town of Walpole
may borrow from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, three hundred thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Walpole School Loan, Act of Loan°Act*'of'°^
1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, i926. '
and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years
from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this
act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per
cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose
to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness hereunder shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to the
provisions of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, ex-
clusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter
by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act authorizing the town of fairhaven to acquire diay, 43

THE union wharf PROPERTY IN SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The town of Fairhaven may purcliase for Town of Fair-
an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, or acquire"et'c..
may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine '^'"'°J)./''in'^^
of the General Laws, the wharf property in said town known said town.
as Union wharf, and may maintain and operate the same as
a wharf.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 44.

Powers of
selectmen.

May borrow
money, etc.

Fairhaven
Wharf Loan,
Act of 1926.

Section 2. The powers conferred by this act may be
exercised by the selectmen, who shall also have power to
make rules and regulations governing the use of said wharf,
subject, however, to such rules and regulations as the town
may fix by vote.

Section 3. For the purpose of meeting the expense in-
curred by the purchase or taking of Union wharf as afore-
said, the town of Fairhaven may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, twenty-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Fairhaven Wharf Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall
be paid in not more than ten years from their dates, but no
issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal
to an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be provided from
available funds or to be raised by the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be inside the statutory limit and shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of
said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1926.

Chap.

Emergency
preamble.

44 An Act relative to the admission of foreign insurance
companies and to the deposits required of certain

foreign life INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

G. L. 175, § 151, Section 1. Section one hundred and fifty-one of chapter

one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, as

amended by section twelve of chapter two hundred and

sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five,

is hereby further amended by inserting after the word

"commonwealth" in the fifty-first line the words: — , that

the company is in a sound financial condition and that its

business policies, methods and management are sound and

proper, — and by adding at the end thereof the words: — ,

which the commissioner may refuse to issue if he is of the

opinion that such refusal will be in the public interest, — so

Admissiori of that clauscs Sccoud and Fifth will read as follows: — Second,

ance com- It lias satisfied the commissioner that (1) it is fully and

of^organ^zaUon, l^S^^ly Organized under the laws of its state or government

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 44. 29

to do the business it proposes to transact; that (2) it has, capital, assets,

• » , 1 ii J.1 !•!? i> 11 'J 'j. I sound financial

if a stock company, other than lite, a lully paid-up capital, condition, etc.
exchisive of stockholders' obligations of any description,
unimpaired on the basis fixed by sections ten to twelve,
inclusive, of an amount not less than is required by sections
forty-eight and fifty-one of domestic stock companies trans-
acting the same classes of business; that (3), it has, if a mu-
tual company, other than life, and (a), if it proposes to
transact business under any one of the clauses of section
forty-seven, except the fourth, eleventh, fourteenth or
fifteenth, or under the first and eighth clauses thereof, net
cash assets computed on the basis fixed by sections ten to
twelve, inclusive, at least equal to the amount of capital
required by sections forty-eight and fifty-one of a domestic
stock company transacting the same classes of business, or
net cash assets, so computed, of not less than fifty thousand
dollars and contingent assets of not less than three hundred
thousand dollars, or net cash assets, so computed, of not
less than seventy-five thousand dollars and contingent
assets of not less than one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, or net cash assets equal to its total liabilities, both
computed as aforesaid, and contingent assets of not less
than one hundred thousand dollars; or, (b), if it proposes to
transact business under the fourth clause of said section
forty-seven, a fully paid-up and unimpaired guaranty
capital of not less than two hundred thousand dollars and
net cash assets, so computed, exclusive of said capital, of
not less than one hundred thousand dollars; or, (c), if it
proposes to transact business under the first, second and
eighth clauses of said section forty-seven, net cash assets,
so computed, of not less than four hundred thousand dollars,
or net cash assets, so computed, of not less than three hun-
dred thousand dollars and contingent assets of not less than
two hundred thousand dollars; or, (d), if it proposes to
transact business under any two or more of the fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth and thirteenth
clauses of said section forty-seven, net cash assets, com-
puted as aforesaid, of not less than one hundred thousand
dollars for each clause under w^hich it proposes to transact
business, in addition to the guaranty capital and net cash
assets required by (b) hereof if it proposes to transact
business under said fourth clause; that (4) such capital and
assets, other than contingent, are well invested and available
for the payment of losses in the commonwealth, that the
company is in a sound financial condition and that its
business policies, methods and management are sound and
proper; and (5) that it insures in a single risk wherever
located an amount no larger than one tenth of its net assets
except as provided in section twenty-one.

Fifth, It has obtained from the commissioner a license License from
stating that it has complied with the laws of the common- commissioner,
wealth and specifying the kinds of business it is authorized
to transact, which the commissioner may refuse to issue if J^efusai to

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 45.

G. L. 175. § 153,
amended.

Conditions of
admission of
foreign life
insurance
companies.

Deposits.

he is of the opinion that such refusal will be in the public
interest.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five is
hereby further amended by striking out section one hundred
and fifty-three and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 153. A company organized under the laws of any
other state of the United States for the transaction of life
insurance maj^ subject to all the provisions of section one
hundred and fifty-one so far as applicable to a life company,
be admitted and authorized to do business in this common-
wealth if, in the opinion of the commissioner, it has the
requisite funds of a life company and has policies in force
upon not less than one thousand lives in the United States
for an aggregate amount of not less than one million dollars.
Any such company organized under the laws of a state or
government other than one of the United States may be
so admitted and authorized, subject to all the provisions of
section one hundred and fifty-one as aforesaid, if, in addition
to fulfilling all the requirements of this section, it complies
with section one hundred and fifty-five, and if it shall have
and keep on deposit as provided in section one hundred and
fifty-five or in the hands of trustees as provided in section
one hundred and fifty-six, in exclusive trust for the security
of its contracts with policyholders in the United States, funds
of an amount equal to the net value of all its policies in the
United States, less all indebtedness thereon, and not less
than two hundred thousand dollars.

Approved February 25, 1926.

Chap. 45 An Act authorizing cities and towns to incur indebt-
edness OUTSIDE THE STATUTORY LIMIT FOR CONSTRUCTING
AND LAYING AQUEDUCTS AND LARGE WATER MAINS.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 44, § 8.
etc., new
clause after
clause (3b).

Municipal
indebtedness,
etc., for aque-
ducts and large
water mains.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eight of chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
as amended by section eleven of cliapter four hundred and
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one
and by section one of chapter three hundred and three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by inserting after clause (56), inserted therein by
section one of said chapter three hundred and three, the
following new clause: — {3c) For constructing, and laying
aqueducts and water mains of sixteen inches or more in
diameter, twenty-five years. Approved February 25, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 46, 47. 31

An Act to validate certain nominations of town (^Jiqi) 4()

officers.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause lOiutrgency
substantial inconvenience and confusion, therefore it is f^''^'*"''''«-
liereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and i924, 45 etc..
twenty-four, as amended by chapter sixty-three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "twenty-five" in the
third line the words: — or in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, — so as to read as follows: — All nominations Certain
of candidates for town offices to be filled at annual town of town '
meetings in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four or '^^^^J'^ ^^'''
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five or in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-six made by nomination
papers which have been filed with and accepted by, or shall
hereafter be filed with, any town clerk in conformity with
section ten of chapter fifty-three of the General Laws, as
amended by chapter three hundred and eighty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, if and in so far as
such nominations may be invalid by reason of being sub-
mitted to the registrars for the purpose of having the sig-
natures thereon certified, in accordance with the provisions
of section seven of said chapter fifty-three, as amended by
section one of chapter two hundred and fourteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, instead of in accord-
ance with the provisions of said section, as finally amended
by chapter one hundred and twenty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, are hereby made valid.

Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act authorizing the springfield co-operative bank Chew. 47
to invest an additional sum of money in real estate

FOR banking purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Springfield Co-operative Bank, a co- Springfield
operative bank organized under the laws of this common- BanT mty^n-
wealth, and having its usual place of business in the city of ^?L^,''^'*^'""f'

ct • r- 1 \ 1 ■ 1 ii>i •• money in real

bprmgneld, may, subject to the approval of the commissioner estate for
of banks, invest in the purchase and preparation of a suit- purposes.
able building in said city to be used in whole or in part for
the convenient transaction of its business, an amount not
exceeding fifty thousand dollars in addition to the amount
heretofore authorized by law to be invested for the afore-
said purposes; provided, however, that nothing contained Proviso.
herein shall be construed as authorizing a total investment

Acts, 1926. — Chains. 48, 49, 50.

by said bank for the aforesaid purposes exceeding in the

aggregate the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Section 2, This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1926.

Chap. 48 ^^ -^^"^ RELATIVE TO THE PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION
CONCERNING THE FINANCES OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Chapter six hundred and eleven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and eight is hereby amended by striking out section
eleven and inserting in place thereof the following: — Sec-
tion 11. The municipal council shall at the end of each
municipal year cause a full and complete examination of all
books and accounts of the city to be made by competent
accountants, and shall publish the result of such examination.

Approved February 25, 1926.

1908, 611, § 11,
amended.

Finances of

city of

Gloucester,

examination,

publication of

information,

etc.

Chap. 49 An Act placing under civil service the clerical em-
ployee OF the board OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF
METHUEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws, and the rules and regulations made there-
under, shall hereafter apply to Albert Slack, the clerical
employee of the board of selectmen of the town of Methuen,
but without requiring him to take an examination.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by said board of selectmen at any time during the
current year. Approved February 25, 1926.

Clerical em-
ployee of
selectmen of
Methuen
placed under
civil service.

Submission
to selectmen,
etc.

Chap. 50 An Act to protect fish in certain waters of menemsha

AND NASHAQUITSA PONDS IN THE TOWN OF CHILMARK.

Protection of
fish in certain
waters of
Menemsha and
Nashaquitsa
ponds in town
of Chilmark.

Penalty.

Be it enacted, etc ., as follows:

Section 1. No person shall engage in beam-trawling or
otter-trawling in the waters of Menemsha pond or of Nasha-
quitsa pond which lie within the town of Chilmark without
first securing a permit therefor from the selectmen of said
town. The said selectmen may, subject to such regulations
as they may from time to time prescribe, grant permits in
writing to engage in beam-trawling or otter-trawling in
such waters, and may charge a reasonable fee therefor.
They may revoke said permits at any time.

Section 2. Violation of this act shall be punished by a
fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Approved February 25, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 51, 52, 53. 33

An Act to incorporate the monarch life insurance (JJiap, 51

COMPANY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Gurdon W. Gordon, Carlton E. Nay and WZT^fJ''^^
Clyde W. Young, their associates and successors, arc hereby Conipimy,
made a corporation under the name of Monarch Life In- ""^'"■'^o'''te .
surance Company, to be located in the city of Springfield,
for the purpose of making insurance upon lives and issuing Purpose.
annuities and pure endowment contracts; with all the
rights, powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, Powers, duties,
liabilities and restrictions, conferred or imposed by all '^^'^■
general laws now or hereafter in force, applicable to domestic
stock life insurance companies, so far as the same are not in-
consistent wuth the provisions of this act.

Section 2. The capital stock of the corporation shall be Capital
two hundred thousand dollars, divided into two thousand gu^p'iu^s"'^
shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each. The ^^™°""etgP^^"
capital stock together with a surplus of not less than one
hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in, in cash, within
twelve months after this act becomes effective; and no
certificates of shares and no policies of insurance, annuities
or pure endowment contracts shall be issued until the whole
capital stock and surplus are so paid in. Said capital may, increase of
upon vote of the stockholders, be increased from time to capital.
time as provided in section seventy of chapter one hundred
and seventy-five of the General Laws.

Section 3. At any time when the net surplus of the Retirement
corporation shall exceed twice the amount of the capital "tock!'*^^
stock, said stock may be retired, and in such case the policy Poiicy holders
holders shall become members of the corporation and direct J:;jemberrof
its affairs as in the case of domestic mutual life insurance corporation,
companies, and all general laws then or thereafter in force
and applicable to such companies shall apply to said cor-
poration. Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act authorizing the franklin typographical society (JJi^ip^ 52
TO hold additional personal estate.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Franklin Typographical Society, incorporated by Franklin
chapter eighty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and sJciefy'^^ '"^^
twenty-four, is hereby authorized to hold, for the purposes ^d^t^°,'^i
of the society, personal estate to an amount not exceeding personal
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in value.

Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act relative to the requirements for the forma- Q]iar>. 53

TION of certain MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section I. Section seventy-three of chapter one hundred G- L- ns, § 73,
and seventy-five of the General Laws is hereby amended by

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 53.

Issue of
policies by
mutual fire
insurance
companies.

G. L. 175.
§ 90A, etc.,
amended.

Issue of
policies by
certain mutual
insurance
companies.

G. L. 175.
J 93B, etc.,
amended.

Issue of
policies by
certain mutual
insurance
companies.

striking out, in the tliird line, the words "nor by a mutual
fire company with" and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing:— and having no guaranty capital or having, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 73. No policy shall be
issued by a mutual fire company organized subsequent to
April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninetj^-four, and
having no guaranty capital or having a guaranty capital of
less than one hundred thousand dollars, until not less than
one million dollars of insurance, in not less than four hun-
dred separate risks upon property located in the common-
wealth, has been subscribed for and entered on its books.
No policy shall be issued under this section until a list of
the subscribers for insurance, with such other information
as he may require, shall have been filed with the commis-
sioner, nor until the president and secretary of the company
shall have certified on oath that every subscription for
insurance in the list so filed is genuine and made with an
agreement with every subscriber for insurance that he will
take the policies subscribed for by him within thirty days of
the granting by the commissioner of a certificate to issue
policies as provided by section thirty-two. If such officers
shall make a false oath relative to such list, they shall be
guilty of perjury.

Section 2. Section ninety A of said chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-five, inserted by section seven of chapter
two hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fourth and fifth lines, the words " or by any such a company
with" and inserting in place thereof the following: — and
having no guaranty capital or having, — so as to read as
ioWoy^s: — Section 90 A. No policy shall be issued by a
mutual company formed to transact business under the third
clause of section forty-seven, or under clause (6) or (c) of
section forty-eight A, and having no guaranty capital or
having a guaranty capital of less than one hundred thousand
dollars, until not less than one million dollars of insurance
in not less than four hundred separate risks upon property
located in the commonwealth, in case of a company formed
under said third clause or said clause (6), or not less than
two million dollars of insurance in not less than eight hun-
dred separate risks as aforesaid, in case of a company formed
under said clause (c), has been subscribed for and entered
on its books.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five
is hereby further amended by striking out section ninety-
three B, inserted by section ten of said chapter two hundred
and sixty-seven, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — Section 93B. No policy shall be issued by a mutual
company formed to transact business under clause {d) of
section forty-eight A, until it has secured the applications
for insurance required by sections ninety-two, ninety-three
and ninety-three A, or any of them, in respect to the classes
of business which it proposes to transact and until it has

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 54, 55, 56. 35

established the jruaranty capital required by section ninety
B, if it proposes to transact business under the fourth clause
of section forty-seven. Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act to restore the civil service status of Ursula (JJiQr) 54

F. CARLETON AND PEARL M. TOWER. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ws:

Ursula F. Carleton and Pearl M. Tower, who now hold ^vtuervrce"^
positions in the division of banks and loan agencies of the status of
department of banking and insurance and who, by reason carleton and
of transfer and operation of law, have been deprived of their ^^^^l^'
civil service status, shall hereafter hold said positions sub-
ject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General
Laws and the rules and regulations made thereunder, not-
withstanding the provisions of section five of said chapter
thirty-one. Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act relative to nomination papers and ballots for (JJidj) 55

CITY elections IN THE CITY OF NEWTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and sixtv-one of the Special Acts of P'^' ^^i (S).

^ 1 I 1 1 . • 1 1 111 ... § 2, amended.

nmeteen hundred and sixteen is hereby amended by striking
out section two and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Section 2. Candidates for city offices to be elected shall Nomination

.,,, .. . 1 ., papers for

be nominated onl}^ by nomination papers m accordance with city elections
the provisions of chapter fifty-three of the General Laws; ^^ ewton.
provided, that nomination papers for the office of mayor Provisos.
shall be signed by at least one hundred voters, for members
of the school committee and for alderman at large by at
least fifty voters, and for alderman by ward by at least
twenty-five voters of the ward in which the election is to be
held, and provided further, that every nomination paper
may state, in not more than eight words, the public offices
which he holds or has held, and, if he is an elected incumbent
of an office for which he seeks re-election, that he is a can-
didate for such re-election. Against the name of any such Certain state-
candidate there shall be printed on the official ballot for the J^omination
election the statement contained in the nomination paper papers to be

,.,.. .. . ,_, V ,-r]->^ printed on

placing him in nomination. Approved tebruary 25, 1926. ballots,

etc.

An Act relative to the construction of special acts ni.f.^ k^
authorizing the incurring of indebtedness by dis- ^'

TRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eight of chapter four of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 4, 5 8,
amended by striking out, in the first and fifth lines, the amended,
words "or town" and inserting in place thereof in each
instance the words: — , town or district, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 8. In construing any special act au- Construction
thorizing a city, town or district to incur indebtedness for a actTauthorizing

Acts, 192G. — Chaps. 57, 58.

towns or dis-
tricts

the incurring specified purposG to a limited amount, such limitation of
bVcit?^?*^"^^^ amount shall be deemed to apply only to the indebtedness
authorized by the special act, and not to affect any other
power which the city, town or district may have to incur
indebtedness for said purpose under any other provisions
of law; and in special acts authorizing loans to be payable
by proportionate payments, such provision shall he con-
strued to mean payments as nearly equal in amount as is
possible without unreasonable fractions, but no payment of
the principal shall be greater than an}- preceding payment.

Approved February 25, 1926.

Chap. 57 An Act to authorize the northfield schools to hold

ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

The Northfield Schools, a corporation incorporated by
chapter six hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twelve, is hereby authorized to receive by gift, grant, de-
vise, bequest or otherwise, or to purchase, and to hold and
manage, property, real or personal, to an amount not ex-
ceeding four million dollars in addition to the amount now
authorized by law% and from time to time to invest and re-
invest such personal property and the proceeds of any sale
or exchange of such real or personal property.

Approved February 25, 1926.

The Northfield
Schools may
hold additional
real and per-
sonal estate.

Chap.

G. L. 35, § 28,
etc., amended.

Estimates of
county fi-
nances, prep-
aration, form,
etc.

Recording.

53 An Act to establish the date for filing annual county
estimates with the director of accounts and the
date for reporting such estimates to the general

COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-five of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and thirty-six
,of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the thirteenth line, the
word "fifteenth" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
twentieth, — and by striking out, in the sixteenth line, the
word "first" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
tenth, — so as to read as follows: — Section 28. The county
commissioners shall annually prepare estimates of county
receipts and expenditures for the ensuing year, in the form
prescribed by the director of accounts and upon blanks by
him furnished, including estimates for construction and
repair of county buildings, with a statement of the corre-
sponding appropriations for the preceding year, and expendi-
tures for each of the three preceding years, explaining any
difi^erence between the amount of an estimate and the latest
appropriation for the same purpose, and citing the laws re-
lating thereto. The clerk of the commissioners shall record
the foregoing in a book kept therefor, and, on or before

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 59, 60. 37

January twentieth, shall send a copy thereof, by him attested tor''of accounts
and signed by the chairman, to the said director, who shall etc.
analyze and classify said estimates, and report the same to Report to
the general court not later than February tenth. The cTXt of°report
director shall upon their request send a copy of said report to be sent to
to the mayor of each city and to the selectmen of each town ^fe^tme^n%tc.
in the commonwealth. Approxed February 25, 1926.

An Act relative to the repeal or modification of city nhnj) c^Q

ORDINANCES REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF ^'

BUILDINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty of the General Laws, as amended in section o. l. 40. § 30,
thirty b\^ chapter forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and ®*'''* ^"^^Dded.
twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out said
section and inserting in place thereof the following: — •
Section SO. No ordinance or by-law enacted under section Repeal or
twenty-five shall be repealed or modified except after reason- ™dfnances'or°*
able notice of the proposed repeal or modification and an by-laws Uinit-
opportunity to the objectors to be heard thereon. In a daases^ of^bufid-
city, such a hearing shall be before the city council or any districts w-'''^^*^
committee designated or appointed for the purpose by the zones in cities
city council. If in a city any owner of real estate which
would be affected by the proposed repeal or modification
objects thereto by writing filed with the city clerk, the
ordinance shall not be repealed or modified except by a
unanimous vote of all the members of a city council of less
than ten members or by a three fourths vote of all the mem-
bers of a city council of ten or more members; and in no
case shall such an ordinance or by-law be repealed or modi-
fied except by a two thirds vote of all the members of the
city council, or by a two thirds vote of a town meeting.

Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act to revive the charter of the fitchburg mutual fii n^i

CASUALTY insurance COMPANY. lyflCip. DU

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Fitchburg Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, a Fitchburg
corporation whose charter expired October sixth, nineteen ca"su"afty
hundred and twenty-five, by virtue of section forty-four of insurance
chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, chaTter^revived
is hereby revived with the same powers, duties and obliga-
tions as if the period for commencing to issue policies, men-
tioned in said section, had not expired; provided, that its Proviso,
corporate powers shall cease unless it commences to issue
policies within one year kf ter the effective date of this act.

Approved February 25, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 61, 62.

Clerk of com-
mittees of city
of Woburn,
election, tenure
of office, etc.

Oath, eto.

Chap. 61 An Act relative to the tenure of office of the clerk

OF COMMITTEES OF THE CITY OF AVOBURN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city council of the city of Woburn
shall, in the month of January, elect, by a majority vote of
all its members, for a term of three years, a clerk of com-
mittees who shall hold office from the first Monday of the
following February and until his successor is chosen and
qualified. Before assuming office, a person elected under
this section shall take and subscribe before the mayor or
city clerk, or a justice of the peace, an oath or affirmation
faithfully to perform his duties, which oath or affirmation,
or a certified copy thereof, shall be filed in the office of the
city clerk. The said clerk of committees may be removed
for cause at any time by a two thirds vote of all the mem-
bers of the city council. Any vacancy in said office shall be
filled by election by the city council for the balance of the
unexpired term.

Section 2. The clerk of committees elected by the city
council in January, nineteen hundred and twenty-six shall
serve for three years in accordance with the provisions of
this act.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
during the current year. Approved February 25, 1926.

Removal.
Vacancies.

Term of clerk
elected in
January, 1926.

Submission
to city council,
etc.

Proviso.

Chav 62 ^^ ^^'^ providing FOR biennial municipal elections in

THE CITY OF WOBURN.

Biennial
municipal
elections in
city of Woburn.

Terms nf
mayor and
city coun-
cillors.

Inauguration
meeting.

School com-
mittee, election,
terms, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Beginning with the second Tuesday of De-
cember in the year nineteen hundred and twentj'-six, mu-
nicipal elections in the city of Woburn for the choice of
mayor, members of the city council and members of the
school committee shall be held bienniall,y, on the second
Tuesday of December in every even-numbered year.

Section 2. Beginning with the biennial municipal elec-
tion to be held in the j'ear nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, the mayor and members of the city council of said city
shall be elected for terms of two years and shall serve until
their successors are qualified. The inauguration meeting of
the city government shall be held on the first Monday of
January following each biennial municipal election, or on
the following day whenever said first Monday falls on a
holiday.

Section 3. At the biennial municipal election to be held
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six and at every
biennial municipal election thereafter, except as otherwise
provided in this section, all members of the school committee
to be elected shall be elected to serve for four years each

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 63. 39

and until their successors are qualified. The members of said
committee elected in nineteen hundred and twenty-four shall
continue to hold office until the qualification of their suc-
cessors who shall be elected at the biennial municipal elec-
tion in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. At
the biennial municipal election to be held in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, six members of the school
committee shall be elected to fill the vacancies occurring in
the following January, and of the members so to be elected
two shall be elected for terms of two years and four for terms
of four years each.

Sfxtion 4. Such provisions of chapter one hundred and ^"j^afs'tent pro-
seventy-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, visions
and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as ^'^^'^'^^
are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Section 5. This act shall be submitted to the voters of ^^t^™;;^|°° *°
the city of Woburn at the state election in the current year
in the form of the following question which shall be printed
on the official ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall
an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, entitled 'An Act providing for bi-
ennial municipal elections in the city of Woburn', be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote
in the affirmative in answer to said question, this act shall
thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act providing for biennial municipal elections in (JJkij) (33
the city of waltham.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Municipal elections in the city of Waltham Biennial
for the choice of mayor, members of the city council and "iMtionTin
members of the school committee shall be held biennially yvaiti/am
commencing with the municipal election in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-seven. There shall be no mu-
nicipal election in said city in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-six.

Section 2. At the biennial municipal election to be held JnXfty^roun^''
in said city in nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and at ciiiors.
every biennial municipal election thereafter, the mayor and
members of the city council shall be elected to serve for
two years from the first Monday in January following their
election and until their successors are qualified. The mayor,
and the members of the said city council elected in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, shall continue to hold
office until the qualification of their successors who shall be
elected at the biennial municipal election in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-seven. Tlie inauguration meeting inauguration
of the city government shall be held on the first Monday of '"*^'^*^'°s.
January following each biennial municipal election, or on the
following day whenever said first Monday falls on a holiday.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 64.

School com-
uiittee, election,
terms, etc.

Day for holding

municipal

elections.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Section 3. Tlie ineinhers of the school committee of
said city elected in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
three shall continue to hold office until the qualification of
their successors who shall be elected at the biennial mu-
nicipal election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven. The members of said school committee elected in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five shall continue
to hold office until the qualification of their successors who
shall be elected at the biennial municipal election in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine. At the biennial
municipal election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven there shall be elected four members of the school com-
mittee, one to serve for two years and three to serve for
four years, from the first Monday in January following their
election and until their successors are qualified; and there-
after at every biennial municipal election three members of
the school committee shall be elected to serve for four years
from the first Monday in January following their election
and until their successors are qualified.

Section 4. The next regular municipal election in said
city, succeeding the passage of this act, shall be held on
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven, and thereafter the regular
municipal elections in said city shall be held biennially on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in each
odd-numbered year.

Section 5. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the city of Waltham at the state election in the current year
in the form of the following question which shall be printed
on the official ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall an
act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-six, entitled * An Act providing for biennial
municipal elections in the city of Waltham' be accepted?"
If a m.ajority of the voters voting thereon vote in the af-
firmative in answer to said question, then this act shall take
full eli'ect in said city, but not otherwise.

Approved February 25, 1926.

Chap. 64 An Act authorizing the placing of insurance against

DAMAGE CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKE WITH UNAUTHORIZED
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CERTAIN CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and sixty-eight of chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended by
section thirteen of chapter four hundred and fifty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "bombardment" in
the fifth and sixth lines the word: — , earthquake, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 168. The commissioner may,
upon the payment of the fee prescribed by section fourteen,
issue to any suitable person of full age resident in the com-
monwealth, a license to act as a special insurance broker to

G. L. 175, § 16
etc. amended.

Licensing of
special insur-
ance brokers to
negotiate, etc.,
certain insur-
ance in

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 64. 41

nccotiate, continue or renew contracts of fire, bombardment, unauthorized

1 1 , 1 •! nil- J. foreign insur-

earthquake, steam boiler or flywheel insurance on property ance companies.
in this commonwealth in foreign companies not authorized
to transact such business therein, upon the following con-
ditions: The applicant for the license shall file with the com- Applications.
missioner a written application as prescribed by section one
hundred and sixty-six, which shall be executed on oath by
the applicant and kept on file by the commissioner. If License, issue,
the commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is trustworthy ^'''""* '°"' ® *^'
and competent, he shall issue the license, subject to sus-
pension or revocation at the pleasure of the commissioner,
which shall expire in one year from its date, unless sooner
suspended or revoked as aforesaid. The license may, in Renewal, fee,
the discretion of the commissioner, be renewed for each suc-
ceeding year, upon the payment of the fee prescribed by
section fourteen, without requiring anew the detailed infor-
mation specified bv section one hundred and sixty-six. Be- Certain affi-

» ,, " 1 ■ 11* in davit to be filed

fore the person named in such license shall procure any withcommis-
insurance in such companies on any such property, he shall p^o'Jfuri'n^Tn-
in every case execute, and within five da^'s thereafter file surance.etc.
with the commissioner, an affidavit, which shall have force
and effect for one year only from the date of said affidavit,
that he is unable to procure, in companies admitted to do
business in the commonwealth, the amount of insurance
necessary to protect said property, and shall procure insur-
ance under such license only after he has procured insurance
in companies admitted to do business as aforesaid to the
full amount which said companies are willing to write on
said property; but such licensed person shall not be required
to file such affidavit if one relative to the same property has
been filed within the preceding twelve months by any
broker licensed under this section, nor to offer any portion
of such insurance to any company not possessed of net cash
assets of at least twenty-five thousand dollars, nor to one
which has within the preceding twelve months been in an
impaired condition. Each person so licensed shall keep a Licensees to
separate account of the business done under the license, a accouatof^^
certified copy of which account he shall forthwith file with business done,
the commissioner, showing the exact amount of such insur-
ance placed for any person, the gross premium charged
thereon, the companies in which the same is placed, the
date of the policies and the term thereof, and also a report
in the same detail of all such policies cancelled, with the
gross return premiums thereon, and before receiving such
license shall execute and deliver to the state treasurer a
bond in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, with such Bond,
sureties as he shall approve, conditioned that the licensee
will faithfully comply with all the requirements of this
section, and will annually, in January, file with the state Annual state-
treasurer a sworn statement of the gross premiums charged trSsurer!*^^*^
for insurance procured or placed and the gross return pre-
miums on such insurance cancelled under such license
during the year ending on December thirty-first last pre-

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 65.

Payment to
common-
wealth.

Penalty.

ceding, and at the time of filing such statement will pay to
the commonwealth an amount equal to four per cent of
such gross premitims, less such return premiums so reported.
A person licensed under this section who negotiates, con-
tinues or renews any such contract of insurance in any un-
authorized foreign company, and who neglects to make and
file the affidavit and statements required by this section, or
who wilfully makes a false affidavit or statement, or M^ho
negotiates, continues or renews an}- such contract of insur-
ance after the revocation or during the suspension of his
license, shall forfeit his license and be punished by a fine
of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
both. Approved February 25, 1926.

G.L. 41, §35,
amended.

City and iown
treasurers,
bond, duties,
etc.

Chap. 65 An Act relative to committing local taxes and ac-
counting FOR THE SAME, AND TO BONDS OF CITY AND
TOWN TREASURERS AND COLLECTORS OF TAXES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:^

Section 1. Chapter forty-one of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section thirty-five and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section So. The
town treasurer shall give bond annually for the faithful per-
formance of his duties in a form approved by the commis-
sioner of corporations and taxation and in such sum, not
less than the amount established by the said commissioner,
as shall be fixed by the selectmen or mayor and aldermen,
shall receive and take charge of all money belonging to the
town, and pay over and account for the same according to
the order of the town or of its authorized officers. No other
person shall pay any bill of any department. He shall have
the authority given to an auditor by section fifty-one, and
shall annually render a true account of all his receipts and
disbursements and a report of his official acts.

Section 2. Chapter sixty of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section thirteen and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 13. The collector
shall, before the commitment to him of any taxes of any
year, give bond for the faithful performance of his duties
in a form approved by the commissioner and in such sura,
not less than the amount established by the commissioner,
as shall be fixed by the selectmen or mayor and aldermen.
A copy of each such bond shall be delivered to the commis-
sioner.

Section 3. Section two of said chapter sixty, as amended
by chapter one hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended
by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place
thereof the following: — In towns, not cities, he shall, once
in each week or oftener, pay over to the town treasurer all
money received by him during the preceding week or lesser
period on account of taxes and interest, — so as to read as

G. L. 60, § 13,
amended.

Bond of
collectors of
taxes, form,
amount, etc.

G.L. 60, §2,
etc., amended.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 66. 43

follows: — Section 2. Every collector of taxes, constable, Collection and
sheriff or deputy sheriff, receiving a tax list and warrant over'of'taxea.
from the assessors, shall collect the taxes therein set forth,
with interest, and pay over said taxes and interest to the
town treasurer according to the warrant, and shall make Written return,
written return thereof with his tax list and of his doings
thereon at such times as the assessors shall in writing re-
quire. He shall also give to the treasurer an account of all
charges and fees collected by him. In towns, not cities, he Payment over
shall, once in each week or oftener, pay over to the town '"'''^'^^•
treasurer all money received by him during the preceding
week or lesser period on account of taxes and interest.

Section 4. Section eight of said chapter sixty is hereby g.l 60 §8,
amended by inserting after the word "collector" in the first
line the words: — , which shall be approved as to form by
the commissioner, — so as to read as follows: — Section 8. ^ooks*etc'
All books kept by the collector, which shall be approved as belong to city
to form by the commissioner, shall be furnished by, and be Cpen^oe°- ^^
the property of, the town, and shall be at all reasonable aminfition-
times open to examination by the auditor of such town or
any other agent thereof duly authorized therefor. The col-
lector shall, on demand by the mayor, aldermen or select-
men, exhibit to them or to any persons whom they designate,
at any time during ordinary business hours, the books,
accounts and vouchers relating to taxes committed to him
for collection and to his receipts and payments on account
of taxes; and they, or the persons designated by them, shall
have full opportunity to examine said books, accounts and
vouchers, and to make copies and extracts therefrom.

Section 5. Chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws is G. l. 59, § 54,
hereby amended by striking out section fifty-four and in- ^^^^ ^
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 54- The tax Form of tax
list committed to the collector shall be in a form approved
by the commissioner. Approved February 25, 1926.

An Act relative to the hunting of deer on state forest Chap. 66

RESERVATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixty-eight of chapter one hundred ^c.^'amende^d."
and thirty-one of the General Laws, as amended by section
one of chapter three hundred and twenty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "authorizations" in the fifteenth
line the words: — , except for hunting deer on state forest
reservations as aforesaid, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 68. No person shall hunt, pursue, take, kill or in Hunting, etc.,

ii jj. MiL'j 1 J of wild birds or

any manner molest or destroy any wild bird or quadruped quadrupeds
within the boundaries of any state reservation, park, common ^Hes'of pubifc
or any land held in trust for public use, except that the lands regulated,
authorities or persons having the control and charge of such
reservations, parks, commons or other lands may, with
such limitations as they may deem advisable, authorize

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 67.

Licenses.

Enforcement of
law.

Penalty.

Not applicable
to certain state
forests.

G. L. 131. § 63,
etc., amended.

Open season
for deer.

Restrictions,
etc.

Reports as to
deer killed,
wounded, etc.

Penalty.

persons to hunt, take or kill within said boundaries any of
the birds named in section nineteen, or the fur-bearing
animals, except muskrats, mentioned in section fifty-one or
foxes, weasels or wildcats, and except that deer may be
hunted, taken or killed in any state forest reservation sub-
ject to this section during the open season for deer, if the
commissioner with the approval of the governor and council
declares such open season effective therein. Such authori-
zations, except for hunting deer on state forest reservations
as aforesaid, shall be by written license, revocable at the
pleasure of the authorities or persons granting it. The
boards, officials and persons having charge of reservations,
parks, commons and lands held for public use shall enforce
this section. Whoever violates this section shall be punished
by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars. This section
shall not apply to state forests acquired under section thirty-
three of chapter one hundred and thirty-two.

Section 2. Section sixty-three of said chapter one hun-
dred and thirty-one, as amended by section three of said
chapter three hundred and twenty, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in the eleventh and twelfth lines, the words
" , except as provided in section sixty-eight, in any state
reservation" and inserting in place thereof the words: — in
any state reservation subject to section sixty-eight except
as provided therein, — so as to read as follows: — Section
63. Any person duly authorized to hunt in the common-
wealth may, between sunrise of the first Monday of Decem-
ber and sunset of the following Saturday, hunt, pursue, take
or kill by the use of a shotgun, a wild deer, subject to the
following restrictions and provisions: No person shall,
except as provided in the preceding section, kill or have in
possession more than one deer. No deer shall be hunted,
taken or killed on land posted in accordance with section
seventy-nine, or on land under control of the metropolitan
district commission, or in violation of any city ordinance or
town by-law, or in any state reservation subject to section
sixty-eight except as provided therein. No person shall
make, set or use any trap, salt lick or other device for the
purpose of ensnaring, enticing, taking, injuring or killing a
deer. Whoever wounds or kills a deer shall make a written
report, signed by him, and send it within twenty-four hours
of such wounding or killing, to the director, stating the
facts relative to the wounding or killing. Violations of this
section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars. Approved February 26, 1926.

Chap. 67 An Act relative to municipal contracts for the trans-
portation OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.

G. L. 40, §4,
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter forty of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "health" in the fifteenth

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 68. 45

line the following new paragraph: — For the furnishing of

transportation of school children. Contracts for such

transportation may be made by the school committee for

periods not exceeding three years, — so as to read as follows:

— Section 4- A town may make contracts for the exercise Contracts by

of its corporate powers and for the following purposes: For towitsTo'! speci-

the disposal of its garbage, refuse and offal by contract for fied purposes.

a term of years. Contracts for such disposal may be made

by the selectmen, board of health or other officers having

charge thereof. For the reception, care and treatment by

hospitals established in or near the town, if it maintains and

manages no hospital, of persons who by misfortune or

poverty require relief during temporary illness; but this

provision shall not add to the compensation now required

from the commonwealth or from any town for the care and

treatment of any person chargeable to them respectively

as a pauper, nor diminish the right of the commonwealth to

require the removal to the state infirmary of a pauper

dependent upon it. Contracts for such reception, care and

treatment may be made by the overseers of the poor or by

the board of health. For the furnishing of transportation For transporta-

of school children. Contracts for such transportation may chi"drln?''°°'

be made by the school committee for periods not exceeding

three years. To pay interest at a rate not exceeding four

per cent per annum, during the lives of any persons in being

at the time of entering into such contract, upon any cash

gift which it may lawfully receive.

Approved March 1, 1926.

A-M Act to authorize the cities of taunton and fall nhr,qi gg

RIVER AND THE TOWNS OF FREETOWN, SOMERSET, DIGHTON, ^*

BERKLEY, RAYNHAM AND MIDDLEBOROUGH TO LEASE THE
RIGHT TO ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATE, AND TO TAKE, ALE-
WIVES AND SHAD IN AND FROM THE WATERS OF THE TAUN-
TON GREAT RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The cities of Taunton and Fall River and Certain cities
the towns of Freetown, Somerset, Dighton, Berkley, Rayn- leise right to
ham and Middleborough, acting jointly by the mayors of propagate, and
said cities and the selectmen of said towns, are hereby author- to take, aie-
ized to lease the right to artificially propagate, and to take, in and from
alewives and shad in and from the waters of the Taunton xaunto'n Great
Great river for a term or terms not less than ten years, upon river,
such conditions and for such considerations as the said mayors
and the said selectmen may determine. Nothing contained
in this act shall be held to impair the rights of any person
under any law heretofore enacted or to deprive any person
of any right under any contract or lease now existing.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 2, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 69, 70.

G. L. 218, J 10,
etc., amended.

District courts,
assistant clerks,
appointiuent,
etc.

Chap. 69 -^N -^^-'^ EST.\BLISHING THE OFFICE OF SECOND ASSISTANT
CLERK OF THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF BRISTOL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the
General Laws, as amended in section ten by section one of
chapter two hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one, by section one of chapter
sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
and by section four of chapter one hundred and sixty-four,
section one of chapter three hundred and fourteen and
section one of chapter three hundred and seventy-nine, all
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and by
section one of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section ten and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 10. The clerk of a
district court may, subject to the approval of the justice,
appoint one or more assistant clerks, who shall be removable
at his pleasure or at the pleasure of the court, for whose
official acts the clerk shall be responsible and who shall be
paid by him unless salaries payable by the county are
authorized in this section or in section fifty-three. Assist-
ant clerks with salaries payable by the county may be ap-
pointed in the central district court of northern Essex, the
municipal court of the Charlestown district, the district
court of western Hampden, the district court of Newton
and in courts the judicial districts of which have, according
to the national or state census last preceding, a population
of sixty thousand or more. Second assistant clerks with
salaries payable by the county may be appointed in the
municipal court of the Roxbury district, the East Boston
district court, the municipal court of the Charlestown dis-
trict, the municipal court of the West Roxbury district,
and, subject to the approval of the county commissioners, in
the first district court of eastern Middlesex, the third dis-
trict court of eastern Middlesex, the district court of southern
Essex and the third district court of Bristol. A third assist-
ant clerk with salary payable by the county may be ap-
pointed in the municipal court of the Roxbury district.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by the county commissioners of
Bristol county. Approved March 2, 1926.

Second assist-
ant clerks, ap-
pointment, etc.

Third assistant
clerk, municipal
court of the
Roxbury dis-
trict.

Submission to
Bristol county
commissioners.

Chap. 70 An Act relative to corporations acting as insurance

AGENTS, BROKERS OR ADJUSTERS OF FIRE LOSSES AND
THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. 175, § 174, Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of

etc., amended.

the General Laws, as amended in section one hundred and

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 70. 47

seventy-four by section thirteen of chapter four hundred
and six and by section seventeen of chapter four hundred
and fifty, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
one hundred and seventy-four and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 174- The licenses described in Certain cor-
sections one hundred and sixty-three, one hundred and bellceMecTas^
sixtv-six, one hundred and sixty-seven, one hundred and insurance

. ' . ' , , , , '', ' agents, brokere,

Sixty-eight and one hundred and seventy-two may, upon etc.
payment of the fees prescribed by section fourteen, be issued
to any corporation which is incorporated exclusively for
the purpose of acting as an insurance agent, broker or
adjuster of fire losses, except that no foreign corporation
shall be licensed as an insurance agent of a foreign company
under said section one hundred and sixty-three or as a
special insurance broker under said section one hundred and
sixty-eight. Every such license, together with the corpora- Subjection to
tion and officers or directors of the corporation named in the certain laws.
license, shall be subject to said sections, except as otherwise
provided herein. Each license shall specify the officers or License to
directors, not exceeding five, who may act thereunder in the ^P^^'^y- ^^°-
name and on behalf of the corporation. Minors may be Minors.
designated as such officers or directors in the license. Each Application,
officer or director to be specified in the license shall file the ®*°"
statement or application required by law. A certified copy Copy of articles
of the articles of organization and of the certificate of incor- etc°'1;o"bTfiied
poration shall be filed with the said statements or applica-
tions. The license may be revoked or suspended as to the Revocation,
corporation or as to any officer or director specified therein, etc., of license.
Every officer or director specified in the license shall be Personal iia-
personally liable to the penalties of the insurance laws for cers%tc.*'^"
any violation thereof, although the act of violation is done
in the name and in behalf of the corporation. The corpora- Liability of
tion shall be liable for any such violation, the responsibility corporation.
for which cannot be placed on any individual officer or
director.

The commissioner may at any time require such infor- information to
mation as he deems necessary in respect to the corporation, commissioner,
its officers, directors or affairs, and may make such ex- Examination of
amination of its books and affairs as he deems necessary, books, etc.
and for this purpose shall have the powers conferred by
section four. Any officer, director, agent or employee of Penalty.
any such corporation, who fails or refuses to furnish the
commissioner any such information within ten days after
written request therefor, and in such form as he may require,
or who refuses to submit to such examination, or who ob-
structs the commissioner or any of his deputies or examiners
in the making of such examination, shall be punished by the
penalty provided in section four.

The clerk or other corresponding officer shall file with Filing of copies
the commissioner, within thirty days after the adoption to artfcks'of"'^^
thereof, certified copies of all amendments to the articles organization.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 70.

Notice of
dissolution.

Penalty.

Restrictions as
to placing, etc.,
of insurance in-
suring or in
favor of stock-
holders of
licensed cor-
porations, etc.

Restrictions as
to issue, trans-
fer, etc., of
shares of capital
stock of licensed
corporations,
etc.

Penalties.

Licensed cor-
porations may
remove limita-
tion on holding
of capital stock
etc.

of organization and shall at once notify the commissioner in
writing in case of the dissolution of the corporation. Upon
receipt of such notice, the commissioner shall forthwith
revoke its license without a hearing. Whoever, being clerk
or corresponding officer of a corporation licensed under this
section, fails to file with the commissioner duly certified
copies of all amendments to the articles of organization of
such corporation as provided herein, or fails to notify the
commissioner of the dissolution of the corporation, or who-
ever, being specified in the license of such corporation as
an officer or director, acts under said license after the dissolu-
tion of such corporation, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars.

No corporation licensed under this section, and no officer,
director, agent or employee thereof, shall directly or in-
directly issue, place or negotiate, or negotiate the continuance
or renewal of, or offer to issue, place or negotiate, or offer to
negotiate the continuance or renewal of, any policy of
insurance insuring or in favor of any stockholder in such
corporation, except an officer or director thereof specified
in its license; and no stockholder thereof, except as aforesaid,
shall directly or indirectly place or procure through, or
accept from, such corporation or any officer, director, agent
or employee thereof, any policy of insurance, or any con-
tinuance or renewal thereof, insuring or in favor of such
stockholder. No such corporation, and no officer, director,
agent or employee thereof, shall directly or indirectly issue,
sell or give, or assent to, or record the transfer of, or offer to
issue, sell, give or transfer, and no stockholder of such
corporation shall directly or indirectly sell, give or transfer,
or offer to sell, give or transfer, any of the shares of its
capital stock to any person except an officer or director of
such corporation specified as aforesaid, if there is in effect a
policy of insurance issued, placed or negotiated, or the
continuance or renewal whereof was negotiated, by or on
behalf of such corporation insuring such person or in his
favor, and no person, except an officer or director of such
corporation specified as aforesaid, shall directly or indirectly
accept or hold any of the shares of such capital stock if
there is in effect any such insurance policy insuring him or
in his favor. A corporation violating any of the provisions
of this paragraph shall be punished by a fine of not less than
two hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Any
individual violating any of said provisions shall be punished
by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one
thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days, or both.

Section 2. Any corporation licensed under section one
hundred and seventy-four of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five of the General Laws prior to the effective date
of this act may amend its articles of organization as pro-
vided in chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the General

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 71. 49

Laws and also its by-laws to remove the limitation on the
holding of its capital stock required by said section one
hundred and seventy-four prior to said effective date.

Approved March 2, 1926.

An Act relative to the dating of local tax bills and nhQjf 7i

CERTAIN notices AND TO APPLICATIONS FOR ABATEMENT ' '
OF TAXES.

Be it enacted, etc., as foJIoivs:

Section 1. Section three of chapter sixty of the General g.l. 6o §3,
Laws is hereby amended b^^ adding at the end thereof the
following new sentence: — All tax bills or notices issued pur-
suant to this section shall be dated April first of the year to
which the tax relates, — so as to read as follows: — Section Notice of local
S. The collector shall forthwith, after receiving a tax list etc!^^' ™^' '°^'
and Avarrant, send notice to each person assessed, resident
or non-resident, of the amount of his tax; if mailed, it shall
be postpaid and directed to the town where the assessed
person resided on x\pril first of the year in which the tax
was assessed, and, if he resides in a city, it shall, if possible,
be directed to the street and number of his residence. If he
is assessed for a poll tax only, the notice shall be sent on or
before September second of the year in which the tax is
assessed. An omission to send the notice shall not affect Omission to
the validity either of a tax or of the proceedings for its ^^"
collection. All tax bills or notices issued pursuant to this Dating of tax
section shall be dated April first of the year to which the ' ^°'°°'^^-
tax relates.

Section 2. Section fifty-nine of chapter fifty-nine of ^mended^^^'
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
second line, the words "six months after the date of his
tax bill" and inserting in place thereof the words: — one
year after April first of the year to w^hich the tax relates, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 59. A person aggrieved i^caUaxes*°^
by the taxes assessed upon him may, within one year after
April first of the year to which the tax relates, apply to the
assessors for an abatement thereof; and if they find him
taxed at more than his just proportion, or upon an assess-
ment of any of his property in excess of its fair cash value,
they shall make a reasonable abatement. A tenant of real
estate paying rent therefor and under obligation to pay
more than a moiety of the taxes thereon may apply for such
abatement.

Section 3. Section seventy-three of said chapter fifty- g. l. 59 § 73,
nine is hereby amended by striking out, in the third line,
the words "six months after the date of its tax bill" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — one year after April
first of the year to which the tax relates, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 73. Any company aggrieved by the Abatement of
taxes assessed on it relating to any property valued in taxes assessed
accordance with section thirty-nine may, within one year °" *^®''^p'^°"®

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 72.

and telegraph
companies.

No abatement
if return not
filed, unless,
etc.

Application for
abatement,
notice to as-
sessors.

Notice of com-
missioner's
decision, etc.

Appeal from

commissioner':

decision.

after April first of the year to which the tax relates, apply to
the commissioner for an abatement thereof; and if the com-
missioner finds that the company is taxed at more than its
just proportion, or upon an assessment of any of its said
property in excess of its fair cash value, he shall make a
reasonable abatement. No company which has not duly
filed the return required by section forty-one shall have an
abatement unless it shall furnish to the commissioner a
reasonable excuse for the delay, or unless such tax exceeds
by more than fifty per cent the amount of the tax which
would have been assessed on such property if the return
had been seasonably filed, and in such case only the excess
over such fifty per cent shall be abated. Whenever any
application for abatement hereunder is made, the commis-
sioner shall give notice thereof to the assessors of the town
in which is located any of the property with reference to
which an abatement of the tax is asked for, and such assessors
may appear before the commissioner and be heard by him
with relation to the subject of the abatement. The com-
missioner shall, within ten days after his decision on an
application for abatement hereunder, give written notice
thereof to the applicant and to the assessors. A company
aggrieved by the refusal of the commissioner to abate a
tax hereunder may prosecute an appeal from his decision in
the manner and to the tribunals provided for a person ag-
grieved by the refusal of assessors to abate a tax, and all
laws relating to such an appeal from a refusal of assessors to
abate a tax shall apply in proceedings hereunder.

Approved March 2, 1926.

ChaV. 72 ^^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MEDFORD TO BORROW

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

City of Medford
may borrow
money for

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing school build-
ings, including the cost of originally equipping and furnishing
school purposes, ^j^g same, or for the construction of additions to school
buildings which increase the floor space of such buildings,
including the cost of originally equipping and furnishing
such additions, the city of Medford may borrow from time to
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
Medford School words, Medford School Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized
19^6°'^"'°^ issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall
be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but
no issue shall be authorized under this section unless a sum
equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such au-
thorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by
the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to

Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 73, 74. 51

chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exchisive of the
proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter
three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 3, 1926.

An Act authorizing tue town of Norwood to borrow QJiaT), 73

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new school Town of Nor-

IT IT CD wood nia,y

building, including the cost of originally equipping and borrow money
furnishing the same, the town of Norwood may borrow p°o'ses. °° ^"'^'
from time to time, within a period of five years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, eighty thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Norwood School Loan, Act of 1926. Each Norwood
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such Actofim"'
loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this section
unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent
of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be
raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive
of the proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by
chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 3, 1926.

An Act relative to the reinsurance of risks by do- QJkij) 'J4.

MESTIC life insurance COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty of chapter one hundred and seventy-five g.l. 175, §20,
of the General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter etc°'amended.
two hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twentj^-one, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the thirty-third and thirty-fourth lines, the
words "not exceeding one half of an individual risk" and
inserting in place thereof the following: — parts of an in-
dividual risk not to exceed in kny one company the amount
retained by the company first writing the insurance, — so
that the second paragraph will read as follows: — Such Reinsurance
reinsurance shall not reduce the taxes to be paid by the companiMnot
ceding company, nor, if a life company, shall it reduce the toj-educe taxes,
reserve to be charged to it, unless effected with a company
authorized to issue policies in the commonwealth co^tering
risks of the same kinds as those reinsured, or with a company

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 75.

Not to reduce
reserve, etc.

Provisos.

incorporated or formed to reinsure and authorized to rein-
sure in the commonwealtli risks of the same kinds as those
reinsured. Such reinsurance shall not reduce the reserve or
other liability to be charged to the ceding company, other
than life, unless (a) it is effected with a company- author-
ized in the commonwealth as aforesaid, or (b) with a com-
pany similarly authorized in another state or territory of the
United States conforming to the same standard of solvency
and fulfilling the same statutory or departmental regulations
which would be required of such company if, at the time such
reinsurance is effected, it were authorized as aforesaid in the
commonwealth, or (c) with a company incorporated or formed
to reinsure and authorized to reinsure in the commonwealth;
provided, that any contract of reinsurance, other than life,
made by any domestic company or by any company incor-
porated in a foreign country and having its principal office
in the commonwealth, ceding more than seventy-five per
cent of its total outstanding risks, shall be subject to the
written approval of the commissioner; and provided, fur-
ther, that no domestic life company shall reinsure its risks
without the written permission of the commissioner, but
may reinsure parts of an individual risk not to exceed in
any one company the amount retained by the company first
writing the insurance. Approved March 3, 1926.

Chap. 75 An Act relative to submitting to the voters of the

CITY of MELROSE THE QUESTION OF AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUE OF CERTAIN BONDS OR LOANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and sixty-two of the
acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine is hereb}^ amended
by striking out section forty-eight and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 48. No vote of the board
of aldermen authorizing an issue of bonds or a permanent
loan, except for the purpose of refunding or renewing, re-
placing or paying any portion of the municipal indebted-
ness, shall become operative until after the expiration of a
period of twenty daj^s from the day of the final passage of
said vote by the board of aldermen, and its approval by the
mayor. If within said period of twenty days a petition
signed by registered voters of the city equal in number to
at least twelve per cent of the total number of registered
voters shall be filed with the city clerk, asking that the
question of the authorization of such issue or loan be sub-
mitted to the voters of the city at large, the city clerk shall
transmit such petition to the board of aldermen, and said
question shall be submitted to the registered voters of the
city voting at large in their respective voting places at the
next biennial municipal election. A special election for
voting upon said question may however, be called by vote
of two thirds of the board of aldermen, with the approval

1899, 162, § 48,
amended.

Submission to
voters of city of
Melrose of ques-
tion of author-
izing issue of
certain bonds or
loans.

Petition, sign-
ing, etc.

Transmission
to board of
aldermen.
Votin? on ques-
tion at next mu-
nicipal election.
Special election
may be called,
etc.

Acts, 1920. — Chap. 76. 53

of the mayor. If the action of the mayor and aldermen Approval or
authorizing- such issue or loan be approved by a majority ^'sapprovai.
of the rej:;istcred voters of the city voting upon the question,
such action shall at once become operative; but if not so
approved, such action shall have no effect. If such peti- Effect if no
tion be not filed within said period of twenty days, the p"'"'""-
action of the mayor and aldermen authorizing such issue
or loan shall become operative upon the expiration of said
period. Nothing in this section shall apply to debts incurred Certain debts
for temporary loans made under authority of statute. exemp .

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Submission to
ance by vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject men^etc.'^*'^^'^"
to the provisions of its charter; provided, that such accept- Proviso.
ance occurs during the current year. So much of this act,
however, as authorizes its submission for acceptance shall
take effect upon its passage. Approved March 3, 1926.

An Act relative to the powers of special police of- phrjjy 'ja

FICERS APPOINTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ^ '

SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section eighty-eight of chapter two hundred g.l. 272, §88,
and seventy-two of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out, in the ninth line, the word "governor" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — commissioner of
public safety, — so as to read as follows : — Section 88. If Search warrants

•, . . ■• . 1-1 for nghting

complamt is made to a court or magistrate authorized to birds, etc.
issue warrants in criminal cases that the complainant has
reasonable cause to believe that preparations are being made
for an exhibition of the fighting of birds, dogs or other
animals, or that such exhibition is in progress, or that birds,
dogs or other animals are kept or trained for fighting at any
place or in any building or tenement, such court or magis-
trate, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such
belief, shall issue a search warrant authorizing any sheriff, issue to certain

1 1 -A- 11 1- m • 1 !• omcers, etc.

deputy shenn, constable or police oincer, or special police
officer duly appointed by the commissioner of public safety
at the request of the Massachusetts Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, to search such place, build-
ing or tenement at any hour of the day or night and take pos-
session of all such birds, dogs or other animals there found,
and arrest all persons there present at any such exhibition
or where preparations for such exhibition are being made,
or where birds, dogs or other animals are kept or trained for
fighting.

Section 2. Section eighty-nine of said chapter two g. l. 272, § S9,
hundred and seventy-two is hereby amended by striking ^"^^'^ ^
out, in the second line, the word "governor" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — commissioner of public safety,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 89. Any officer au- Entry by cer-
thorized to serve criminal process, or special police officer v^thout'^war-
duly appointed by the commissioner of public safety at the rant of premises

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 77.

where there is
exhibitiou of
fighting of
birds, etc.

request of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, may, without a warrant, enter any
place, building or tenement in which there is an exhibition
of the fighting of birds, dogs or other animals, or in which
preparations are being made for such an exhibition, and
arrest all persons there present and take possession of and
remove from the place of seizure the birds, dogs or other
animals engaged in fighting, or there found and intended to
be used or engaged in fighting, or kept or trained for fighting,
and hold the same in custody subject to the order of court
as hereinafter provided. Approved March 3, 1926.

G.L. 176, §45,
etc., amended.

Chap. 77 An Act authorizing the payment of commissions to

MEMBERS OF CERTAIN FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES FOR
SECURING NEW MEMBERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty-five of chapter one hundred and seventy-
six of the General Laws, as amended by chapter ninety of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by sec-
tion two of chapter eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "fraternity" in the twenty-eighth line the
words: — or which provide for stated periodical contri-
butions sufficient to meet the mortuary obligations con-
tracted, when valued upon the basis of the National Fra-
ternal Congress Table of Mortality as adopted by the
National Fraternal Congress August twenty-third, eighteen
hundred and ninety-nine, or any higher standard, with in-
terest assumption not more than four per cent per annum,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 1^5. Domestic fraternal
benefit corporations governed by direct vote of their mem-
bers and limiting their membership as provided in section
four and domestic fraternal benefit corporations limiting
their membership to the permanent employees of cities or
towns, the commonwealth or the federal government, and
not paying death benefits, but paying annuities or gratuities
contingent upon disability or long service, may continue
to transact business in the commonwealth. Such corpora-
tions and lijce societies incorporated under this chapter shall
be governed by sections four to eleven, inclusive, fourteen
and twenty-one, so far as the same are applicable, twenty-
two, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-six to thirty-
eight, inclusive, forty-seven, forty-seven A, forty-eight and
forty-nine of this chapter and section five of chapter fifty-
nine, and in addition by the following provisions: The of-
ficers of such limited corporations shall be elected by ballot
by the members as often as once in two years. Proxies
shall not be used in voting. No person under sixteen shall
be admitted to membership. The recording officer of such
a corporation shall file with the commissioner amendments
to its by-laws, in English, within thirty days after their
adoption and shall likewise file forthwith a duly certified copy

Limited

fraternal benefit
societies may
continue busi-
ness, etc.

Governed by
certain provi-
sions of law.

Election of offi-
cers.

No proxy vot-
ing.

Age of mem-
bers.

Filing of copies
of by-laws, etc.

Acts, 1926. —Chap. 78. 55

of its by-laws whenever the comniissioner requires in writing;;.

Such equitable assessments, either periodical or otherwise, Assessments.

shall be made upon the members as shall be necessary to

carry out the purposes of the organization. Paid agents No paid agents,

shall not be employed in soliciting or procuring members,

except that corporations which limit their certificate holders Commissions to

to a particular fraternity or which provide for stated peri- curing now

odical contributions sufficient to meet the mortuary obliga- '"'''"bers.

tions contracted, when valued upon the basis of the National

Fraternal Congress Table of Mortality as adopted by the

National Fraternal Congress August twenty-third, eighteen

hundred and ninety-nine, or any higher standard, with

interest assumption not more than four per cent per annum

may pay members for securing new members, and any Paid local

,• 1 1 11 J. collectors.

corporation may pay local collectors.

No corporation formed after January first, nineteen Membership ap-
hundred and twelve, unless it confines its membership to quifed^before
that of a particular fraternity in any one county or to a pay*^benefits*°
lodge of some fraternity, shall contract to pay benefits to unless, etc.
its members until it shall satisfy the commissioner that it
has received at least five hundred bona fide applications for
membership. With the written approval of the commis- Transferor
sioner and the consent of each corporation expressed by vote ^Tfunds.'''
at a dul}' called meeting, any corporation governed by this
section may transfer its membership and funds to any author-
ized similar corporation.

Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be Penalty.
punished as provided in section fifty.

Approved March 3, 1926.

An Act relative to the police department and the (JJiQ-n 7g

MEMORIAL BUILDING DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF MEL-
ROSE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-six of chapter one hundred etr'a'mended
and sixty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
nine, as amended by section one of chapter one hundred and
forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the thirteenth
line, the word "chief" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — captain, — and by striking out, in the fortieth
line, the words "advisory board" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — trustees, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 36. There shall be the following departments City of Melrose,

J rr T T'l. • 1 J. J- X t- J departments,

and omcers: — i. ihe assessmg department, to be under etc. Assessing
the charge of the board of assessors. department.

II. The charity department, to be under the charge of ^g^"*^ depart-
the board of overseers of the poor.

III. The health department, to be under the charge of ^gnt"^ ^epart-
the board of health.

IV. The law department, to be under the charge of the Law depart-
city solicitor. '^^'^ '

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 78.

Fire depart-
ment.

Police depart-
ment.

Public works
department.

Public library
department.

Cemetery de-
partment.

Memorial build-
ing department,

City clerk de-
partment.

Treasury de-
partment.

Collecting de-
partment.

Auditing de-
partment.

Executive de-
partments.

1920, 144, §§ 2, 3,

repealed.

Proviso.

Board of
trustees of the
soldiers and
sailors mem-
orial Ijuilding,
establishment,
eto.

V. The fire department, to be under the charge of the
chief of the fire department.

VI. The police department, to be under the charge of
the captain of police.

VII. The public works department, to be under the
charge of an official who shall be known as the engineer and
superintendent of public works. He shall have charge of
the design, construction, alteration, repair, maintenance
and management of the water works, the public sewers and
drains, the public ways, sidewalks and bridges, public parks,
squares and playgrounds, and the lighting and watering
thereof, and also the public buildings, excepting the soldiers
and sailors memorial building and excepting such duties
with reference to the school buildings as are now conferred
by law and this act upon the school committee. He shaJl
make and have the custody of all plans, surveys, measure-
ments and levels appertaining to the public ways, drains,
sewers, water works and lands, and shall perform such other
duties as the board of aldermen may prescribe. Subject to
the approval of the mayor he shall appoint an assistant super-
intendent in the water department, an assistant superin-
tendent in the sewer department, and such other assistants
as the condition of the work may require.

VIII. The public library department, to be under the
charge of the trustees of the public library.

IX. The cemetery department, to be under the charge
of a cemetery committee, to consist of three persons, which
shall have control of all matters pertaining to public ceme-
teries and burial grounds.

X. The memorial building department, to be under the
charge of the trustees of the soldiers and sailors memorial
building.

XI. The city clerk department, to be under the charge
of the city clerk.

XII. The treasury department, to be under the charge
of the city treasurer.

XIII. The collecting department, to be under the charge
of the city collector.

XIV. The auditing department, to be under the charge
of the city auditor.

The departments provided for in the first ten clauses of
this section shall be executive departments, and the heads
thereof shall be executive officers.

Section 2. Sections two and three of said chapter one
hundred and forty-four are hereby repealed; provided, that
the existence of the present board established under said
sections shall not cease until the organization of the new
board created by the following section of this act.

Section 3. A board of trustees of the soldiers and
sailors memorial building in the city of Melrose is hei*eby
established, which, subject to the ordinances of said city
now or hereafter in force, shall have charge and control
of the repairs, maintenance and management of the said

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 79. 57

building. The said hoard shall consist of five citizens Membersiup,
of said city who shall be appointed as hereinafter pro- ^^^^'-^f^'^'^^-
vided by the mayor, subject to confirniation by the
board of aldermen. When said board is first constituted,
two members shall be appointed for one \'ear, two for two
years and one for three years, and thereafter as the term of
any member expires, his successor shall be appointed for the
term of three years. Vacancies by reason of resignation. Vacancies.
removal from the city or otherwise shall be filled for the
unexpired term.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject- to iTnfetc.''''*^""
the provisions of its charter; provided that such acceptance Proviso.
occurs during the current year. So much of this act, how-
ever, as authorizes its submission for acceptance shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved March 3, 1926.

An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of (JJiqj) 79
departments, boards, commissions, institutions and
certain activities of the commonwealth, for in-
terest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements,
and for certain permanent improvements.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. To provide for the maintenance of the Appropriations
several departments, boards, commissions and institutions, o7depMtmrats!
of sundry other services, and for certain permanent improve- etc , for interest!
ments, and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums and bond re-
set forth in section two, for the several purposes and sub- 2nd fOT^cCT-tain
ject to the conditions therein specified, are hereby appropri- improvements.
ated from the general fund or revenue of the commonwealth
unless some other source of revenue is expressed, subject to
the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public
funds and the approval thereof, for the fiscal year ending
November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, or
for such other period as may be specified.

Section 2.

Service oj the Legislative Department.
Item

1 For the compensation of senators, the sum of sixty Legislative de-

thousand dollars $60,000 00 partment.

2 For the compensation for travel of senators, a sum

not exceeding six thousand dollars . . . 6,000 00

3 For the compensation of representatives, the sum of

three hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars . 357,000 00

4 For the com.pensation for travel of representatives,

a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand seven

hundred dollars 36,700 00

5 For the salaries of William H. Sanger, clerk of the

senate, and James W. Kimball, clerk of the house

of representatives, the sum of ten thousand dollars 10,000 00

6 For the salaries of Irving N. Hayden, assistant clerk

of the senate, and Frank E. Bridgman, assistant
clerk of the house of representatives, the sura of
seven thousand dollars ..... 7,000 00

58 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Ttpm
Legislative de- 7 For such additional clerical assistance to, and with
partment. ^^^^ approval of, the clerk of the senate, as may be

necessary for the proper despatch of public busi-
ness, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . $1,500 00

8 For such additional clerical assistance to, and with

the approval of, the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives, as may be necessary for the proper
despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding
thirty-six hundred dollars .... 3,600 00

9 For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not

exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars . . 3,500 00

10 For clerical assistance, office of the sergeant-at-arms,

a sum not exceeding forty-six hundred and forty

dollars 4,640 00

11 For the compensation for travel of doorkeepers,

assistant doorkeepers, messengers, pages and
other employees of the sergeant-at-arms, au-
thorized by law to receive the same, a sum not
exceeding sixty-three hundred and eighty-four
dollars 6,384 00

12 For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the senate and

house of representatives, and the postmaster, with
the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not
exceeding sixty-nine hundred dollars . . . 6,900 00

13 For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers and mes-

sengers to the senate and house of representatives,
with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum
not exceeding forty-three thousand one hundred
dollars 43,100 00

14 For compensation of the pages of the senate and

house of representatives, with the approval of the
sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding eighty-four
hundred and fifty dollars . . . . . 8,450 00

15 For the salaries of clerks employed in the legislative

document room, a sum not exceeding forty-eight

hundred and fifty dollars ..... 4,850 00

16 For certain other persons employed by the sergeant-

at-arms, in and about the chambers and rooms of
the legislative department, a sum not exceeding
twenty-eight hundred dollars .... 2,800 00

17 For the salaries of the chaplains of the senate and

house of representatives, the sum of fifteen hun-
dred dollars 1,500 00

18 For personal services of the counsel to the senate and

assistants, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand

three hundred and fifty dollars .... 13,350 00

19 For personal services of the counsel to the house

of representatives and assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars 14,700 00

20 For clerical and other assistance of the senate com-

mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four thou-
sand doUars . 4,000 00

21 For clerical and other assistance of the house com-

mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four thousand

dollars 4,000 00

22 For authorized traveling and other expenses of the

committees of the present general court, with the
approval of a majority of the committee incurring
the same, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars 5,000 00

23 For expenses of advertising hearings of the com-

mittees of the present general court, including
expenses of preparing and mailing advertisements
to the various newspapers, with the approval of
the comptroller of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding three hundred dollars . . . 300 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

24 For printing, binding and paper ordered by the

senate and house of representatives, or by con-
current order of the two branches, with the ap-
proval of the clerks of the respective branches, a
sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars

25 For expenses in connection with the publication of

the bulletin of committee hearings, with the ap-
proval of the joint committee on rules, a sum not
exceeding thirteen thousand five hundred dollars .

26 For stationery for the senate, purchased by and with

the approval of the clerk, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars ......

27 For office expenses of the counsel to the senate, a sum

not exceeding two himdred dollars

28 For stationery for the house of representatives, pur-

chased by and with the approval of the clerk, a
sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars

29 For oflSce expenses of the counsel to the house of

representatives, a sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars ........

30 For contingent expenses of the senate and house of

representatives, and necessary expenses in and
about the state house with the approval of the
sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand dollars ......

Total

Legislative
department.

$55,000 00

13,500 00

500 00
200 00

900 00

200 00

17,000 00
$692,574 00

Service of the Judicial Department.

Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:

31 For the salaries of the chief justice and of the six

associate justices, a sum not exceeding eighty-
four thousand five hundred dollars

32 For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not

exceeding forty-five hundred dollars .

33 For the pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceed-

ing eighty-five hundred dollars . . .

34 For the salary of the clerk for the commonwealth, a

sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars

35 For clerical assistance to the clerk, ^ sum not ex-

ceeding one thousand dollars ....

36 For law clerks, stenographers and other clerical

assistance for the justices, a sum not exceeding
nineteen thousand dollars ....

37 For office supplies, services and equipment of the

supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars ....

38 For the salaries of the officers and messengers, a sum

not exceeding three thousand and forty dollars

39 For the commonwealth's part of the salary of the

clerk for the county of Suffolk, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen hundred dollars ....

Judicial De-
$84,500 00 P^^tment.
oupreme
. Judicial Court.

4,500 00
8,500 00
6,500 00
1,000 00

19,000 00

2,500 00
3,040 00

1,500 00

Reporter of Decisions:

40 For the salary of the reporter of decisions, a sum not

exceeding six thousand dollars ....

41 For clerk hire and office supplies, services and equip-

ment, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars

Reporter of
6,000 00 Decisions.

8,000 00

Pensions:
42 For the pensions of retired court officers, a sum not
exceeding four hundred and sixty-four dollars

Total

Pensions of re-

464 00 ^^d --'

$145,504 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

Superior Court. 43

44
45
46

Superior Court, as follows:

For the salaries of the chief justice and of the thirty-
one associate justices, a sum not exceeding three
hundred twenty thousand five hundred dollars

For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not
exceeding nineteen thousand five hundred dollars

For the salary of the assistant clerk, Suffolk county,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

For clerical work, inspection of records and doings
of persons authorized to admit to bail, for an
executive clerk to the chief justice, and for certain
other expenses incident to the work of the court, a
sum not exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars

For pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand three hundred and seventy-
five dollars .......

Total

$320,500 00

19,500 00

1,000 00

8,500 00

24,375 00
$373,875 00

Justices of Dis-
trict Courts sit-
ting in Superior
Court.

Justices of District Courts:

48 For compensation of justices of district courts while

sitting in the superior court, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and sixty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, as amended
by chapter four hundred and eighty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars . . $12,000 00

49 For expenses of justices of the district courts while

sitting in the superior court, as authorized by
section four of chapter four hundred and sixty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars 1,500 00

50 For reimbursing certain counties for compensation

of certain special justices for services in holding
sessions of district courts in place of the justice,
while sitting in the superior court, as authorized
by section four of chapter four hundred and
sixtj'-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, a sum not exceeding six thousand
dollars . . • 6,000 00

Total $19,500 00

Judicial
Council.

Judicial Council:
51 For expenses of the judicial coimcil, as authorized
by chapter two hundred and forty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, a sum not
exceeding tliree thousand dollars

$3,000 00

Administrative
Committee of
District Courts.

Administrative Committee of District Courts:
52 For compensation and expenses of the administrative
committee of district courts, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars ....

3,500 00

Probate and

Insolvency

Courts.

Probate and Insolvency Courts, as follows:

53 For the salaries of judges of probate of the several

counties, a sum not exceeding ninety thousand

ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents . . 90,091 67

54 For pensions of retired judges, a sum not exceeding

fifteen thousand three hundred dollars . . 15,300 00

55 For the compensation of judges of probate when

acting outside of their own county for other judges
of probate, a sum not exceeding fif t^'-five hundred
dollars 5,500 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

For expenses of judges of probate when acting out-
side their own counties for other judges of pro-
bate, as authorized by chapter three hundred and
eighty-four of the acts of nineteen liundrcd and
twenty-three, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ........

For the salaries of registers of the several counties,
a sum not exceeding fiftj'-five thousand eight
hundred twenty-four dollars and ninety-nine cents

For the salaries of assistant registers, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty-four thousand fifty-three dollars and
thirty-two cents ......

Total

Probate and

Insolvency

Courts.

S500 00

55,824 99

54,053 32
$221,269 98

For clerical assistance to Registers of the several
counties, as follows :
69 Barnstable, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars ........

60 Berkshire, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred

dollars ........

61 Bristol, a sum not exceeding ninety-nine hundred

and five dollars ......

62 Dukes count}', a sum not exceeding five hundred

doUars ........

63 Essex, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand two

hundred and seventy dollars ....

64 Franklin, a sum not exceeding eight hundred and

forty dollars .......

65 Hampden, a sum not exceeding eighty-five hundred

and ninety dollars ......

66 Hampshire, a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred

and eighty dollars ......

67 Middlesex, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand

four hundred dollars .....

68 Norfolk, a sum not exceeding eighty-seven hundred

and ninety dollars ......

69 Plymouth, a sum not exceeding twenty-eight hun-

dred and fifty dollars .....

70 Suffolk, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand

eight hundred dollars .....

71 Worcester, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand

nine hundred and ten dollars ....

Total

District Attorneys, as follows:

72 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

ants for the Suffolk district, a sum not exceeding
forty-four thousand eight hundred dollars .

73 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

ants for the northern district, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-four thousand dollars

74 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

ants for the eastern district, a sum not exceeding
fourteen thousand four hundred dollars

75 For the salaries of the district attorney, deputy dis-

trict attorney and assistants for the southeastern
district, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand six
hundred dollars ......

76 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

ants for the southern district, a sum not exceed-
ing ten thousand four hundred dollars

$1,200 00
2,400 00

Clerical assist-
ance to Regis-
ters of Probate
and Insolvency.

9,905 00

500 00

12,270 00

840 00

8,590 00

1,380 00

36,400 00

8,790 00

2,850 00

51,800 00

12,910 00

$149,835 00

District Attor-
neys.

$44,800 00

24,000 00

14,400 00

15,600 00

10,400 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

District Attor-
neys.

Item

77
78

For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the middle district, a sum not exceeding
fourteen thousand four hundred dollars . . $14,400 00

For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-
ants for the western district, a sum not exceeding
eighty-four hundred dollars .... 8,400 00

For the salary of the district attorney for the north-
western district, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars . ... . . 3,000 00

For traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the
district attorneys, except in the Suffolk district,
a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars . 7,000 00

Total $142,000 00

Service of the Land Court.

Land Court. 81 For the salaries of the judge, associate judges, the

recorder and court officer, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars . $38,800 00

82 For engineering, clerical and other personal services,

a sum not exceeding thirty thousand one hundred

dollars . . . .... . 30,100 00

83 For personal services in the examination of titles, for

publishing and serving citations and other serv-
ices, traveling expenses, suppUes and office equip-
ment, and for the preparation of sectional plans
showing registered land, a sum not exceeding
twenty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty
dollars 23,750 00

•

Total $92,650 00

Commis.sion on
Probation.

Service of the Commission on Probation.

84 For personal services of the deputy commissioner,

clerks and stenographers, a sum not exceeding

twenty-one thousand dollars .... $21,000 00

85 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, traveUng expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-
five hundred dollars 3,500 00

Total $24,500 00

Board of Bar
Examiners.

Service of the Board of Bar Examiners.

86 For personal services of the members of the board,

a sum not exceeding sixty-three hundred dollars . $6,300 00

87 For other services, including printing the annual

report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-six hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars .... 3,625 00

Total $9,925 00

Executive
Department.

Service of the Executive Department.

88 For the salarv of the governor, the sum of ten

thousand dollnrs $10,000 00

89 For the salary of the lieutenant governor, the sum

of four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00

90 For the salaries of the eight councillors, the sum of

eight thousand dollars 8,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item
91

93
94
95
90

97
98

100

101

102
103
104

105

100

107

108
109

For the salaries of officers and employees of the de-
partment, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thou-
sand two hundred and thirty-two dollars .

For travel and expenses of the lieutenant governor
and council from and to their homes, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars ....

For postage, printing, office and other contingent
expenses, including travel of the governor, a sum
not exceeding eight thousand dollars .

For postage, printing, stationery, traveling and con-
tingent expenses of the governor and council, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars

For expenses incurred in the arrest of fugitives from
justice, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars ........

For payment of extraordinary expenses and for
transfers made to cover deficiencies, with the
approval of the governor and council, a sum not
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars

Total

Service of the Adjutant General.

For the salary of the adjutant general, a sum not
exceeding forty-one hundred dollars

For the personal services of office assistants, a sum
not exceeding thirty-four thousand three hun-
dred dollars .......

For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, and for necessary office supplies
and expenses, a sum not exceeding eighty-five
hundred dollars ......

For expenses not otherwise provided for in connec-
tion with military matters and accounts, a sum
not exceeding sixty-one hundred dollars

Total

Sennce of the Militia.

For allowances to companies and other adminis-
trative units, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty-nine thousand dollars ....

For pay and transportation of certain boards, a sum
not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars

For pay and expenses of certain camps of instruc-
tion, a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars .

For pay and transportation in making inspections
and surveys, and for escort duty, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars ....

For transportation of officers and non-commissioned
officers for attendance at mihtary meetings, a
sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars .

For transportation to and from regimental and
battaUon drills, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars .......

For transportation when appearing for examination,
a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty
dollars ........

For expenses of rifle practice, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand dollars ....

For compensation, transportation and expenses in
the preparation for camp duty maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding thirty thousand five hundred
dollars ........

Executive
Department.

$22,232 00

1,000 00

8.000 00

3,000 00

1,000 00

100,000 00
$157,232 00

Adjutant
$4,100 00 General.

34,300 00

8,500 00

6,100 00

$53,000 00

Militia.

$159,000 00
4,500 00
7,000 00

5,000 00

8,000 00

5,000 00

250 00
18,000 00

30,500 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Militia. 110 For maintenance of horses, a sum not exceeding

twenty-nine thousand four hundred dollars

111 For incidental and maintenance expenses of division

headquarters, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars ......

112 For compensation for special and miscellaneous
' duty, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand

dollars ........

113 For compensation for accidents and injuries sus-

tained in the performance of military duty, a
sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars

114 To cover certain small claims for damages to private

property arising from military maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars .

115 For expenses of organizing and maintaining an aero

squadron, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........

116 For premiums on bonds for officers, a sum not

exceeding twelve hundred dollars

■ Total

S29,400 00

2,500 00

13,000 00

7,500 00

1,000 00

3,000 00
1,200 00

$294,850 00

Special Military jjj
Expenses.

118

119

120

Service of Special Mililarij Expenses.

For the expense of furnishing certificates of honor
for service on the Mexican border, as authorized
by law, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . . S200 00

For expense of testimonials to soldiers and sailors of
the world war, to be expended under the direction
of the adjutant general, a sum not exceeding fif-
teen hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........ 1,500 00

For the compilation of records of soldiers and sailors
who served during the Philippine insurrection,
to be expended imder the direction of the adju-
tant general, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars ........ 1,000 00

For services for the publication of records of Massa-
chusetts soldiers and sailors who served in the
civil war, a sum not exceeding forty-six hundred
dollars 4,600 00

Total $7,300 00

Service of the Chief Quartermaster.

Chief 121 For personal services of the chief quartermaster.

Quartermaster. superintendent of armories, superintendent of

arsenal and other emploj'ees of the chief quarter-
master, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand
four hundred and thirty dollars . . . $19,430 00

122 For expert assistance, the employment of which

may be exempt from civil service rules, in the
disbursement of certain money to the officers and
enlisted men of the militia for compensation and
allowances, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars . . . . . . . . 1,200 00

123 For the salaries of armorers and assistant armorers

of first class armories, and acting superintendent
of armories, a sum not exceeding one hundred
twenty-six thousand two hundred dollars . . 126,200 00

Acts, 102G. — Chap. 79.

Item

124 For clerical and other expenses for the office of the

property and dLsbiusing officer, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-eight hundred and forty dollars .

125 For certain incitlental niiUtary expenses of the

quartermaster's department, a sum not exceeding
eight hundred and fifty dollars ....
120 For office and general supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars

127 For the care and maintenance of the camp ground

and buildings at Framingham, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars ....

128 For the maintenance of armories of the first class

and the purchase of certain lockers and furniture,
a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty-one thou-
sand two hundred dollars .....

129 For reimbursement for rent and maintenance of

armories of the second and third class, a sum
not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars

130 For allowances for a mechanic for each battery of

field artillery, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand six hundred dollars

131 For the rental of stables, including water and cer-

tain other incidental services, for the housing of
horses and mules, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand one hundred dollars ....

132 For expense of maintaining and operating certain

trucks, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
dollars ........

133 For expense of maintaining and operating the state

rifle range, a sum not exceeding seventy-four
hundred and fifty dollars . . . . .

Total

Chief

Quurterni aster.

$7,840 00

850 00
12,000 00

1,000 00

151,200 00

7,500 00

17,600 00

13,100 00

2,500 00

7,450 00
$367,870 00

Service of Oie Chief Surgeon.

134 For personal services of the chief surgeon and regu- Chief Surgeon.

lar assistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-three

hundred dollars $6,300 00

135 For services other than personal, and for necessary

medical and office supplies and equipment, a sum

not exceeding twenty-eight hundred dollars . 2,800 00

136 For the examination of recruits, a sum not exceeding

eighty-two hundred dollars .... 8,200 00

Total $17,300 00

Service of the Judge Advocate General.

137 For compensation of the judge advocate general, as
provided by law, a sum not exceeding fifteen hun-
dred dollars .......

Judge Advocate
General.

$1,500 00

Service of the Commission on Administration and
Finance.

138 For personal services of the commissioners, a sum not

exceeding twenty-six thousand five hundred

dollars $26,500 00

139 For personal services of assistants and employees, a

sum not exceeding one hundred forty-one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy dollars . . 141,870 00

140 For other expenses incidental to the duties of the

commission, a sum not exceeding eighteen thou-
sand nine hundred and thirty dollars . . . 18,930 00

Commission on
Administration
and Finance.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Commission on
Administration
and Finance.

Item
1401

For expenses of studies by the commission relative to
plans for the construction of buildings at the
state institutions, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars $5,000 00

Total $192,300 00

Purchase of
Paper.

141 For the purchase of paper used in the execution of
the contracts for state printing, other than legis-
lative, with the approval of the commission on
administration and finance, a sum not exceeding
seventy thousand dollars .....

$70,000 00

Armory Com-
mission.

Service of the Armory Commission.

142 For compensation of members, a siun not exceeding

twenty-three hundred dollars .... $2,300 00

143 For office and traveling expenses, a sum not exceed-

ing five hundred dollars ..... 500 00

144 For the purchase of lockers and certain furniture, a

sum not exceeding three thousand dollars . . 3,000 00

144a For alterations and additions to certain armories, a

sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00

Total $10,800 00

Commissioner
of State Aid and
Pensions.

Service of the Commissioner of Slate Aid and
Pensions.

145 For personal services of the commissioner and

deputy, a sum not exceeding seventj'-seven hun-
dred dollars $7,700 00

146 For personal services of agents, clerks, stenogra-

phers and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand six hundred and fifty
dollars . . 25,650 00

147 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, traveling expenses of the com-
missioner and his employees, and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty-four hundred and fifty dollars . . . 3,450 00

Total .

. $36,800 00

Expenses on Ac-
count of Wara.
Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns for
state and mili-
tary aid, etc.

Soldiers' Home
in Massachu-
setts.

For Expenses on Account of Wars.

148 For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid

on account of state and military aid to Massachu-
setts soldiers and their families, the sum of two
hundred ninety-nine thousand dollars, the same
to be paid on or before the fifteenth day of Novem-
ber in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six,
in accordance with the provisions of existing laws
relative to state and military aid

149 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home in Massa-

chusetts, with the approval of the trustees thereof,
a sum not exceeding one hundred ninety thou-
sand dollars .......

150 (This item omitted by amendment of the general

court.)

$299,000 00

190,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

151

152

For the preparation of a history of Massachusetts'
part in the world war, as authorized by chapter
four hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding
thirty-nine hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amovmt heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

(This item now omitted because of pending legis-
lation.)

Total

History of
Massachusetts'
part in world
war.

$3,900 00

$492,900 00

Service of the Art Commission.

153 For expenses of the commission, a sum not exceed-
ing one hundred and seventy-five dollars .

Art
$175 00 Commission.

Sennce of Ute Ballol Law Commission.

154 For compensation of the commissioners, a sum not

exceeding fifteen hundred dollars

155 For expenses, including travel, supplies and equip-

ment, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars

Total

Ballot Law
$1,500 00 Commission.

500 00

$2,000 00

Service of the Commission on Uniform Slate Laws.

156 For expenses of the commissioners, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars

Commission on
$750 00 Uniform State
Laws.

Service of the Board of Appeal from Decisions of the
Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation.

157 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding two
hundred dollars . . . . . ■.

Board of
$200 00 Appeal, etc.

Service of the State Library.

158 For personal services of the librarian, a sum not State Library.

exceeding five thousand dollars . . . $5,000 00

159 For personal services of the regular library assist-

ants, temporary clerical assistance and for .

services for cataloguing, a sum not exceeding

thirty-one thousand three hundred dollars . . 31,300 00

160 For services other than personal, including print-

ing the annual report, office supplies and equip-
ment, and incidental traveUng expenses, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars . . . 3,000 00

161 For books and other publications and things needed

for the library, and the necessary binding and re-
binding incidental thereto, a sum not exceeding
fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars . 14,250 00

Total $53,550 00

Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.

162 For personal services of the superintendent and
office assistants, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand one hundred and fifty dollars

Superintendent
of Buildings.

$10,150 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Superintendent
of Buildings.

Item

163

164

165

166

For personal services of engineers, assistant en-
gineers, firemen and helpers in the engineer's
department, a sum not exceeding fifty-seven
thousand dollars $57,000 00

For personal services of watchmen and assistant
watchmen, a sum not exceeding forty-one thou-
sand one hundred dollars ..... 41,100 00

For personal services of porters, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty- three thousand nine hundred
dollars . . •.-..• • • • 23,900 00

For other personal services incidental to the care
and maintenance of the state house, a sum not
exceeding sixty-two thousand five hundred dol-
lars 62,500 00

Total ........ $194,650 00

Other Annual Expenses:
Other Annual 167 For contingent, office and other expenses of the
Expenses. superintendent, a sum not exceeding three hun-

dred and fifty dollars ... . . $350 00

168 For telephone service in the building, and expenses

in connection therewith, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty
dollars . . . . . . . . 38,850 00

169 For services, supplies and equipment necessary to

furnish heat, light and power, a sum not exceed-
ing forty-six thousand dollars .... 46,000 00

170 For other services, supplies and equipment neces-

sary for the maintenance and care of the state
house and grounds, including repairs of furniture
and equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-four
thousand dollars 34,000 00

171 For expenses of providing a fire alarm system in

the state house, a sum not exceeding thirty-five

hundred dollars 3,500 00

Total $122,700 00

Old State

House,

maintenance.

For the Maintenance of Old Slate House.

172 For the contribution of the commonwealth toward
the maintenance of the old provincial state house,
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars

$1,500 00

Commission on
Necessaries of
Life.

Service of the Commission on Necessaries of Life.

173 For expenses of the commission on necessaries of
life, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose

$11,000 00

Secretary of the
Common-
wealth.

174
175

176

Service of the Secretary of the Connnon wealth.

For the salarv of the secretarv, the sum of six thou-
sand dollars . . ." . . . . $6,000 00

For the salaries of officers and employees holding
positions established by law, and other personal
services, a sum not exceeding ninety-two thou-
sand two hundred dollars .... 92,200 00

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing eleven thousand four hundred and fifty dol-
lars 11,450 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

177

178

179

ISO

181

18i

For postage and expressage on public documents,
and for mailing copies of bills and resolves to
certain state, city and town officials, a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars

For the arrangement and preservation of state
records and papers, a sum not exceeding five
himdred dollars ......

For printing registration books and blanks and
indexing returns, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars ......

For the purchase of copies of certain town records
prior to eighteen hundred and fifty, a sum not
exceeding nine thousand dollars . . .

For the purchase of certain supplies and equip-
ment, and for other things necessary in con-
nection with the reproduction of the manuscript
collection designated "Massachusetts Archives",
a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars

For the purchase and distribution of copies of
certain journals of the house of representatives
of Massachusetts Bay from seventeen hundred
and fifteen to seventeen hundred and eighty, as
authorized by chapter four hundred and thir-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty,
a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty
dollars ........

Total $131,400 00

Secretary of the
Common-
wealth.

$4,000 00

500 00

5,000 00

9,000 00

2,500 00

750 00

For indexing vital statistics:

183 For the preparation of certain indexes of births,

marriages and deaths, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in the preceding year . $5,000 00

For printing laws, etc.:

184 For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and

resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding

thirty-five hundred dollars . . . . 3,500 00

185 For the printing of a cumulative index to the acts

and resolves, a sum not exceeding seven hundred

dollars 700 00

186 For printing and binding the blue book edition of

the acts and resolves of the present year, a sum

not exceeding six thousand dollars . . . 6,000 00

187 For the printing of reports of decisions of the su-

preme judicial court, a sum not exceeding thirty-
three thousand dollars ..... 33,000 00

188 For printing and binding public documents, a sum

not exceeding seven thousand dollars . . 7,000 00

Total $50,200 00

Indexing vital
statistics.

Printing laws,
etc.

For matters relating to elections:

189 For personal and other services necessary for pre- Election

paring and printing ballots for the primary matters.

elections, a sum not exceeding seventy-five

thousand dollars ... . . $75,00000

190 For the printing and distribution of ballots, a sum

not exceeding thirty thousand dollars . . 30,000 00

191 For the printing of blanks for town officers, election

laws and blanks and instructions on all matters
relating to elections, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars 6,000 00

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 79.

Secretary of the
Common-
wealth.
Election
matters.

Item

192
193
194
195
196

For furnishing cities and towns with ballot boxes,
and for repairs to the same, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars . . . . . $5,000 00

For expenses of publication of lists of candidates
and forms of questions before state elections, a
sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars . 7,500 00

For the purchase of apparatus to be used at polling
places in the canvass and counting of votes, a
sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . . 1,500 00

For administering the law to permit absent voters
to vote at state elections, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars ..... 13,000 00

For expenses of compiling and publishing informa-
tion to voters, as required by section fifty-four
of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws, a sum
not exceeding thirty-four thousand dollars . . 34,000 00

Total $172,000 00

Supervisor of
Public Records.

Supervisor of Public Records:

197 For personal services of the supervisor, a sum not

exceeding three thousand dollars . . . $3,000 00

198 For .the purchase of ink for public records of the

commonwealth, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars 1,000 00

199 For travehng expenses of the supervisor of public

records, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars 1,000 00

Total $5,000 00

Decennial

Census.

Medical Ex-
aminers' Fees.

Decennial Census:

200 For personal services of the census division of the

department of the secretary of the commonwealth,

a sum not exceeding forty-eight hundred dollars . $4,800 00

201 For expenses of the census division of the depart-

ment of the secretary of the commonwealth, a

sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . . 500 00

Total $5,300 00

Medical Examiners' Fees:

202 For medical examiners' fees, as provided by law, a

sum not exceeding one thousand dollars . . $1,000 00

Treasurer and 203
Receiver-
General. ~,r,,

204

205

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.

For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-general,

the sum of six thousand dollars . . . $6,000 00

For salaries of officers and employees holding posi-
tions established by law and additional clerical
and other assistance, a sum not exceeding forty-
five thousand one hundred dollars . . . 45,100 00

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing eightj'-seven hundred dollars . . . 8,700 00

Total .

$59,800 00

Commissioners 206
on Firemen's
Relief.

Commissioners on Firemen's Relief:
For relief disbursed, with the approval of the com-
missioners on firemen's relief, subject to the
provisions of law, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars ....

$17,500 00

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 79.

Item

207 For expenses of administration by the commis-

sioners on firemen's relief, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars .....

Total

Payments to Soldiers:

208 For expenses of administering certain laws relating

to payments in recognition of military service in
the world war, a sum not exceeding forty-nine
hundred dollars, to be paid from the receipts
from taxes levied under authority of chapters
two hundred and eighty-three and three hundred
and forty-two of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen .....

209 For making payments to soldiers in recognition of

service during the world war, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding thirty-nine thousand dollars,
to be paid from receipts from taxes levied as
specified in item two hundred and eight

Total .

State Board of Retirement:

210 For personal services in the administrative office of

the state board of retirement, a sum not exceed-
ing nine thousand dollars ....

211 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, and for office supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding thirty-six hundred and fifty
dollars ........

212 For requirements of annuity funds and pensions for

employees retired from the state service under
authority of law, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred twenty-eight thousand dollars .

.1500 00
$18,000 00

Commissioners
on Firemen's
Relief.

Payments to
Soldiers.

S4,900 00

39,000 00
$43,900 00

State Board of
Retirement.

$9,000 00

3,650 00

128,000 00

Total .

. $140,650 00

Requirements for Extinguishing the State Debt.

213 For sinking fund requirements and for certain serial
bonds maturing during the present year, the sum
of one million four hundred thirty-nine thou-
sand fifty-seven dollars and forty-nine cents,
payable from the following accounts and funds
in the following amounts : — from receipts from
loans for the abolition of grade crossings the
sum of thirty-four thousand dollars; from re-
ceipts from loans for harbor improvements, the
unexpended balance of such receipts; from the
highway fund, the sum of six hundred twenty-
two thousand fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents;
from the balance of the receipts of the sale of
the Boston dry dock, two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars; and the remainder from the

Requirements
for Extinguish-
ing State Debt.

general fund

$1,439,057 49

Interest on the Public Debt.

214 For the payment of interest on the direct debt and
temporary loans of the commonwealth, a sum
not exceeding one million three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, of which sum five hundred
thirty-six thousand nine hundred ninety-one
dollars and twenty-five cents shall be paid from

Interest on
Public Debt.

the highway fund

$1,350,000 00

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 79.

Auditor of the

Comnion-

wealth.

Item

215
216

217

Sermce of the Audilor of tfte Cotumomvealth.

For the salaiy of tlie auditor, a sum not exceeding

six thousand doHars $6,000 00

For personal services of deputies and other assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand
dollars 36,000 00

For services other than personal, traveling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding fifty-three hundred dollars . . 5,300 00

Total $47,300 00

Compensation 218
of certain re-
tired persons
formerly in
service of com-
monwealth, etc. 219

220

221

222

Unclassified Accounts and Claims.'

For the compensation of veterans of the civil war
and certain others formerly in the service of the
commonwealth, now retired, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-four thousand dollars . . . $54,000 00

For the compensation of any veteran who may be
retired by the governor under the provisions of
sections fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, of chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-six hundred dollars . . . 3,600 00

For the compensation of certain prison officers and
instructors formerly in the service of the com-
monwealth, now retired, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand five hundred dollars . . . 30,500 00

For the compensation of state police officers for-
merly in the service of the commonwealth, and
now retired, a sum not exceeding eighty-two
hundred and eighty-five dollars . . . 8,285 00

For the compensation of certain women formerly
employed in cleaning the state house, and now
retired, a sum not exceeding seventeen hundred
dollars and twenty cents ..... 1,700 20

Total $98,085 20

Compensation 223
of certain pub- "
lie employees
for injuries, etc.

Annuities and
pensions of
soldiers, etc.

224

For certain other aid:

For the compensation of certain public employees
for injuries sustained in the course of their em-
ployment, as provided by section sixty-nine of
chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General
Laws, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars . . . . . . . . $25,000 00

For the payment of certain annuities and pensions
of soldiers and others under the provisions of
certain acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding
ninety-four hundred and twenty-six dollars . 9,426 00

Total $34,426 00

Reimburse- 225

ment for pre-
miums paid,
etc.

Claims upon
death of fire-
men, etc.

226

For reimbursing officials for premiums paid for
procuring sureties on their bonds, as provided by
existing laws, a sum not exceeding one hundred
and fifty dollars . . . . . . $150 00

For payment in accordance with law of such claims
as may arise in consequence of the death of fire-
men and of persons acting as firemen, from in-
juries received in the discharge of their duties, a
sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars . . 30,000 00

Acts, 1926. —Chap. 79.

Itoin

227

229

For payment of nny claims, as authorized by sec-
tion eighty-seven of chapter thirty-two of the
General Laws, for allowances to the families of
policemen killed or fatally injured in the dis-
charge of their duties, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars ....

For small items of expenditure for which no ap-
propriations have been made, and for cases in
which appropriations have been exhausted or
have reverted to the treasury in previous years,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

For reimbursement of persons for funds previously
deposited in the treasury of the commonwealth
on account of unclaimed savings bank deposits,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars .

Total

ClaimB for
policemen
killed, etc.

$2,500 00

Small items of
expenditure.

1,000 00

500 00

Reimburse-
ment for un-
claimed saving
bank deposits.

$34,150 00

Service of the Attorney General's Department.

231 For the salarj' of the attorney general, the sum of

eight thousand dollars .....

232 For the compensation of assistants in his office, and

for such other legal and personal services as may
be required, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
thousand dollars ......

233 For services other than personal, traveling ex-

penses, office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars ....

234 For the settlement of certain claims, as authorized

by chapter three hundred and ninety-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars .

Total

Attorney
5 000 00 General's De-
),uuu uu partment.

75,000 00
10,000 00

5,000 00

$98,000 00

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

235 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding six thousand dollars ....

236 For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a

sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars

237 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum

not exceeding one thousand dollars .

238 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, office supplies and equipment, and print-
ing and furnishing trespass posters, a sum not
exceeding nine thousand dollars

239 For compensation and expenses of members of the

advisory board, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars .......

240 For services and expenses of apiary inspection,- a

sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars

Department of
$6,000 00 Agriculture.

20,000 00
1,000 00

9,000 00

2,000 00
2,500 00

Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding ninety-
two hundred dollars .....
For other expenses, including the enforcement of
the dairy laws of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding forty -five hundred dollars .

Division of
9,200 00 Dairying and
Animal
Husbandry.

4,500 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Di\"ision of
Plant Pest
Control.

Item

243
244

Division of Plant Pest Control :

For personal services, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand seven hundred dollars .... $10,700 00

For other expenses, a sum not exceeding sixty-three
hundred dollars 6,300 00

Division of Ornithology:
Division of 245 For personal services, a sum not exceeding fifty-

Ornithology, jji^g hundred dollars . . . . . 5,900 00

246 For other expenses, a smn not exceeding five hundred

dollars 500 00

Division of Markets:
Division of 247 For personal services, a sum not exceeding nine-

Markets, teen thousand six hundred dollars . . . 19,600 00

248 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fiftj'-one

hundred dollars 5,100 00

Division of
Reclamation,
Soil Survey and
Fairs.

Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs:

249 For personal services, a sum not exceeding twelve

thousand five hundred dollars .... 12,500 00

250 For travel and other expenses, a sum not exceeding

fifty-eight hundred and ninety dollars . . 5,890 00

251 For state prizes and agricultural exhibits, a sum not

exceeding thirty thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for this purpose, and any unexpended bal-
ance remaining at the end of the current fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding j^ear . . 30,000 00

Department of 252

Agriculture.

Specials.

253

Specials :

For work in protecting the pine trees of the com-
monwealth from white pine blister rust, and for
payments of claims on account of currant and
gooseberry bushes destroyed in the work of sup-
pressing white pine blister rust, a sum not ex-
ceeding eighteen thousand dollars . . . 18,000 00

For quarantine and other expenses in connection
with the work of suppression of the European
corn-borer, so-called, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 6,000 00

Total $174,690 GO

State Rec-
lamation
Board.

Service of State Reclamation Board.

254 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars ....

$2,500 GO

Department of
Conservation.

Service of the Department of Conservation.

Administration:

255 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding six thousand dollars .... $6,000 00

256 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sura

not exceeding two himdred and fifty dollars . 250 00

Total $6,250 00

Division of Forestry:
Division of 257 For personal services of office assistants, a sura not
Forestry. exceeding eleven thousand four hundred dollars .

$11,400 00

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 79.

Item
258

259

260

261

262

263

264
265

266

267

268

$5,000 00

13,000 00

8,500 00

2,000 00

60.000 00

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, and for traveling expenses,
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars

For the salaries and expenses of foresters and for
necessary lal)or, supplies and equipment in main-
taining forest tree nurseries, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars .....

For the purchase of land and reforesting the same,
as authorized bj' section ten of chapter one hun-
dred and thirty-two of the General Laws, as
amended, a sum not exceeding eighty-five hun-
dred dollars .......

For aiding towns in the purchase of equipment for
extinguishing forest fires and for making pro-
tective belts or zones as a defence against forest
fires, for the present year and previous years, a
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars

For the personal services of the state fire warden
and his assistants, and for other services, including
traveling expenses of the state fire warden and
his assistants, necessary supplies and equipment
and materials used in new construction in the
forest fire prevention service, a sum not exceed-
ing sixty thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any funds allotted to Massachusetts
by the federal authorities ....

For the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail
moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, a
sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for this purpose, and any unex-
pended balance remaining at the end of the
current fiscal year may be used in the succeeding
year ........

For the planting and maintenance of state forests, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars

For the purchase and development of state forests,
and tor the maintenance of nurseries for the
growing of seedlings for the planting of state
forests, as authorized by section thirty-six of
chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the Gen-
eral Laws, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for this purpose, and any unexpended
balance remaining at the end of the current fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding year . . 151,500 00

For the maintenance of the Standish monument
reservation, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars 2,000 00

For the maintenance of Mount Grace state forest,

a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . . 500 00

For reimbursement to certain towns, as author-
ized by section twenty-four of chapter forty-
eight of the General Laws, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars ..... 1,000 00

Total $329,900 00

Division of
Forestry.

50,000 00
25,000 00

Division of Fisheries and Game:

269 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding

four thousand dollars .....

270 For personal services of office assistants, a sum not

exceeding ninety-four hundred dollars

Division of
$4,000 00 Fisheries and
Game.

9,400 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Division of
Fisheries and
Game.

Item

271

272

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and neces-
sary office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding eight thousand dollars . . . $8,000 00

For expenses of exhibitions and other measures to
increase the interest of the public in the protec-
tion and propagation of fish and game, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars . , . 1,000 00

Enforcement of
laws.

Enforcement of laws:

273 For personal services of fish and game wardens, a

sum not exceeding sixty thousand five hundred

dollars 60,500 00

274 For traveling expenses of fish and game wardens,

and for other expenses necessary for the enforce-
ment of the laws, a sum not exceeding twenty-
four thousand dollars 24,000 00

Biological
work.

Biological work:

275 For personal services to carry on biological work, a

sum not exceeding forty-seven hundred dollars . 4,700 00

276 For traveling and other expenses of the biologist

and his assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
four hundred dollars 2,400 00

Propagation of
game birds, etc.

Propagation of game birds, etc.:
277 For the maintenance of game farms and fish hatch-
eries, and for the propagation of game birds and
animals and food fish, a sum not exceeding
eighty-six thousand dollars ....

86,000 00

Marine
fisheries.

Marine fisheries:

278 For personal services for regulating the sale and cold

storage of fresh food fish, a sum not exceeding
seventy-eight hundred and sixty dollars . . 7,SG0 00

279 For other expenses for regulating the sale and cold

storage of fresh food fish, a sum not exceeding

twenty-two hundred dollars . . . . 2,200 00

Total $210,060 00

Specials:
Specials. 280 For improvements and additions at fish hatcheries

and game farms, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars .......

$5,000 00

Damages by
wild deer and
wild moose.

Damages by wild deer and wild moose:
281 For the payment of damages caused by wild deer
and wild moose, for the present year and previous
years, as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars .....

6,000 00

Bounty on
seals.

Bounty on seals:
282 For bounties on seals, a sum not exceeding two
hundred and fifty dollars ....

250 00

Division of

Aninaal

Industry.

Division of Animal Industry:
283 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars ....

3,500 00

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 79.

Item
284

285
280

287

288

289

For personal services of clerks and stonograpliers, a
sum not exceeding ninety-tliree hundred dol-
lars ........

For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, traveling expenses of the
director, and ofiice supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding forty-three hundred dollars

For personal services of veterinarians and agents
engaged in the work of extermination of con-
tagious diseases among domestic animals, a sum
not exceeding forty-four thousand five hundred
dollars ........

For the traveling expenses of veterinarians and
agents, including the cost of any motor vehicles
purchased for their use, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two thousand dollars ....

For reimbursement of owners of horses killed during
the present and previous years, travel, when al-
lowed, of inspectors of animals, incidental ex-
penses of killing and burial, quarantine and
emergency services, and for laboratory and vet-
erinary supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty-seven hundred dollars

For reimbursement of owners of cattle Idlled, as
authorized by section one of chapter three hun-
dred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and in accordance with certain pro-
visions of law and agreements made under au-
thority of section thirty-three of chapter one
hundred and twenty-nine of the General Laws,
as amended by section three of chapter three
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, during the present and
previous years, a sum not. exceeding two hun-
dred thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, and any unexpended balance remaining
at the end of the current fiscal year may be
used in the succeeding year . . . .

Total

Division of
Animal
$9,300 00 Industry.

4,300 00

44,500 00
22,000 00

5,700 00

200,000 00
$289,300 00

Reimbursement of towns for Inspectors of
Animals :
290 For the reimbursement of certain towns for com-
pensation paid to inspectors of animals, a sum
not exceeding seven thousand dollars

Reimburse-
ment of towns

$7,000 00 ?/iniS"

Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Division of Banks and Banking:

For salary of the commissioner, the sum of six
thousand dollars ...... i

For services of deputy, directors, examiners and
assistants, clerks, stenographers and experts, a
sum not exceeding two hundred twenty-seven
thousand four hundred dollars ....

For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, travehng expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-two thou-
sand dollars .......

Total

Department of
5,000 00 Banking and
Insurance.

227,400 00

Division of
Banks and
Banking.

62,000 00
$295,400 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Supervisor of
Loan Agencies.

Item

294

29^

Supervisor of Loan Agencies:

For personal services of supervisor and assistants,
a sum not exceeding seventy-two hundred and
eighty dollars ....... $7,280 00

For services other than personal, printing the an-
nual report, office supplies and equipment, u
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars . . 1,000 00

Total $8,280 00

Division of

Insurance.

Division of Insurance:

296 For salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceed-

ing six thousand dollars ..... $6,000 00

297 For other personal services of the division, a sum

not exceeding one hundred and four thousand

doUars 104,000 00

298 For other services, including printing the annual

report, traveling expenses and necessary office
supphes and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one thousand dollars .... 21,000 00

299 For expenses of the board of appeal created under

section three of chapter three hundred and forty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
five, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dol-
lars 1,200 00

Total $132,200 00

Board of Ap- 300
peal on Fire In-
surance Rates.

Board of Appeal on Fire Insurance Rates:
For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding
two hundred dollars .....

$200 00

Division of
Savings Banks
Life Insurance.

Division of Savings Banks Life Insurance:

301 For personal services of officers and employees, a

sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand four

hundred dollars $21,400 00

302 For publicity, including traveling expenses of one

person, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-
lars 2,000 00

303 For services other than personal, printing the an-

nual report and travehng expenses, office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-three
hundred dollars . . . . . . 6,300 00

304 For encouraging and promoting old age annuities

and the organization of mutual benefit associations
among the employees of industrial plants in the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding thirty-two
hundred dollars 3,200 00

Total $32,900 00

Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.
Corporation
and Tax
Divisions.

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Corporation and Tax Divisions:

305 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not

exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars . . $6,500 00

306 For the salaries of certain positions filled by the

commissioner, with the approval of the gov-
ernor and council, and for additional clerical and
other assistance, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred sixty-four thousand dollars . . 164,000 00

307 For travehng expenses, a sum not exceeding seventy-

five hundred dollars 7,500 00

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 79.

Item

308

For other services and for necessary office supplies
and equipment, and for printing the annual re-
port, other pul)lioations and valuation books, a
sum not exceeding twenty-seven thousand dol-
lars ........

Total

Corporation
and Tax
Divisiona.

$27,000 00
$205,000 00

Income Tax Division (the three following appro-
priations are to be made from the receipts
from the income tax) :

309 For personal services of the deputy, assistants,

assessors, assistant assessors, clerks, stenogra-
phers and other necessary assistants, a sum not
exceeding three hundred forty-eight thousand
dollars ........

310 For traveling expenses of members of the division,

a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars

311 For services other than personal, and for office sup-

plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding one
hundred twenty-four thousand dollars

Total

Income Tax
Division.

$348,000 00
9,000 00

124,000 00
$481,000 00

Division of Accounts:

312 For personal services, a sum not exceeding fiftj'-one

thousand dollars ......

313 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding eleven

thovisand six hundred dollars ....

314 For services and expenses of auditing and install-

ing systems of municipal accounts, the cost of
which is to be assessed upon the municipalities
for which the work is done, a sum not exceeding
ninety-two thousand four hundred dollars .

315 For the expense of certain books, forms and other

material, which may be sold to cities and towns
requiring the same for maintaining their system
of accounts, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ........

Total

Reimbursement for loss of taxes:

316 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of taxes

on land used for state institutions and certain
other state activities, as certified by the com-
missioner of corporations and taxation, for the
fiscal 3'ear ending November thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, a sum not exceeding
ninety-five thousand dollars ....

Division of
$51,000 00 Accounts.

11,600 00

92,400 00

10,000 00
$165,000 00

Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns for
loss of certain
taxes.

$95,000 00

Service of the Department of Education.

317 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not

exceeding nine thousand dollars

318 For personal services of officers, agents, clerks,

stenographers and other assistants, but not in-
cluding those employed in university extension
work, a sura not exceeding eighty-five thousand
dollars ........

319 For traveling expenses of members of the advisory

board and of agents and employees when required
to travel in discharge of their duties, a sum not
exceeding ninety-five hundred dollars

Department

) 000 00 °f Education

85,000 00

9,500 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Department
of Education,

Item

320 For services other than personal, necessary oflBce

suppHes, and for printing the annual report and
bulletins as provided by law, a sum not exceed-
ing thirteen thousand dollars .... $13,000 00

321 For expenses incidental to furnishing school com-

mittees with rules for testing the sight and hear-
ing of pupils, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
dollars 800 00

322 For printing school registers and other school blanks

for cities and towns, a sum not exceeding thirtj'-

five hundred dollars . . . . . 3,500 00

323 For assisting small towns in providing themselves

with school superintendents, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dol-
lars ........ 100,000 00

324 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the

payment of tuition of pupils attending high
schools outside the towns in which they reside,
as provided by law, a sum not exceeding one
hundred seventy-six thousand dollars . . 176,000 00

325 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the

transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided by law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
forty-five thousand dollars .... 145,000 00

326 For the reimbursement of certain cities and towns

for a part of the expense of maintaining agri-
cultural and industrial vocational schools, as
provided by law, a sum not exceeding one million
two hundred sixty thousand six hundred sixty-
nine dollars and seven cents .... 1,260,669 07

327 For the promotion of vocational rehabiUtation in

co-operation with the federal government, with
the approval of the department of education, a
sum not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars . 16,000 00

328 For aid to certain persons receiving instruction in the

courses for vocational rehabilitation, as author-
ized by chapter four hundred and thirty-four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00

329 For the education of deaf and blind pupils of the

commonwealth, as provided by section twentj^-
six of chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws,
a sum not exceeding three hundred forty-seven
thousand four hundred dollars .... 347,400 00

330 For expenses of holding teachers' institutes, a sum

not exceeding three thousand dollars . . 3,000 00

331 For aid to certain pupils in normal schools, imder

the direction of the department of education, a

sum not exceeding four thousand dollars . . 4,000 00

332 For the training of teachers for vocational schools

to comply with the requirements of federal au-
thorities under the provisions of the Smith-
Hughes act, so-called, a sum not exceeding
twenty-nine thousand six hundred and eightj'-
five dollars 29,685 00

Total $2,207,554 07

English-Speak-
ing Classes for
Adults.

English-Speaking Classes for Adults:

333 For personal services of administration, a sum not

exceeding twelve thousand dollars . . . $12,000 00

334 For other expenses of administration, a sum not

exceeding four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

335

For reimbursement of certain cities and towns, a English-Speak-

sum not exceeding one hundred sixty-five thou- in g classes for

sand dollars $165,000 00 ^<^"'^^-

Total .

$181,000 00

University Extension Courses:

336 For personal services, a sum not exceeding one

hundred thirty thousand dollars

337 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding thirty-

nine thousand six hundred dollars

Total

I'liiversity
$130,000 00 Extension
Courses.

39,600 00
$169,600 00

Division of Immigration and Americanization:

338 For personal services, a sum not exceeding thirty-

seven thousand dollars .....

339 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding eight thou-

sand dollars .......

Total

Division of
$37,000 00 Immigration

8,000 00

$45,000 00

and Ameri-
canization.

Division of Public Libraries:

340 For personal services of regular agents and office

assistants, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

four hundred dollars $10,400 00

341 For other services, including printing the annual

report, traveUng expenses, necessary office sup-
plies and expenses incidental to the aiding of
public hbraries, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand eight hundred dollars . . . 13,800 00

Total $24,200 00

Division of
Public

Libraries.

Division of the Blind:

342 For general administration, furnishing information,

industrial and educational aid, and for carrying
out certain provisions of the laws establishing
said division, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight
thousand six hundred dollars ....

343 For the maintenance of local shops, a sum not

exceeding seventy-five thousand two hundred
dollars ........

344 For maintenance of Woolson house industries, so-

called, to be expended under the authority of said
division, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thou-
sand four hundred dollars ....

345 For the maintenance of certain industries for men,

to be expended under the authority of said di-
vision, a sum not exceeding two hundred nine
thousand dollars ......

346 For instruction of the adult blind in their homes, a

sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars

347 For expenses of providing sight-saving classes, with

the approval of the division of the blind, a sum
not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars

348 For aiding the adult blind, subject to the condi-

tions provided by law, a sum not exceeding one
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars

Total ........

Division of
the Blind.

$38,600 00
75,200 00

25,400 00

209,000 00
15,000 00

14,000 00

125,000 00
$502,200 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

Teachers' Re- 349
tirement Board.

350

351
352

Teachers' Retirement Board:

For personal services of employees, a sum not ex-
ceeding ninety-three hundred dollars . . $9,300 00

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and oflSce
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars ..... 1,500 00

For payment of pensions to retired teachers, a sum

not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars . 400,000 00

For reimbursement of certain cities and towns for
pensions to retired teachers, a sum not exceed-
ing one hundred eight thousand seven hundred
eighty-three dollars and one cent . . . 108,783 01

Total

. $519,583 01

Massachusetts

Nautical

School.

Massachusetts Nautical School:

353 For personal services of the secretary and office

assistants, a sum not exceeding four thousand

dollars . . $4,000 00

354 For services other than regular clerical services,

including printing the annual report, rent, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four hundred dollars .... 2,400 00

355 For the maintenance of the school and ship, a sum

not exceeding eighty-seven thousand eight hun-
dred dollars 87,800 00

Total $94,200 00

Massachusetts

Agricultural

College.

Massachusetts Agricultural College:

356 For maintenance and current expenses, a sum not

exceeding eight hundred ninety-six thousand two
hundred dollars ......

357 For an emergency fund to meet the needs of har-

vesting big crops or other unforeseen conditions,
which clearly indicate that additional revenue
will be produced to equal the expenditure, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars, provided,
however, that this appropriation be available
only after approval of particular projects cov-
ered by it has been obtained from the governor
and council .......

358 For the construction of a cottage, a sum not ex-

ceeding six thousand dollars ....

359 For repairs to physics building, a sum not exceed-

ing four thousand dollars .....

$896,200 00

Total

5,000 00
6,000 00
4,000 00
. $911,200 00

Maintenance
and improve-
ment of state
normal schools.

Bridgewater
normal school.

Fitchburg nor-
mal school.

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the state normal schools, and
the boarding halls attached thereto, with the
approval of the commissioner of education,
as follows:

360 Bridgewater normal school, a sum not exceeding

one hundred thirty-six thousand nine hundred

and sixty-five dollars ..... $136,965 00

361 Bridgewater normal school boarding hall, a sum

not exceeding eighty-six thousand dollars . . 86,000 00

362 Fitchburg normal school, a sum not exceeding one

hundred fifty-four thousand one hundred and

fifty dollars 154,150 00

363 Fitchburg normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding sixt3'-one thousand dollars . . . 61,000 00

Acts, 192G.— Chap. 79.

$143,450 00

Item

364 Framingham normal school, a sum not exceeding

one hundred forty-three thousand four hundred
and fifty dollars ......

365 Framingham normal school boarding hall, a sum

not e.xceeding one hundred two thousand dol-
lars ........

366 Hyannis normal school, a sum not exceeding fifty-

two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars

367 Hyannis normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding forty-five thousand dollars

368 Lowell normal school, a sum not exceeding sixty-

six thousand three hundred and fifty dollars

369 North Adams normal school, a sum not exceeding

seventy-six thousand nine hundred and fifty
dollars ........

370 North Adams normal school boarding hall, a sum

not exceeding forty-two thousand dollars

371 Salem normal school, a sum not exceeding ninety-

three thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars

372 Westfield normal school, a sum not exceeding

seventy-one thousand and twenty-five dollars

373 Westfield normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding twenty-nine thousand dollars

374 Worcester normal school, a sum r^t exceeding

eighty-two thousand two hundred and eighty
dollars ........

375 Worcester normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars

376 Normal art school, a sum not exceeding ninety-

three thousand nine hundred and ten dollars

Total $1,344,880 00

Framingham
normal school.

102,000
52,350
45,000
00,350

76,950
42,000
93,950
71,025
29,000

82,280

8,500

93,910

Hyannis nor-
QQ laal subuul.

Lowell normal
QQ school.

North Adams
normal school.

00
00

Salem normal
QQ school.

Westfield nor-
QQ mul school.

Worcester nor-
mal school

00
00

Normal art
QQ school.

Textile Schools:

377 For the maintenance of the Bradford Durfee textile

school of Fall River, a sum not exceeding sixty-
eight thousand two hundred dollars, of which
sum ten thousand dollars is to be contributed
by the city of Fall River, and the city of Fall
River is hereby authorized to raise by taxation
the said sum of ten thousand dollars .

378 For the maintenance of the Lowell textile school,

a sum not exceeding one hundred sixty thousand
four hundred and twenty-five dollars, of which
sum ten thousand dollars is to be contributed
by the city of Lowell, and the city of Lowell is
hereby authorized to raise by taxation the said
sum of ten thousand dollars ....

379 For the maintenance of the New Bedford textile

school, a sum not exceeding seventy-four thou-
sand seven hundred and fifty dollars, of which
sum ten thousand dollars is to be contributed by
the city of New Bedford, and the city of New
Bedford is hereby authorized to raise by tax-
ation the said sum of ten thousand dollars

Total

Bradford
Durfee textile
school of Fall
River.

$68,200 00

100,425 00

Lowell textile
school.

New Bedford
textile school.

74,750 00
$303,375 00

Service oj the Department oj Civil Service and
Registration.

380 For personal services of telephone operator for the
department, a sum not exceeding nine hundred
and ninety dollars ......

Department of
Civil Service
$990 00 f^^ Registra-

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 79.

Division of
Civil Service.

Item

581

382
383

384

Division of Civil Service:

For the salaries of the commissioner and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding nine thou-
sand dollars . . . • . .- . • • $9,000 00

For other personal services of the division, a sum

not exceeding seventy-nine thousand dollars . 79,000 00

For other services and for printing the annual
report, and for office supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding twenty-seven thousand five
hundred dollars . . . . . . 27,500 00

For services and traveling expenses in conducting
investigations, as provided by sections thirty-
three and thirty-four of chapter thirty-one of
the General Laws, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars 1,000 00

Total $116,500 00

Division of
Registration.

Division of Registration :

385 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding

fifteen hundred dollars . . . . . $1,500 00

386 For clerical and certain other services of the di-

vision, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand

three hundred doj^rs . . . . . 17,300 00

387 For expenses of the director, a sum not exceeding

one hundred and eighty dollars . . . 180 00

Total $18,980 00

Board of Regis- 388

tration in

Medicine. ^^^

390

Board of Registration in Medicine:
For services of the members of the board, a sum not

exceeding forty-three hundred dollars . . $4,300 00

For personal services of members of the board and
examiners for the registration of chiropodists, a
sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . . 600 00

For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, traveling expenses, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-seven hundred dollars .... 2,700 00

Total $7,600 00

Board of Dental 391
Examiners.

392

Board of Regis- 393
tration in
Pharmacy.

394
395

Board of Dental Examiners:

For services of the members of the board and clerical
assistance, a sum not exceeding thirty-nine hun-
dred dollars ... . ' . . $3,900 00

For other services, including printing tlie annual
report, and for rent, traveling expenses, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars .... 2,500 00

Total $6,400 00

Board of Registration in Pharmacy:
For personal services of members of the board, a

sum not exceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars . $3,800 00
For personal services of agent, a sum not exceeding

twenty-one hundred and sixty dollars . . 2,160 00

For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, traveling expenses, office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-two
hundred dollars 6,200 00

Total $12,160 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

396
397

398
399

Board of Registration of Nurses:

For services of members of the board, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one hundred dollars

For services other than personal, j)rinting the
annual report, office rent, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-eight hundred dollars

Total

Board of Registration in Embalming:
For compensation of members of the board, a sum

not exceeding three hundred dollars .
For services other than personal, including traveling

expenses, supplies and office equipment, a sum

not exceeding one thousand dollars .

Total

Board of Regia-
$2,100 00 trutionof

N uisee.

2,800 00

$4,900 00

Board of Regia-
QQ tration in
Embalming.

1,000 00

$1,300 00

Board of Registration in Optometry:

400 For personal services of members of the board, a

sum not exceeding nineteen hundred dollars

401 For other services, printing the annual report, office

supplies and equipment, and traveling expenses
of the members of the board, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars .....

Total

Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine:

402 For services of the members of the board and secre-

tary, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars

403 For other services, printing the annual report,

traveling expenses, oflSce supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding three hundred dol-
lars ........

Total .

Board of
1,900 00 Registration
in Optometry.

1,000 00
$2,900 00

Board of Regis-
$600 00 tration in
veterinary
Medicine.

300 00

$900 00

State Examiners of Electricians:

404 For expenses other than personal, including printing

the annual report, travehng expenses, office sup-
pUes and equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-
six hundred dollars $3,600 00

Board of Registration of Public Accountants:

405 For services of the members of the board, a sum not

exceeding six hundred and seventy-five dollars

405 § For expenses of examinations, including the prepara-

tion and marking of papers, a sum not exceeding

thirty-one hundred dollars . . . . 3,100 00

406 For other services and necessary supplies and equip-

ment, a sum not exceeding fourteen hundred and

twenty-five dollars ...... 1,425 00

Total $5,200 00

State Ex-
aminers of
Electricians.

Board of Regis-

$675 00 *'"^*i°" of Pub-
*^ he Accountants.

State Examiners of Plumbers:

407 For services of the members of the board, a sum

not exceeding eleven hundred dollars

408 For expenses of the examiners, a sum not exceeding

one thousand dollars .....

State Ex-
$1,100 00 amiuersof
Plumbers.

1,000 00

Total

$2,100 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

Department of 409
Industrial Ac-
cidents. . , „
410

411

412

413

Service oj the Department of Industrial Accidents.

For personal services of members of the board, a

sum not exceeding thirty-nine thousand dollars . $39,000 00

For personal services of secretaries, medical adviser,
inspectors, clerks and office assistants, a sum not
exceeding one hundred eight thousand three hun-
dred dollars . . ... . 108,300 00

For expenses of impartial examinations, a sum not

exceeding eighteen thousand dollars . . . 18,000 00

For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding seventy-
two hundred dollars 7,200 00

For other services, printing the annual report,
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding thirteen thousand two hundred
dollars 13,200 00

Total $185,700 00

Department of
Labor and In-
dustries.

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

414 For the salaries of the commissioner, assistant and

associate commissioners, a sum not exceeding

twenty thousand five hundred dollars . . $20,500 00

415 For clerical and other assistance to the commis-

sioner, a sum not exceeding forty-four hundred

and forty dollars . . . . . . 4,440 00

416 For personal services for the inspectional service, a

sum not exceeding one hundred seven thousand

five hundred dollars . . . . . 107,500 00

417 For personal services for the statistical service, a

sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand five

hundred dollars . . . . . 38,500 00

418 For clerical and other personal services for the

operation of free employment offices, a sum

not exceeding forty-nine thousand dollars . . 49,000 00

419 For clerical and other assistance for the board of

conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty thousand eight hundred dollars . 20,800 00

420 For personal services of investigators, clerks and

stenographers for the minimum wage service, a

sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars . 11,000 00

421 For compensation and expenses of wage boards, a

sum not exceeding three thousand dollars . 3,000 00

422 For personal services for the division of standards,

a sum not exceeding twentj^-six thousand dollars 26,000 00

423 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, assist-

ant commissioner, associate commissioners and
inspectors of labor, and for services other than
personal, printing the annual report, rent of dis-
trict offices, and office supphes and equipment for
the inspectional service, a sum not exceeding
twenty-six thousand dollars .... 26,000 00

424 For services other than personal, printing reports

and publications, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment for the statistical service,
a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars . 11,000 00

425 For rent, necessary office supphes and equipment

for the free employment offices, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00

426 For other services, printing, traveUng expenses and

office supplies and equipment for the board of
conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars ..... 5,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Ifpm

427

428

For services other than personal, printing, traveling
expenses and office supplies and equipment for
minimum wage service, a sum not exceeding
thirty-four hundred dollars ....

For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the division of
standards, a stmi not exceeding twelve thousand
two hundred dollars .....

Total

Department of
lyabor and In-
dustries.

$3,400 00

12,200 00
$353,340 00

Service of (he Dcparlment of Mental Diseases.

429 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding nine thousand dollars ....

430 For personal services of officers and employees, a

sum not exceeding eighty-four thousand seven
hundred dollars . . . . ■

431 For transportation and medical examination of

state paupers under its charge for the present
year and previous years, a sum not exceeding
eight thousand dollars . . . . _ .

432 For the support of insane paupers boarded in families

under its charge, or temporarily absent under
authority of the same, for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hun-
dred dollars . . . . . . ■

433 For the support of state paupers in the Hospital

Cottages for Children, a sum not exceeding four-
teen thousand dollars .....

434 For the expenses of an investigation as to the nature,

causes, results and treatment of mental diseases
and defects, and the publication of the results
thereof, a sum not exceeding twenty-three thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

435 For other services, including printing the annual

report, travehng and office supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand
five hundred dollars .....

Department of
),000 00 Mental
Diseases.

84,700 00

8,000 00

5,500 00

14,000 00

23,000 00

19,.500 00

Total

. $163,700 00

Psychiatric examination:
436 For services and expenses of psychiatric exami-
nations of prisoners, a sum not exceeding sixty
thousand dollars ......

Psychiatric
examination.

$60,000 00

Norfolk state hospital:

437 For the care and maintenance of the Norfolk state

hospital property, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand four hundred and twenty dollars

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Mental Diseases:

438 Boston psychopathic hospital, a sum not exceeding

two hundred twenty-two thousand nine hun-
dred dollars .......

439 Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding seven

hundred eighty thousand two hundred and
thirty-five dollars . . . . . .

440 Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding six

hundred nineteen thousand and ninety dollars

Norfolk state
hospital.

10,420 00

Institutions
under control of
Department of
Mental
Diseases.
Boston
222,900 00 psychopathic
hospital.
Boston state

780,235 00 '°^P"*^'-

Danvers state
619,090 00 hospital.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.'

Danvers stale
hospital.

Foxboroiigh
state hospital.

Item

441

442

443

443^

Gardner state
colony.

444
445
445 i
446

447
4471

Grafton state
hospital.

448
449

450

Walter E.
Fernald state
school.

451

452
453
453 i

For the construction of verandas on buildings C
and H at the Danvers state hospital, a sum not
exceeding fiftj^ thousand dollars . . . $50,000 00

For the construction of a garage extension, including
space for housing fire-fighting equipment, at the
Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars . . . . . . 5,000 00

Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
three hundred forty-six thousand eight hundred
and ninety-eight dollars . . . . _ . 346,898 00

For the construction of additions and alterations
to ward twelve building at the Foxborough state
hospital, at a cost not to exceed two hundred
thousand dollars, of which amount one hundred
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated in an-
ticipation of a further sum of one hundred thou-
sand dollars to be appropriated in the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven . . . 100,000 00

For the construction of a horse barn at the Fox-
borough state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars 5,000 00

Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding three
hundred fifty-nine thousand nine hundred forty-
one dollars and fifty cents .... 359,941 50

For repairs on coal trestle at the Gardner state
colony, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars 1,500 00

For the purchase of land for the Gardner state
colony, a sum not exceeding four hundred dol-
lars 400 00

For the purchase of food conveyors for the Gardner
state colonv, a sum not exceeding twenty-eight
hundred dollars . .• . , ■ • . . • • 2,800 00

For the construction of a building for semi-disturbed
patients at the Gardner state colony, at a cost
not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars,
of which amount seventy-five thousand dollars
is hereby appropriated in anticipation of a further
sum of seventy-five thousand dollars to be ap-
propriated in the fiscal year nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven ...... 75,000 00

Grafton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five

hundred thirty-five thousand and fifty-five dollars 535,055 00

For the purchase of insulated food containers for
the Grafton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
fifty-four hundred dollars .... 5,400 00

For the purchase of certain property for the Grafton
state hospital, a sum not exceeding three thou-
sand dollars, to be in addition to the appropriation
made in nineteen hundred and twenty-five for
the construction of a horse barn, said appropri-
ation of nineteen hundred and twenty-five being
now made available for the purchase of property 3,000 00

Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not exceed-
ing five hundred ninety-two thousand and thirty
dollars . . . . ... . 592,030 00

For the construction of a laundry building at the
Walter E. Fernald state school, a. sum not ex-
ceeding forty thousand dollars .... 40,000 00

For the installation of hot-water lines at the Walter
E. Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars 10,000 00

For the acquiring of certain land for the Walter E.
Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars 10,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

454 Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding five

Imndred seventy-eight tliousand four hundred and
thirty-five dollars ......

455 P'or the purchase of food conveyors for the Medfield

state hospital, a sum not exceeding thirty-six
hundred dollars ......

45G For remodeling nurses' home at the Medfield state
hospital, a sum not exceeding seven thousand
dollars ........

457 Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding four

hundred eight thousand four hundred and forty
dollars ........

458 Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding

three hundred ninety-two thousand three hundred
and thirty dollars ......

459 For the construction of a new ward building at the

Northampton state hospital, to accommodate one
hundred and fifty-three patients, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred three thousand five hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to the amount
previously appropriated for said purpose

460 For the construction of an addition to the female

infirmary at the Northampton state hospital, a
sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars

461 For the construction of two cottages for married

employees at the Northampton state hospital, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars

462 Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five

hundred twenty-four thousand two hundred and
ninety dollars .......

463 For additions to and the remodeling of certain

buildings to provide new spaces for industries and
storing of supplies at the Taunton state hospital,
a sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars

463 § For the construction of two cottages for officers at

the Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars .....

464 Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding

five hundred thirty-eight thousand dollars .

465 For the remodeUng and renovation of the present

farmhouse at the Westborough state hospital,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars .

466 For renovation of female wards 7, 8, 9 and 10 at

the Westborough state hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventeen thousand five hundred dollars .

467 For the renovation of and addition to Durfee Colony

at the Westborough state hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding twelve thousand dollars

468 For the installation of a hydriatic section in the

west wing of the Westborough state hospital, a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars

469 Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding seven

hundred ninety-three thousand and ten dollars

470 For the installation of automatic refrigeration at the

Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding
seven thousand dollars .....

471 Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding four

hundred sixty-four thousand one hundred and
sixty dollars .......

472 For the construction of a cottage for male employees

at the Wrentham state school, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty thousand dollars ....

473 Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding two

himdred ninety-three thousand eight hundred and
seventy doUars ......

Monson state
hospital.

Northampton
state hospital.

Medfield state
hospital.

$578,435 00

3,600 00

7,000 00
408,440 00
392,330 00

103,500 00

22,000 00

12,000 00
524,290 00

55,000 00
12,000 00

Westborough
538,000 00 state hospital.

10,000 00

17,500 00

12,000 00

5,000 00

Worcester state

793,010 00 liospital.

Taunton state
hospital.

7,000 00

464,160 00

30,000 00

293,870 00

Wrentham
state school.

Belchertown
state school.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Belchertown
state school.

Item

474

475

476

477

For the construction of a new administration build-
ing at the Belchertown state school, at a cost nut
to exceed sixty thousand dollars, of which amount
thirty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
in anticipation of a further sum of thirty thousand
dollars to be appropriated in the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven . . . $30,000 00

For the construction of a dormitory for boys at the
Belchertown state school, at a cost not to exceed
ninety-five thousand dollars, of which amount
fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated in
anticipation of a further sum of forty-five thou-
sand dollars to be appropriated in the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven . . . 50,000 00

For the construction of an employees' cottage at
the Belchertown state school, at a cost not to
exceed twenty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars, of which amount fourteen thousand dol-
lars is hereby appropriated in anticipation of a
further sum of thirteen thousand five hundred
dollars to be appropriated in the fiscal year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-seven . . . 14,000 00

For the extension of coal trestle and pocket at the
Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
eight thousand dollars 8,000 00

Total $8,155,384 50

Department of
Correction.

Service of the Department of Correction.

478 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding six thousand dollars .... $6,000 00

479 For personal services of deputies, members of the

board of parole and advisory board of pardons,
agents, clerks and stenographers, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty-five thousand nine hundred dol-
lars 05,900 00

480 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding fifty-eight hun-
dred dollars 5,800 00

481 For traveling expenses of officers and employees of

the department when required to travel in the dis-
charge of their duties, a sum not exceeding ninety-
five hundred dollars 9,500 00

482 For the removal of prisoners, to and from state

institutions, a sum not exceeding eight thousand

dollars 8,000 00

483 For assistance to prisoners discharged from the state

prison, Massachusetts reformatory, prison camp
and hospital and state farm, and to discharged
female prisoners, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand five hundred dollars .... 13,500 00

484 For services of guards and for the purchase of equip-

ment needed for the employment of prisoners, as
defined in section eighty-two of chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-seven of the General Laws, a
sum not exceeding six thousand dollars . . 6,000 00

485 For the relief of the families of dependents of in-

mates of state penal institutions, a sum not

exceeding five hundred dollars .... 500 00

Total

$115,200 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Correction:

486 State farm, a sum not exceeding four hundred

eighty-seven thousand dollars .... $487,000 00

487 For the construction of a storage barn and for the

purchase of certain equipment at the state farm,
a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand dol-
lars 17,000 00

488 For addition to oflRcers' quarters at the state farm,

a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars . 8,000 00

489 For the purchase of furnishings and equipment for

the building to house defective delinquent females
at the state farm, a sum not exceeding sixteen
thousand dollars . . . . . . 16,000 00

490 State prison, a sum not exceeding three hundred

twentv-eight thousand nine hundred and fifty

dollars 328,950 00

491 Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding

three hundred forty-eight thousand three hun-
dred dollars 348,300 00

492 Prison camp and hospital, a sum not exceeding

sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and fifteen

dollars . 67,715 00

493 Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding one

himdred fifty-one thousand six hundred and

seventy dollars . . . . . . 151,670 00

494 For the town of Framingham, according to a con-

tract for sewage disposal at the reformatory for

women, the sum of six hundred dollars . . 600 00

Total $1,425,235 00

Institutions
under control of
Hepartment of
Correction.
State farm.

State prison.

Massachusetts
reformatory.

Prison camp
and hospital.

Reformatory
for women.

Service of (he Deparlmeni of Public Welfare.

495 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding six thousand dollars ....

496 For personal services of officers and employees and

supervision of homesteads and planning boards, a
sum not exceeding twenty-nine thousand eight
hundred dollars ......

497 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, traveling expenses, including expenses of
auxiliary visitors, office supplies and expenses, and
contingent expenses for the supervision of home-
steads and planning boards, a sum not exceed-
ing six thousand dollars .....

Total

Department of
5,000 00 Public Welfare.

29,800 00

6,000 00
$41,800 00

Division of Aid and Relief:

498 For personal services of officers and employees, a

sum not exceeding one hundred three thousand

seven hundred dollars . . . . . $103,700 00

499 For services other than personal, including traveling

expenses and office supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding twenty thousand eight him-
dred and twenty-five dollars .... 20,825 00

500 For the transportation of state paupers under the

charge of the department, for the present year
and previous years, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand dollars 12,000 00

Division of Aid
and Relief.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns for
payment of cer-
tain aid, etc.

Item.

601

502

503

504

505

The following items are for reimbursement of
Pities and towns:

For the payment of suitable aid to mothers with
dependent children, for the present year and pre-
vious years, a sum not exceeding nine hundred
thousand dollars . . . . . . $900,000 00

For the burial of state paupers by cities and towns,
for the present year and previous years, a sum
not exceeding seven thousand dollars . . 7,000 00

For expenses in connection with smallpox and other
diseases dangerous to the public health, for the
present year and previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred thousand dollars . . 100,000 00

For the support of sick paupers by cities and towns,
for the present year and previous years, the
same to include cases of wife settlement, a sum
not exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars . . 85,000 00

For temporary aid given to state paupers and ship-
wrecked seamen by cities and towns, for the
present year and previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding six hundred and fifty thousand dollars . 650,000 00

Total

$1,878,525 00

Division
of Child
Guardianship.

Division of Child Guardianship:

506 For personal services of officers and employees, a

sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty-six thou-
sand dollars $156,000 00

507 For services other than personal, office supplies and

equipment, a sum not exceeding four thousand

dollars 4,000 00

508 For tuition in the public schools, including trans-

portation to and from school, of children boarded
or bound out by the department, for the present
and previous years, a sum not exceeding one
hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars . . 165,000 00

509 For the care and maintenance of indigent and

neglected children and juvenile offenders, for
the present year and previous years, a sum not
exceeding seven hundred and seventy thousand
dollars . 770,000 00

510 For the care, maintenance and transportation of un-

settled pauper infants, for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars 100,000 00

Total

$1,195,000 00

Division of
Juvenile Train-
in?. Trustees of
Massachu-
setts Training
Schools.

Division of Juvenile Training, Trustees of Massa-
chusetts Training Schools:

511 For services of the executive secretary and stenog-

rapher, a sum not exceeding sixty-three hundred

and forty dollars $6,340 00

512 For services other than personal, including print-

ing the annual report, traveling and other ex-
penses of the members of the board and em-
ploj-ees, office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding twenty-seven hundred and fifty dollars 2,750 00

Boys' Parole:
Boys' Farole. 513 pV)r personal services of agents in the division for
boys paroled and boarded in families, a sum not
exceeding thirty-three thousand nine hundred and
sixtv dollars .......

33,960 00

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 79.

Item

514

515

516

517

518

519
520
521

522

523

524

For services other than personal, inchiding travehng
expenses of the agents and boys, and necessary
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing nineteen thousand five hundred dollars

For board, clothing, medical and other expenses
incidental to the care of boys, a sum not exceed-
ing sixteen thousand dollars ....

Girls' Parole:

For personal services of agents in the division for
girls paroled from the industrial school for girls,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand six
htmdred and sixty dollars ....

For traveling expenses of said agents for girls
paroled, for board, medical and other care of
girls, and for services other than personal, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand eight hundred dollars

Tuition of children:
For reimbursement of cities and towns for tuition
of children attending the public schools, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars .

Boys' Parole.

Total

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the institutions under the control of
the trustees of the Massachusetts training
schools, with the approval of said trustees, as
follows :
Industrial school for bo3^s, a sum not exceeding one

hundred fifty-four thousand and sixty dollars
Industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding one
hundred forty-two thousand six hundred dollars .
Lyman school for boys, a sum not exceeding two
hundred twenty-three thousand two hundred
dollars ........

Total

Massachusetts Hospital School:
For the maintenance of the Massachusetts hospital
school, to be expended with the approval of the
trustees thereof, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred seventy-three thousand four hundred and ten
dollars ........

State Infirmary:

For the maintenance of the state infirmary, to be
expended with the approval of the trustees
thereof, a sum not exceeding nine hundred
twenty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-
five dollars .......

For improvement and addition to the asyhnn for
women at the state infirmary, a sum not exceed-
ing ninety-four hundred dollars

Total

$19,500 00

16,000 00

Girls' Parole.

25,660 00

12,800 00

Reimburse-
ment of cities
4 OnO 00 an.d.towns for
*,UUU UU tuition of

children, etc.

. $121,010 00

Institutions un-
der control of
trustees of
M.issachusetts
training schools.

Industrial
$154,060 00 school for boys.

Industrial
142,600 00 school for girls.

Lyman school
for boys.

223,200 00

$519,860 00

Massachusetts

Hospital

School.

.73,410 00

State In-
firmary.

922,375 00

9,400 00
$931,775 00

525

Service of the Deparlmenl of Public Health.

Administration:
For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars .

Department of
$7,500 00 Public Health.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

Department of 526
Public Health.

527

For personal services of the health council and oflBce
assistants, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
dollars $13,000 00

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding sev-
enty-four hundred and seventy-five dollars . 7,475 00

Division of
Hygiene.

Division of Hygiene:

528 For personal services of the director and assistants,

a sum not exceeding twenty-nine thousand six

hundred dollars . . ' . . . . 29,600 00

529 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,

office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing eighteen thousand one hundred and fifty dol-
lars 18,150 00

Maternal and
Child Hygiene.

530

531

Maternal and Child Hygiene:

For personal services for extending the activities of
the division in the protection of mothers and
conservation of the welfare of children, a sum
not exceeding twenty-four thousand dollars . 24,000 00

For other expenses for extending the activities of the
division in the protection of mothers and con-
servation of the welfare of children, a sum not
exceeding eleven thousand dollars . . . 11,000 00

Division of

Communicable

Diseases.

Division of Communicable Diseases:

532 For personal services of the director, district health

officers and their assistants, epidemiologists,
bacteriologist and assistants in the diagnostic
laboratory, a sum not exceeding fifty-three
thousand dollars . . . . . . 53,000 00

533 For services other than personal, traveling ex-

penses, laboratory, office and other necessary
supplies, including the purchase of animals and
equipment, and rent of certain offices, a sum not
exceeding fifteen thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars 15,250 00

Venereal
diseases.

534

535

The appropriations made in the following six
items are to be in addition to any federal funds
now in the treasury, or hereafter received, which
may be used for these purposes :
For personal services for the control of venereal dis-
eases, a sum not exceeding eighty-eight hundred
and seventy dollars ......

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-one thousand five hundred dol-
lars . . . . ...

8,870 00

21,500 00

Manufacture
and Distribu-
tion of Ars-
phenamine.

Manufacture and Distribution of Arsphenamine:

536 For personal services necessary for the manufacture

of arsphenamine or other similar preparations, a
sum not exceeding eighty-two hundred and fifty
dollars . . . ' . . . . ". 8,250 00

537 For the purchase of chemicals and other materials,

including equipment and supplies necessary for the
preparation and manufacture of arsphenamine, or
its equivalent, a sum not exceeding six thousand
dollars 6,000 00

Acts, 1920.— Chap. 79.

Wiisserniaim I-;iboralory :

538 ]''or personal services nf the Wasserniann laljoraton',

a sum not exceeding twelve thousand six hundred
dollars ........

539 For expenses of tlie Wassermann laboratory, a sum

not exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars

Wassermanu
Laboratory.

$12,G00 00
5,500 00

Antitoxin and Vaccine Laboratories:

540 For personal .services in the investigation and pro-

duction of antitoxin and vaccine lymph and other
specific material for protective inoculation and
diagnosis of treatment, a sum not exceeding forty-
six thousand dollars . . . . . 46,000 00

541 For other services, supplies, materials and equip-

ment necessary for the production of antitoxin
and other materials as enumerated above, a
sum not exceeding tliirt^' thousand five hundred
dollars 30,500 00

Antitoxin and

Vaccine

Laboratories.

Inspection of Food and Drugs:

542 For personal services of the director, analysts, in-
spectors and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars .

54."i For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand seven hundred and ninety
dollars ........

Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Engineer-
ing Division:

544 For personal services of the director, engineers,

clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
fiftj'-two thousand dollars ....

545 For other services, including traveling expenses,

supphes, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding eleven thousand five hundred dollars .

Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Division
of Laboratories:

546 For personal services of laboratory director, chem-

ists, clerks and other assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-three thousand four hundred dol-
lars ........

547 For other services, including traveling expenses,

supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding seventy-seven hundred dollars

Total

Division of Tuberculosis:

548 For personal services of the director, stenographers,

clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars

549 For services other than personal, including print-

ing the annual report, traveling expenses and
office supphes and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing fourteen thousand dollars ....

550 To cover the paj'ment of certain subsidies for the

maintenance of hospitals for tubercular patients,
a sum not exceeding two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ......

551 For personal services for certain children's clinics

for tuberculosis, a sum not exceeding forty-one
thousand three hundred dollars

Inspection of
Food and

39,500 00 ^'■''^^■

10,790 00

52,000 00

Water Supply
and Disposal of
Sewage, En-
gineering
Division.

11,500 00

Water Supply
and Disposal of
•Sewage, Divi-
sion of Labora-

33,400 00 lories.

7,700 00
$473,085 00

Division of
Tuberculosis.

$36,500 00

14,000 00

225,000 00

41,300 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Division of
Tuberculosis.

Lakeville state 553
sanatorium.

554

North Reading 555
state

sanatorium. __^

556

Rutland state 557
sanatorium.

558

Westfield state 559
sanatorium.

500
561
562

503

Item

552 For other service.s for certain children's clinics for
tuberculosis, a sum not exceeding thirty-three
thousand five hundred dollars ....

Total

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the sanatoria, as follows:

Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
one hundred eighty-four thousand four hundred
and twenty-five dollars .....

For certain alterations in reconditioning men's
building at the Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding forty thousand dollars .

North Reading state sanatorium, a sum not exceed-
ing one hundred sixty-one thousand dollars .

For the construction of a school and employees'
building at the North Reading state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thirty-six
thousand dollars . . . . •.

Rutland state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding two
hundred ninety-one thousand seven hundred and
ten dollars .......

For the installation of an additional refrigeration
machine at the Rutland state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars .

Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding two
hundred thirty-two thousand six hundred and
fifty dollars .......

For the construction of a carpenter shop and storage
building at the Westfield state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars .

For the construction of a fireproof record and x-ray
room at the Westfield state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars

For the installation of new boilers for the power
plant and the expense of auxiliary boilers for
temporary use at the Westfield state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand eight
hundred and twenty dollars ....

(This item combined with item 562.)

Total

$33,500 00
$350,300 00

$184,425 00

40,000 00
161,000 00

136,000 00

291,710 00

8,500 00

232,650 00

2,500 00

1,800 00

36,820 00
$1,095,405 00

Service of the Depaiiment of Public Safely.

Administration :
Department of 504 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
Public Safety. ceeding six thousand dollars .... $6,000 DO

565 For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a

sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand eight

hundred dollars . . . . . . 35,800 00

566 For contingent expenses, including printing the an-

nual report, rent of district offices, supplies and
equipment, and all other things necessary for the
investigation of fires and moving picture licenses,
as required by law, and for expenses of adminis-
tering the law regulating the sale and resale of
tickets to theatres and other places of public
amusement by the department of public safety,
a sum not exceeding forty-three thousand five
hundred doUars 43,500 00

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 79.

Item

Division of State Police:

567 For tlie salaries of detectives, a sum not exceeding Division of

forty-five thousand nine hundred and ninety state police,

dollars $45,990 00

5CS For travehng expenses of detectives, a sum not
exceeding seventeen thousand three hundred dol-
lars ........ 17,300 00

569 For maintenance and operation of the police steamer,
a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand seven
hundred dollars 14,700 00

569 J For extraordinary expen.ses in repairmg damages

to the police steamer in ice breaking, and in
chartering a boat in its place during the periods
when it is laid up for repairs, a sum not exceed-
ing eight thousand dollars .... 8,000 00

570 For personal services, rent, supplies and equipment

necessary in the enforcement of statutes relative
to explosives and inflammable fluids and com-
pounds, a sum not exceeding sixty-six hundred
and twenty-five dollars ..... 6,625 00

571 For personal services of other police and employees,

appointed under chapter four hundred and sixty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one and amendments thereof, a sum not exceed-
ing two hundred thousand dollars . . . 200,000 00

572 P'or other services and expenses of other police, ap-

pointed under chapter four hundred and sixty-one
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one
and amendments thereof, a suna not exceeding
one hundred eight3'-five thousand dollars . . 185,000 00

Division of Inspections:

573 For the salary of the chief of inspections, a sum not

exceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars

574 For the salaries of officers for the building inspec-

tion service, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thou-
sand two hundred and fifty dollars

575 For traveling expenses of officers for the building

inspection service, a sum not exceeding fourteen
thousand seven hundred dollars

576 For the salaries of officers for the boiler inspection

service, a sum not exceeding sixty-four thousand
nine hundred and twenty dollars

577 For traveling expenses of officers for the boiler in-

spection service, a sum not exceeding nineteen
thousand five (hundred dollars ....

578 For services, supplies and equipment necessary for

investigations and inspections by the division, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars

Division of
3.800 00 Inspections.

52,250 00
14,700 00
64,920 00
19,500 00
1,000 00

Board of Elevator Regulations:

579 For compensation of the members of the board of

elevator regulations, a sum not exceeding four
hundred and twenty dollars ....

580 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding one

hundred dollars . . . . ...

Board of
Elevator .
420 00 Resulatione.

100 00

Board of Boiler Rules:
581 For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars

Board of
1.000 00 ^o"®' ^"'^8.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Board of
Boiler Rulea.

Item

582

For services other than personal and the necessary
travehng expenses of the board, office supphes
and equipment, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars .......

$500 00

Total

$721,105 00

Fire Prevention

District

Service.

State Fire
Marshal.

Fire Prevention District Service (the maintenance
of this service, as provided in items 583, 584
and 585, is to be assessed upon certain cities
and towns making up the fire prevention dis-
trict, as provided by law) :
583 For the salary of the state fire marshal, a sum not

exceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars . . $3,800 00

583 5 For personal service of fire inspectors, a sum not

exceeding thirty thousand and twenty dollars . 30,020 00

584 For other personal services, a sum not exceeding

sixteen thousand eight hundred and seventy

dollars . . . . . . . . 16,870 00

5845 For traveling expenses of fire inspectors, a sum not

exceeding ten thousand seven hundred dollars . 10,700 00

585 For other services, office rent and necessary office

supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding

forty-nine hundred dollars .... 4,900 00

Total

$66,290 00

State Boxing
Commission.

State Boxing Commission:

586 For compensation and clerical assistance for the

state boxing commission, a sum not exceeding

eleven thousand seven hundred dollars . . $11,700 00

587 For other expenses of the commission, a sum not

exceeding ten thousand dollars .... 10,000 00

Total

$21,700 00

Department of 588
Public Works.

689

590

Sermce of the Deparitnent of Public Works.

The appropriations made in the following three
items are to be paid two thirds from the High-
way Fund and one third from the Port of Bos-
ton Receipts:
For the salaries of the commissioner and the four
associate commissioners, a sum not exceeding
thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars
For personal services of clerks and assistants to the
commissioner, a sum not exceeding fourteen
thousand three hundred dollars
For travehng expenses of the commissioner, a sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars .

531,500 00

14,300 00
2,000 00

Total

$47,800 00

Division of
Highways.

Division of Highways (the following appropri-
ations for the operation and maintenance of
this division, except as otherwise provided, are
made from tne Highway Fund) :
591 For the personal services of the chief engineer, en-
gineers and office assistants, including certain
clerks and stenographers, a sum not exceeding
sixty-six thousand six hundred dollars

$66,600 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79. 99

Ttpm

592 For traveling expenses of the associate commis- Division of

sioners, when travehng in the discharge of their Highways.

official duties, a sum not exceeding twentj'-five

hundred dollars $2,500 00

593 For services other than personal, including printing

pamphlet of laws and the annual report, and
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars . . 13,000 00

594 For the care, repair and storage, replacement and

purchase of road-building machinery and tools,
a sum not exceeding one hundred eighty-five
thousand dollars 185,000 00

595 For the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths

on state highways, a sum not exceeding twelve

thousand dollars 12,000 00

596 For the construction and repair of town and county

waj's, a sum not exceeding one million six hun-
dred thousand dollars 1,600,000 00

597 For aiding towms in the repair and improvement of

public ways, a sum not exceeding six hundred

fifty thousand dollars . . , . . 650,000 00

598 For the maintenance and repair of state highways,

including care of snow on highways, expenses of
traffic signs and lights, and payment of damages
caused by defects in state highways with the
approval of the attorney general, a sum not ex-
ceeding five million seven hundred seventy
thousand dollars 5,770,000 00

599 For the maintenance and operation of the Newbury-

port bridge and the Brightman street bridge in
Fall River and Somerset, in accordance with the
provisions of existing laws, a sum not exceeding
fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars . . 52,500 00

600 For the purpose of enabling the department of pub-

lic works to secure federal aid for the construction
of highways, a sum not exceeding one million five
hundred thousand dollars in addition to any
other funds which the department has available
for the purpose 1,500,000 00

601 For administering the law relative to advertising

signs near highways, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand dollars, to be paid from the general

fund 12,000 00

601 i For a deficit on account of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three and nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, incurred for personal services, the sum of
thirty-three hundred twenty dollars and fifty-
seven cents ....... 3,320 57

Total $9,866,920 57

Registration of Motor Vehicles:

602 For personal services, a sum not exceeding five hun- Reeistration of

dred ninety thousand dollars .... $590,000 00 ^^^^o^or Vehicles.

603 For services other than personal, including traveling

expenses, purchase of necessary supplies, equip-
ment including telephone installation, and ma-
terials, including cartage and storage of the same,
and for work incidental to the registration and
licensing of owners and operators of motor ve-
hicles, a sum not exceeding four hundred forty-
five thousand dollars 445,000 00

Total $1,035,000 00

100

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

Division of
Highways.
Southern traflfic
artery, so-
called.

604

Special :
For the first instalment on the part of the common-
wealth for the construction of the southern
traffic artery, so-called, as authorized by chapter
three hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, a sum not exceeding
two hundred sixty-five thousand dollars, to be
paid from the Highway Fund ....

$265,000 00

Division of QQS

Waterways and
Public Lands.

606

607

608

609

610

611

612

Division of Waterways and Pul)lic Lands:

For personal services of the chief engineer and
assistants, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars . 50,000 00

For necessary traveling expenses of the associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars 1,000 00

For services other than personal, including printing
pamphlet of laws and the annual report, and for
necessary office and engineering supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars 5,000 00

For the care and maintenance of the province lands
and of the lands acquired and structures erected
by the Provincetown tercentenary commission, a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00

For the maintenance of structures, and for repair-
ing damages along the coast line or river banks
of the commonwealth, and for the removal of
wrecks and other obstructions from tidewaters
and great ponds, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand dollars . . . . 25,000 00

For the improvement, development and protection
of rivers and harbors, tidewaters and foreshores
within the commonwealth, as authorized by sec-
tion eleven of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws, and of great ponds, a sum not exceeding
sixty thousand dollars, and any unexpended bal-
ance of the appropriation remaining at the end
of the current fiscal year may be expended in the
succeeding fiscal year for the same purposes, pro-
vided, however, that all expenditures made for
the protection of shores shall be upon condition
that at least fifty per cent of the cost is covered
by contribijtions from municipalities or other
organizations and individuals, and that in the
case of dredging channels for harbor improve-
ments at least twenty-five per cent of the cost
shall be covered by contributions from mu-
nicipalities or other organizations and indi-
viduals . 60,000 00

For re-establishing and permanently marking cer-
tain triangulation points and sections, as required
by order of the land court in accordance with
section thirty-three of chapter ninety-one of the
General Laws, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars . . . . . . . . 1,000 00

For the supervision and operation of commonwealth
pier five, including the salaries or other compen-
sation of employees, and for the repair and re-
placement of equipment and other property, a
sum not exceeding one hundred five thousand
dollars, to be paid from the port of Boston re-
ceipts 105,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

101

Item

613

614

615

616
617

618

For the maintenance of pier one, at East Boston, a
aum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to be
paid frona the port of Boston receipts

For the maintenance and improvement of common-
wealth property under the control of the division,
a sum not exceeding ninety-five thousand dollars,
to be paid from the port of Boston receipts .

For the operation and maintenance of the New Bed-
ford state pier, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars ......

For the compensation of dumping inspectors, a sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars .

For expenses authorized by chapter four hundred
and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, relative to access to great
ponds, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars .

For continuing the work in gauging the flow of
water in the streams of the commonwealth, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars .

Total

$S,000 00

95,000 00

7,500 00
2,000 00

100 00

4,000 00
$368,600 00

Division of
Waterways and
Public Lands.

Specials:

619 For the construction of streets, railroads and piers,

and for the development of land, at South Boston
and East Boston, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred thousand dollars, to be paid from the port
of Boston receipts ......

620 For dredging channels and filling marshes, a sum not

exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid
from the port of Boston receipts, and to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose .......

621 For improvements at Hayward's Creek, the sum

of eight hundred eighty-five dollars and three
cents, to be paid from the port of Boston re-
ceipts ........

622 For the maintenance and repair of certain property

in the town of Plymouth, a sum not exceeding
nine thousand dollars .....

Total ........

Division of
Waterways and
Public Lands.
Specials.

$100,000 00

25,000 00

885 03

9,000 00
$134,885 03

Service of the Department of Public Utilities.

623 For personal services of the commissioners, a sum

not exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars, of
which sum one half shall be assessed upon the
gas and electric light companies in accordance with
existing provisions of law .... $36,000 00

624 For personal services of secretaries, employees of

the accounting department, engineering depart-
ment and rate and tariff department, a sum not
exceeding twentj'-nine thousand one hundred
and fifty dollars, of which sum eighty-three hun-
dred dollars shall be assessed upon the gas and
electric light companies in accordance with
existing provisions of law . . . . 29,150 00

625 For personal services of the inspection department,

a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand nine

hundred and thirty dollars .... 36,930 00

Department of

Public

Utilities.

102

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Department of

Public

Utilities.

Item

626 For personal services of clerks, messengers and

office assistants, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand nine hundred dollars, of which sum one half
shall be assessed upon the gas and electric light
companies in accordance with existing provisions
of law $10,900 00

627 For personal services of the telephone and telegraph

division, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand

eight hundred dollars . . . . . 12,800 00

628 For personal services and expenses of legal assist-

ants and experts, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . 2,000 00

629 For personal services and expenses of special in-

vestigations, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars . . . . . . . . 10,000 00

630 For stenographic reports of hearings, a sum not

exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars . . . 3,500 00

631 For traveling expenses of the commissioners and

employees, a sum not exceeding seven thousand

dollars 7,000 00

632 For services other than personal, printing the

annual report, office supplies and equipment, a

sum not exceeding six thousand dollars . . 6,000 00

633 For stenographic reports of evidence at inquests

held in cases of death by accident on or about
railroads, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hun-
dred dollars 2,500 00

Total $156,780 00

Items to be as- gg^
sessed upon gas
and electric
light com-
panies.

635

636

637

638

The following items are to be assessed upon the
gas and electric light companies:

For personal services of the inspector of gas and
gas meters, assistant inspectors and deputy in-
spectors of meters, a sum not exceeding twenty-
one thousand dollars . . .-.•.• $21,000 00

For expenses of inspectors and deputies, including
office rent, traveling and other necessary ex-
penses of inspection, a sum not exceeding eight
thousand dollars . . . . . . 8,000 00

For services and expenses of expert assistants, as
authorized by law, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars . 5,000 00

For other services, printing the annual report, for
rent of offices and for necessary office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding eleven
thousand dollars . . . . . . 11,000 00

For the examination and tests of electric meters,

a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . . 600 00

Total $45,600 00

Smoke Abate- 539
ment.

Smoke Abatement:
For services and expenses in connection with the
abatement of smoke in Boston and vicinity, under
the direction and with the approval of the de-
partment of public utilities, a sum not exceeding
eighty-three hundred dollars, the same to be
assessed upon the cities and town of the district
set forth in section one of chapter six hundred
and fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and ten ........

$8,300 00

Acts, 1920. — Chap. 79.

103

Item

G40

641

642

Sale of Securitiss:

For personal services in administering tlie law
relative to the sale of securities, a sum ni)t ex-
ceeding twenty-five thousand seven hundred dol-
lars ........

For expenses other than personal in administering
the law relative to the sale of securities, a sum
not exceeding sixty-eight hundred dollars .

Total

Miscellaneous.

For the maintenance of Bunker Hill monument and
the property adjacent, to be expended by the
metropolitan district commission, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand five hundred dollars

Sale of
Securities.

$25,700 00

6,800 00

$32,500 00

$10,500 00

Bunker Hill
moiiuiiient,
etc., maiu-
teuauce.

The following items are to be paid from the
Highway Fund:

643 For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, with

the approval of the metropolitan district com-
mission, a sum not exceeding two hundred twenty-
one thousand five hundred dollars, representing
the state's portion or one half of the estimated
cost of maintenance .....

644 For resurfacing of boulevards and parkwaj'^s, with

the approval of the metropolitan district com-
mission, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars, representing the state's portion or one half
of the estimated cost of resurfacing .

645 For maintenance of boulevards and parkways,

with the approval of the metropolitan district
commission, for the installation of a certain elec-
tric lighting system, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand dollars, representing the state's
portion or one half of the estimated cost

646 For the construction of new roadway along Quincy

Shore, with the approval of the metropolitan
district commission, a sum not exceeding seventy
thousand dollars, representing the state's portion
or one half of the estimated cost

647 For the second instalment on the part of the com-

monwealth for the construction of the northern
traflSc artery, so-called, as authorized by chapter
four hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred thousand dollars .

648 For maintenance of Wellington bridge, with the

approval of the metropolitan district commission,
a sum not exceeding seventy-seven hundred and
fifty dollars .......

649 For maintenance of boulevards and parkways,

with the approval of the metropolitan district
commission, to provide for the payment of cer-
tain deficiencies incurred on account of the con-
struction of the Neponset bridge, so-called, the
sum of thirty-four hundred thirty-seven dollars
and forty-one cents, representing the state's
portion or one quarter of the total deficiencies

Total

Boulevards and
parkways.

221,500 00

50,000 00

25,000 00

New roadway
along Quincy
Shore.

ro,ooo 00

Northern traffic
artery, so-called.

300,000 00

Wellington
bridge.

7,750 00

Boulevards and
parkways.

3,437 41
,187 41

104

Acts, 1926. — Hhap. 79.

Item

Deficienciea.

Deficiencies.

For deficiencies in certain appropriations of pre-
vious years, in certain items, as follows:

Judicial De-
partment. Pro-
bate and Insol-
vency Courts.

District Attor-
ney a.

Judicial Deparlmenl.

Probate and Insolvency Courts:
For the compensation oi' judges of probate when
acting outside of their own county for other
judges of probate, the sum of five hundred and
fifty dollars $550 00

District Attorneys:
For traveling expenses necessarily incurred by
the district attorneys, except in the Suffolk
district, the sum of fourteen hundred ninety-
eight dollars and sixty-five cents . . . 1,498 65

Department of
Education.

Deparbnent of Education.

For the reimV>ursement of certain towns for the
payment of tuition of pupils attending high
schools outside the towns in which thej' reside,
as provided by law, the sum of seventy-one
hundred nine dollars and three cents . . . 7,109 03

For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided by law, the sum of thirteen thousand
two hundred five dollars and fourteen cents . 13,205 14

English-Speak-
ing Classes for
Adults.

English-Speaking Classes for Adults:
For reimbursement of certain cities and towns, the
sum of forty-four hundred ten dollars and forty
cents ........

4,410 40

Department of
Industrial Ac-
cidents.

Department of Indudrial Accidents.

For traveling expenses, the sum of seventy-three
dollars and seventy-six cents ....

73 76

Department of
Conservation.

Department of Conservation.

Damages by wild deer and wild moose:
For the payment of damages caused by wild deer
and wild moose, for the present year and previous
years, as provided by law, the sum of thirty-four
hundred ninety-three dollars and ten cents

3,493 10

Department of
Public Works.

Department of Public Works.

For the maintenance and repair of state highways,
including care of snow on highways, expenses of
traffic signs and lights, and payment of damages
caused by defects in state highways with the
approval of the attorney general, the sura of one
hundred seventy-eight dollars and ninety-six
cents ........

178 96

Total

$30,519 04

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

105

Item

650
651

652
653

654

655

656
657

658
659
659^

For the settlcmont of a claim arising from tho taking
of certain wlmrf property at Plymouth by the
Pilgrim tercentenary commission, with the ap-
proval of the attorney general, a sum not ex-
ceeding ninety-four thousand six hundred and
twenty-five dollars, of which sum ninety-three
himdred seventy-four dollars and twenty-two
cents shall he taken from an accoimt known
as the Income Pilgrim Coin Fund and the re-
mainder from the General Fund . . . $91,625 00

The unexpended balance of the aiii)ropriation
made in item four hundred and sixty-three of
chapter one hundred and twenty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, for
expenses to procure additional water supply for
the Gardner state colon}^ is hereby rcappropri-
ated.

MclropolUan District Covnnissioyi.

The following items are to be assessed upon the
several districts in accordance with the methods
fixed by law, and to be expended imder the di-
rection and with the approval of the metro-
politan district commission:

For maintenance of the Charles river basin, a sum
not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars

For maintenance of park reservations, a sum not
exceeding seven hundred seventj'-nine thousand
five hundred ninetj-four dollars and sixty-three
cents . . . .

For the expense of holding band concerts, a sum
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars

For shore protection, filling and improving Quincy
Shore reservation, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred forty thousand dollars . . . . 140,000 00

For the replacement of a line of water pipe at Re-
vere beach reservation, a sum not exceeding
seventy-five hundred dollars .... 7,500 00

For services and expenses of the division of metro-
politan planning, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars . . . . . 30,000 00

For maintenance of the Nantasket beach reservation,
a sum not exceeding eighty-two thousand five
hundred dollars 82,500 00

For maintenance of the Wellington bridge, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to the amount appropriated in
item six hundred and forty-eight . . . 12,000 00

For repaving Wellington bridge, a sum not exceeding
eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be in addition to the amount appropri-
ated in items six hundred and forty-eight and six
hundred and fifty-seven ..... 11,250 00

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, a
sum not exceeding two hundred twenty-one
thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in item six
hundred and forty-three 221,500 00

For resurfacing of boulevards and parkways, a sum
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to the amount appropriated in
item six hundred and forty-four . . . 50,000 00

Settlement nf
claim for takini?
of certain prop-
erty by Pilgrim
tercentenary
commission.

Gardner state
colony water
supply, re-
appropriation.

Metropolitan
$200,000 00 District Com-

779,594 63
20,000 00

Division of

Metropolitan

Planning.

Nantasket
beach reserva-
tion.

Wellington
bridge.

Boulevards and
parkways.

106

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 79.

Item

Boulevards and 660
parkways.

661

New roadway gg2
along Quincy
Shore.

North metro- 553
politan sewer-
age district.

South metro-
pohtan sewer-
age district.

664

Metropolitan 665
water system.

666

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, to
provide for the payment of certain deficiencies
incurred on account of the construction of the
Neponset bridge, so-called, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand three hundred twelve dollars and
twenty-two cents, the same to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item six hundred
and fort3'-nine, provided that sixty-eight hundred
seventy-four dollars and eighty-one cents of this
sum shall be assessed upon the cities of Boston
and Quincy and the counties of Norfolk and
Plymouth in accordance with the percentages
fixed by section two of chapter two hundred and
thirty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred'and nineteen $10,312 22

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, for
the installation of a certain lighting system, a
sum not exceeding twentj^-five thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to the amount ap-
propriated in item six hundred and forty-five . 25,000 00

For the construction of new roadway along Quincy
Shore, with the approval of the metropolitan
district commission, a sum not exceeding seventy
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
the amount appropriated in item six hundred
and forty-six . . . . . . . 70,000 00

For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the north metropolitan
sewerage district, a sum not exceeding three
hundred forty-one thousand nine hundred dollars 341,900 00

For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the south metropolitan sewer-
age district, a sum not exceeding two hundred
eight thousand dollars ..... 208,000 00

For the maintenance and operation of the metro-
politan water system, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred two thousand four hundred and forty-
five dollars, including thirty thousand dollars for
the Lynn pipe-line . . . . . . 802,445 00

For expenses of the construction authorized by chap-
ter three hundred and two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, authorizing certain
expenditures for improvements and develop-
ment of the metropolitan water system, including
acquiring of land for the protection of the water
supply, a sum not exceeding two hundred fifty
thousand dollars ......

Total

Cxpneral Fund

Metropolitan District Commission

Grand Total

250,000 00
$3,262,001 85

$47,464,992 30
3,262,001 85

$50,726,994 15

^ro"a^i"of cover- SEf'TioN 3. No expciulitures in excess of appropriations
nor and council provided for Under this act shall be incurred by any depart-
tamex^peiidi-^'^ ment Of institution, except in cases of emergency, and then
^^^^^- only upon the prior written approval of the governor and

council.
"aTtme'nts'^^cfc SECTION 4. Thc budget commissioncr is hereby directed
to be sent' copy to sBud a copy of the foregoing section to each departmental,

Acts, 1920. — Chaps. SO, 81, 82. 107

divisional ami institutional lu'ad immediately following the of foregoing seo-

f .1 • , lion, Btc.

passage of this act.

Section 5. Tiiis act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March S, 192G.

ST THE TOWN OF CliaV. 80
'HASING GAS FOR

An Act authorizing a referendum in
wakefield on the question of purc
its inhabitants.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. If the town of Wakefield so votes at any Referendum in
annual or special town meeting, there shall be taken at an edcfon ques-'^
adjournment of such meeting a vote, by precinct voting, inTg^a f^r uiTn-
on the following question which shall be printed on the habitauta.
otficial ballot to be used at said adjournment: — "Shall
the municipal light board of the town of Wakefield be
authorized to contract on behalf of the town for the pur-
chase of gas for the use of its inhabitants?" Any con- Approval of
tract made in pursuance of authority so granted shall i^g '="" ''^'^ ■ ** *=•
subject to the approval of the department of public utilities.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 8, 1926.

An Act authorizing the town of Arlington to revoke CJiav 81
ITS acceptance of certain provisions of law appli-
cable TO tenement houses in towns.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. There may be submitted at any town Town of
meeting in the town of Arlington, called for the purpose, levokt its'"^^
the question of the revocation of its acceptance of chapter certTiifpro-°^
six hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred visions of law
and twelve, being an act relative to tenement houses in teMment''
towns, and if a majority of the town meeting members of ['own^''*
said town voting thereon vote in favor of such revocation,
then the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty-five
of the General Laws shall not apply in said town, notwith-
'standing the fact that the warrant for such town meeting
may have been served before the passage of this act. Noth- Acceptance
ing herein contained shall prevent said town from again ^fyH^^^tuZ.
accepting the provisions of said chapter one hundred and
forty-five after the revocation of its acceptance thereof.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 8, 1926.

An Act providing for commissioners of trust funds Q}i(iqj go

IN THE TOWN OF READING.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Reading may Commissioners
appoint three persons who, together with the town treasurer Tn to"wn o^"'*'*

108

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 83.

Reading,
appoiDtrnent,
powers, etc.

Certain laws
to apply.

Terms of
office.

Chairman.

Submission to
voters, etc.

and the chairman of the board of selectmen ex officils, shall
act as commissioners of trust funds in said town and shall
have the management of all trust funds given or bequeathed
for the benefit of the town or its inhabitants, unless the
donor in making the gift or bequest shall otherwise pro-
vide. Sections forty-six and forty-seven of chapter forty-
one of the General Laws shall apply to said commissioners
and to the funds and securities of such trust funds and to
the custody thereof, except that the commissioners shall
exercise full control as to the investment and reinvestment
of said funds and securities.

Section 2. The initial three appointees as said com-
missioners shall serve for two, four and six years, respectively,
from the date of the annual meeting of said town next fol-
lowing their appointment, as the selectmen shall designate,
and until their successors have qualified. As the term of
each appointed commissioner expires, Iiis successor shall be
chosen for a term of six years and until his successor has
qualified. The selectmen, whenever an appointment is
made, may designate the chairman of said commissioners,
and shall have authority to fill all vacancies.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of a majority of the registered voters of said town
present and voting at an annual or special town meeting.

Ayijroved March S, 19£(j.

Chap. 83 An Act authorizing the city of woburn to borrow

MONEY FOR SEWERAGE PURPOSES.

City of
Woburn may
borrow money
for sewerage
purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of sewer construction, the
city of Woburn may borrow from time to time, within a
period of five years from the passage of this act, such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
Wobwn skewer thcrcfor, which shall bear on their face the words, Woburn
of 1926. Sewer Loan, Act of 192G. Each authorized issue shall

constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in
not more than twenty years from their dates, but no issue
shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an
amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue
is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy
of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in
section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 9, 1926.

Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 84, 85. 109

An Act authorizing the town of orange to borrow (jJian 84

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new high Town of
school building or additions to school buildings where such bc^Tow muLy
additions increase the floor space, and for the purpose of purpog^'
originally equipping and furnishing said building or addi-
tions, the town of Orange may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, forty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words. Orange Orange School
School Loan, Act of 192G. Each authorized issue shall con- ot'wk. ^
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall
be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section
seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 9, 1926.

Chap. 85

An Act relative to annual payments to the city of
holyoke by its board of water commissioners.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The board of water commissioners of the Annual pay-
city of Holyoke is hereby authorized and directed to pay "I'^HoVokTb
over to the treasurer of said city in each year, on or before its board of
November first, an amount equal to ten per cent of the total mts^roue™'
revenue received by said board from water charges and
water rents during the preceding financial year of said
board, which amount shall be paid in lieu of taxes and other
sums required to be paid by said board to said city by any
prior acts.

Section 2. Section two of chapter three hundred and I90i,3i9, §2
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and one, as amerided
by section five of chapter three hundred and fifty-nine of
the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, is hereby repealed.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 9, 1920.

110

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 86, 87, 88.

City of
Everett may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Chop. 86 An Act authorizing the city of everett to borrow

MONEY for school PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing an addition
to the present junior high school building, including the cost
of original equipment and furnishings for such addition where
it increases the floor space of such building or for the recon-
struction and remodelling of said junior high school building,
the city of Everett may from time to time, within five years
from the passage of this act, borrow such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Everett School
Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be
authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the
year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso
inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three
hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 9, 1920.

Everett School
Loan, Act
of 1926

Chap,

1867. 200,
repealed.

When part
act to take
effect.

87 An Act repealing the act incorporating the pasque
island corporation and regulating the taking of fish
on and near the shores of said island in the town

OF GOSNOLD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred of the acts of eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven is hereby repealed.
of Section 2. So much of this act as repeals section two

of said chapter two hundred shall take effect upon its pas-
sage. Approved March 9, 1926.

Chap. 88

G. L. 131, § 46,
etc., amended.

An Act extending the close season on hares and
rabbits in dukes county.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty-six of chapter one hundred and thirty-one
of the General Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred
and fifty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, by section two of chapter one hundred and seventeen
and by chapter one hundred and sixty, both of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and by chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 89, 90. ill

twenty-five, is hereby further amended by inserting after

the word "Nantucket" in the third and fourth lines the

words: — or Dukes, — and by inserting after the word

"inclusive" in the eighth line the words: — , or, in Dukes

count}', except between November fifteenth and February

fifteenth, both dates inclusive, — so as to read as follows: —

Section 4^- No person, except as provided in sections forty- Close season

six A, forty-nine, fifty-three and eighty-two to eighty-eight, ^UJ'rXbite.

inclusive, shall, in any count}^ other than Nantucket or

Dukes county, hunt, take, kill or have in possession a hare

or rabbit except between October twentieth and February

fifteenth, both dates inclusive, or, in Nantucket county, in Nantucket

except between October twentieth and the last day of Feb- ''°""*-^-

ruary, both dates inclusive, or, in Dukes count}', except ^n Dukes

betAvcen November fifteenth and February fifteenth, both *'""" ^'

dates inclusive, or during the open season take or kill more Restrictions as

than two northern varying hares, otherwise known as dliring open*' '

Canada hares, snow-shoe rabbits or white rabbits, or more reason, etc.

than five rabbits in any one day, or have in possession more

than two of the said hares or five rabbits taken or killed in

any one day; nor shall any person at any time buy, sell,

offer for sale or have in possession for the purpose of sale

a hare or rabbit taken or killed in this commonwealth, but

during the open season in this commonwealth hares or

rabbits lawfully taken without the commonwealth may be

sold; provided, that the sale thereof is lawful in the state Proviso.

or countrv in which they were taken. This section shall not Not applicable

1 't-1 1*1 i> ■!-» 1 1 • 1 • 1 *-" European

applv to ±!>uropean hares in the county oi lierkshire which hares in Berk-
may' be taken or killed at any time. shire county.

Approved March 9, 1926.

An Act relative to recovery of costs of premiums Char). 89

FOR bonds to dissolve ATTACHMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and twenty-two of chapter two g. l 223, j 122.
hundred and twenty-three of the General Laws is hereby '""e"'^^'^-
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: —
and the premium or premiums paid for the bond dissolving
such attachment, if it be a surety company bond, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 122. If the attachment is Defendants
dissolved and the defendant prevails, his costs shall include dissolution of
the fees of the magistrate and the premium or premiums attachments.
paid for the bond dissolving such attachment, if it be a surety
company bond. Approved March 9, 1926.

An Act relative to notice in certain land court pro- (JJi^jj 99

ceedings. *

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section ninety-seven of chapter one hundred ^' ^d'd' ^ ^^'
and eighty-five of the General Laws is hereby amended by

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 90.

Transfer of
registered land
by descent
or devise.

Entry of new
certificate,
application,
notice, hear-
ing, etc.

New certificate,
contents, etc.

Cancellation
of certain
memorandum
on certificate.

Notice and
hearing.
Liability of
heirs, etc.

G. L. 18.5, § 111,
amended.

Loss or
destruction of
duplicate cer-
tificates of
title to
registered land.

Issue of new
duplicate cer-
tificates, after
notice and
hearing.

striking out, in the nineteenth line, the word "notice" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — such notice, if any,
as it may order, — so as to read as follows: — Section 97.
Upon the death of a registered owner, his heirs at law or
devisees, after twenty days from the granting of letters
testamentary or of administration, or in case of an appeal,
at any time after the entry of a final decree, may file a
certified copy of the final decree of the probate court and
of the will, if any, with the assistant recorder, and make
application for the entry of a new certificate. The court
shall issue notice to the executor or administrator and to
all other persons in interest, and may also give notice by
publication in such newspaper or newspapers as it may con-
sider proper, to all whom it may concern, and, after a hear-
ing, may direct the entry of a new certificate or certificates
to the persons entitled as heirs or devisees. Any new
certificate so entered before the final settlement of the
estate of the deceased owner in the probate court shall state
expressly that it is entered by transfer from the last cer-
tificate by descent or devise, and that the estate is in process
of settlement. After the final settlement of the estate, or
after the time allowed for bringing an action against an
executor or administrator by creditors of the deceased, the
heirs at law or devisees may petition the court for an order
to cancel the memorandum upon their certificate, stating
that the estate is in course of settlement, and the court,
after such notice, if any, as it may order and a hearing,
may grant the petition; but the liability of heirs or devisees
of registered land for claims against the estate of the de-
ceased shall not in any way be diminished or changed.

Section 2. Section one hundred and eleven of said
chapter one hundred and eighty-five is hereby amended by
striking out, in the seventh line, the word "notice" and in-
serting in place thereof the words: — such notice, if any, as
it may order, — so as to read as follows: ■ — Section 111. If
a duplicate certificate is lost or destroyed, or cannot be
produced by a grantee, heir, devisee, assignee or other per-
son applying for the entry of a new certificate to him or for
the registration of any instrument, a suggestion of the fact
of such loss or destruction may be filed by the registered
owner or other person in interest and registered. The
court may thereupon, upon the petition of the registered
owner or other person in interest, after such notice, if any,
as it may order and a hearing, direct the issue of a new
duplicate certificate, which shall contain a memorandum
of the fact that it is issued in place of a lost duplicate cer-
tificate, but shall in all respects be entitled to like faith and
credit as the original duplicate, and shall thereafter be
regarded as the original duplicate for all the purposes of this
chapter. Approved March 9, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 91, 92, 93. 113

An Act placing the inspector of buildings of the city ('JiQjf 91

OF CHICOPEE UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-f)iic of the insncrfomf
General Laws, and the rules and regulations made thereunder, ch\ropel°^
shall apply to the office of inspector of buildings of the city p.'aced under

» y^i . pivil service

of Lhicopee. laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject to the aiXrmen etc
provisions of its charter; pn)vided, that such acceptance Proviso.
occurs during the current year. Approved March 9, 1926.

An Act relative to the powers of certain licensing fit qo

BOARDS. ^iiaj). yz

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p''^^'" ®-
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and forty of the Gen- g. l. t40, § i,
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out section one and amended.
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 1. "Li- "Licensing

,1 •,• )j 1 • ,1 • 1 , 1 authorities",

censing authorities , as used in this chapter, unless a con- definition.
trary meaning is required by the context, shall mean the
boards in Boston and other cities which by special statutes
or city charters have the power to issue licenses for inn-
holders or common victuallers, licensing boards appointed
under section four of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight
in cities which at the municipal election next preceding the
first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
voted to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of
certain non-intoxicating beverages and also in cities wherein
by special statutes said boards are vested with all the powers
and duties exercised by licensing boards in cities that vote
to grant such licenses, the aldermen in all other cities and
the selectmen in towns.

Section 2. All licenses heretofore issued by a licensing Licenses issued
board appointed under section four of said chapter one hun- uoenling"*
dred and thirty-eight, if and in so far as such licenses might ^^tg^^^tc^*'
be invalid by reason of the provisions of section one of said
chapter one hundred and forty as in force immediately prior
to the effective date hereof, are hereby validated and con-
firmed. Approved March 10, 1926.

An Act relative to the exchange, alteration or con- Chap. 93
version of policies of life or endowment insur-
ance.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
great inconvenience in the administration of the laws relative p'^^™

114

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 93.

to life insurance, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

G. L. 17,5, § 139,
amended.

Exchange,
alteration or
conversion of
policies of life
or endowment
insurance.

Proviso.

Construction
of certain
statutes, etc.

G. L. 17.5. § 184,
amended.

Application of
certain pro-
visions of law
relating to
rebates, etc.,
on insurance
policies, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
one hundred and thirty-nine and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 139. Any life company may, at
the request of the policy holder, exchange, alter or convert
any policy of life or endowment insurance issued by it for
or into any policj^ conforming (a) with the laws in force
when said first mentioned policy was issued, if the rewritten
policy bear the date thereof, or {h) with the laws in force
when said exchange, alteration or conversion is effected, if
the rewritten policy bear a then current date; provided,
however, that if such rewritten policy bears the date of
said original policy, the amount of insurance under said
rewritten policy shall not exceed the amount of insurance
under said original policy or the amount of insurance which
the premium paid for the original policy would have pur-
chased if the rewritten policy had been originally applied
for, whichever is the greater. Nothing in section one
hundred and twenty shall be construed to prohibit the
exchange, alteration or conversion of policies of life or en-
dowment insurance under this section, and sections one
hundred and twenty-three and one hundred and thirty shall
not apply to the issue of any policy rewritten under au-
thority of this section.

Section 2. Section one hundred and eighty-four of said
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by
striking out all after the word "loss" in the nineteenth line
and inserting in place thereof the following: — , or (3) the
payment or allowance to the insured of a return premium
upon the cancellation or surrender of a policy, or of a cash
surrender or other value upon the lapse or surrender of a
policy of life or endowment insurance or upon the exchange,
alteration or conversion of any such policy under section
one hundred and thirty-nine, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 184- The two preceding sections shall apply to all
kinds of insurance, including contracts of corporate surety-
ship, except those specified in the second Clause of section
forty-seven, as to which they shall apply only to insurance
against loss or damage to motor vehicles, their fittings and
contents and against loss or damage caused by teams, auto-
mobiles or other vehicles, excepting rolling stock of railways,
as provided in said second clause. The said sections shall
not prohibit any company from paying a commission to
another company or to any person who is duly licensed as
an insurance agent of such company or as an insurance
broker and who holds himself out and carries on business
in good faith as such, or prohibit any such person or any

Acts, 1920. — Chap. 94. ' 115

ronipany from receiving a commission in respect to any
policy under which he or it is insured, or in respect to any
annuity or pure endowment contract heUi by him; nor shall
said sections apply to (1) a distribution, without special
favor or advantage, by mutual companies to policy holders
of savings, earnings or surplus without specification thereof
in the policy, or (2) the furnishing to the insured of informa-
tion or advice by any company, officer, agent or broker with
regard to any risk for the purpose of reducing the liability
of loss, or (3) the payment or allowance to the insured of a
return premium upon the cancellation or surrender of a
policy, or of a cash surrender or other value upon the lapse
or surrender of a policy of life or endow^ment insurance or
upon the exchange, alteration or conversion of any such
policy under section one hundred and thirty-nine.

Approved March 10, 192G.

An Act making the proceeds of certain loans author- QJiqj) 94
ized to be issued by the city of boston for the con-
struction of ferry boats for the east boston ferry
system available for certain other permanent
improvements in said system.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and ^^^s, 278 § 1,

. , 1. 1 i> • 111 1 amended.

seventy-eight 01 the acts or nmeteen hundred and twenty-
five is hereby amended by inserting after the word "boats"
in the third line the words: — and other permanent im-
provements,— so as to read as follows: — Section 1. For City of Boston
the purpose of improving the ferry system between Boston "loLy^for*
and East Boston by the construction of two additional ''pproyement

, , , "^ . , . „ of East Boston

boats and other permanent improvements, the city ot ferry system.
Boston may borrow, outside the statutory limit of indebted-
ness, from time to time within a period of five years from
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, eight hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words. East Boston Ferry Loan, Act of 1925. ferry^LoS
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Act of 1925.'
such loans shall be paid in not more than ten years from their
dates, but no loan shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to not less than ten per cent of the loan so
authorized is voted for the same purpose to be provided
from taxes or other sources of revenue. Any such sum to
be raised by taxation shall be outside the tax limit as fixed
for said city in the year in which the loan is authorized.
Except as herein provided, indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be subject to the law's relative to the incurring
of debt by said city.

Section 2. This act shall take efi'ect upon its passage.

Approved March 10, 1926.

116

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 95, 90.

Town of

Nantucket
may borrow
money for
school purpos

Nantucket
School Loan,
Act of 1926.

Chap. 95 An Act authorizing the towxN of nantucket to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES,

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for school
purposes and constructing a school building thereon and
originally equipping and furnishing the same, the town of
Nantucket may borrow from time to time, within a period
of five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Nantucket
►School Loan, Act of 192G. Each authorized issue shall con-
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall
be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as
provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section
seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 10, 1926.

Chap. 96 ^^ ^^'^ establishing the day for holding the state

primaries.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

G. L. 53, § 28
amended.

State primaries,
when.

City.
Town.

Presidential.
Special.

By wards,
precincts, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section twenty-eight of chapter fifty-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the first line, the
word "eighth" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
seventh, — so as to read as follows: — Section 28. State
primaries shall be held on the seventh Tuesday preceding
state elections, city primaries on the third Tuesday preceding
city elections, town primaries on the second Tuesday pre-
ceding town elections, and presidential primaries on the last
Tuesday in April; except that primaries before a special
election shall be held on the second Tuesday preceding the
special election.

Except in Boston, they shall be held wholly or partly by
wards, precincts or towns, as the aldermen or selectmen may
designate. Approved March 10, 1926.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 97. 117

An Act estaumshinh the office of special judge of CJmi) Q7

PROBATE FOR DUKES COUNTY, AND PROVIDING FOR THE '
COMPENSATION AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF SUCH JUDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:

Section 1. Section tliree of chapter two liundred and f! i'-2i7, §3.
seventeen of the General Laws, as amended by chapter three ' '""^"' ^
hundred and seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "Berkshire" in the second hne the word: — ,
Dukes, — so as to read as follows: — Section 3. There shall of^'robiti'^^'^^
be a special judge of probate and insolvency in each of the appointme'ut,
counties of Berkshire, Dukes, Franklin, Hampshire, Hamp- p^"''' '^""'''
den and Middlesex, who may perform the duties of the
judge of probate in the county for which he is appointed, in
cases of vacancy in office, sickness, disability on account of
interest of such judge, or whenever the judge in a writing
filed with the register requests the special judge to perform
his duties; or, in case of the absence of the judge from the
county, whenever the register, in a writing certifying such
absence, shall so request. The register shall certify upon
the records of the court the number of days, the dates upon
which, and the occasions for which, the duties of the judge
are performed by the special judge; and when the occasion
is that of sickness, absence from the county, interest or other
legal disqualification, or vacancy in office, he shall certify the
same to the comptroller.

Section 2. Section forty-one of said chapter two hun- g. l. 217, § 41,
dred and seventeen is hereby amended by inserting at the '*""'°^*''-
beginning thereof the following: — Except as hereinafter
provided, — and by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: — The special judge of probate and insolvency fur
Dukes county shall be paid his actual traveling expenses
necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties, irre-
spective of the place of holding and attending court, and
also ten dollars for each day's service. Compensation for
sitting in the place of the judge of probate for said county
in excess of thirty days in any one year shall be deducted
by the comptroller from the salary of the judge, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 41- Except as hereinafter pro- Compensation
vided, whenever a special judge holds a session of the pro- f^dg^oi
bate court or court of insolvency, he shall receive from the probate.
commonwealth the same compensation that a judge of
probate for another county would be entitled to receive for
the same service. The special judge of probate and insol- For Dukes
vency for Dukes county shall be paid his actual traveling *'""" ^'
expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his
duties, irrespective of the place of holding and attending
court, and also ten dollars for each day's service. Compen-
sation for sitting in the place of the judge of probate for

lis

Acts, 192G. — Chaps. 98, 99.

said county in excess of thirty clays in any one year shall

be deducted by the comptroller from the salary of the judge.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 10, 1926.

Chap. 98 An Act authorizing the appointment of a second

ASSISTANT REGISTER OF DEEDS IN THE COUNTY OF HAMP-
DEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Chapter thirty-six of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section six and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section G. The registers for
the southern district of Essex, the county of Hampden, the
southern district of Middlesex and the Worcester district
may, with the approval of their respective county commis-
sioners, appoint and at pleasure remove, a second assistant
register. Such an assistant shall have all the powers and
authority vested in an assistant register, and shall receive
such compensation as may be allowed by the county com-
missioners.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the county commissioners of tlie county of Hampden;
provided, that such acceptance occurs during the current
year. Approved March lU, 1926.

G.L. 36, §6,
amended.

Second assist-
ant registers of
deeds in cer-
tain counties.

Powers, com-
pensation, etc.

Submission to
Hampden
county com-
missioners.
Proviso.

Chap.

99 An Act relative to the time for filing returns to the
department of public utilities relative to municipal
lighting plants.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 164, § 63,
etc., amended.

Municipal
lighting plants,
records, appa-
ratus, etc.

Section sixty-three of chapter one hundred and sixty-four
of the General Laws, as amended by chapter eighty-five
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the twenty-third line,
the words "the second Wednesday of February" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — such date as the
department fixes, — so as to read as follows: — Section 62.
A town manufacturing or selling gas or electricity for
lighting shall keep records of its work and doings at its
manufacturing station, and in respect to its distributing
plant, as may be required by the department. It
shall install and maintain apparatus, satisfactory to the
department, for the measurement and recording of the
output of gas and electricity, and shall sell the same by
meter to private consumers when required by the depart-
ment, and, if required by it, shall measure all gas or elec-
Books,account3 tricity consumed by the town. The books, accounts and
returns shall be made and kept in a form prescribed by the
department, and the accounts shall be closed annually on
the last day of the fiscal year of such town, and a balance

and returns.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 100, 119

sheet of that date shall be taken therefrom and included
in the return to the department. The mayor, selectmen or
municipal light board and manager shall, at any time, on
request, submit said books and accounts to the inspection
of the department and furnish any statement or information
required by it relative to the condition, management and
operation of said business. The department shall, in its Anmmi rpport
annual report, describe the operation of the several municipal of puw[c"Ti'u-
plants with such detail as may be necessary to disclose the ties to descrihe
financial condition and results of each plant; and shall state
what toAvns, if an}-, operating a plant have failed to comply
with this chapter, and what towns, if any, are selling gas or
electricity with the approval of the department at less than
cost. The mayor, or selectmen, or municipal light board. Annual return
if any, shall annually, on or before such date as the depart- of public
ment fixes, make a return to the department, for the preced- "♦^'•■'^'^S' ®*^<=-
ing fiscal year, signed and sworn to by the mayor, or by a
majority of the selectmen or municipal light board, if any,
and by the manager, stating the financial condition of said
business, the amount of authorized and existing indebted-
ness, a statement of income and expenses in such detail as
the department may require, and a list of its salaried officers
and the salary paid to each. The mayor, the selectmen or ArWitionai
the municipal light board may direct any additional returns ''^'^"'^"^•
to be made at such time and in such detail as he or they
may order. An}^ officer of a town manufacturing or selling Pen;iitiPB for
gas or electricity for lighting who, being required by this to^me" Ifnuaf
section to make an annual return to the department, neglects return, etc.
to make such annual return shall, for the first fifteen days
or portion thereof during which such neglect continues,
forfeit five dollars a day; for the second fifteen days or any
portion thereof, ten dollars a day; and for each day there-
after not more than fifteen dollars a day. Any such officer
who unreasonably refuses or neglects to make such return
shall, in addition thereto, forfeit not more than five hun-
dred dollars. If a return is defective or appears to be Defective.
erroneous, the department shall notify the officer to amend ^^"^ ' '^®'^'^''°^-
it within fifteen days. Any such officer who neglects to
amend said return within the time specified, when notified
to do so, shall forfeit fifteen dollars for each day during
which such neglect continues. All forfeitures incurred under Forfeitures,

• • . how r6cov6r6Q<

this section may be recovered by an information in equity
brought in the supreme judicial court by the attorney gen-
eral, at the relation of the department, and when so re-
covered shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Approved March 10, 1926.

An Act relative to the maximum numerical member- (Jhav.\^^^

SHIP OF WARD AND TOWN COMMITTEES IN CERTAIN CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section nine of chapter fifty-two of the General Laws is g.l 52 §9,
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow- ^""^° ^

120

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 101, 102.

Number of
delegates to
state conven-
tion and num-
ber of members
of ward and
town com-
mittees.

Notice to state
secretary.
Maximum
numerical
membership of
committees in
certain cases.

ing: — In case a city or town committee fails to fix the num-
ber of the members of a ward or town committee and to
give notice thereof as aforesaid to the state secretary, the
number of members of such a ward or town committee to
be elected shall not exceed ten, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 9. The state committee shall fix the number of
delegates to the state convention, not less than one for each
ward or town. City and town committees shall fix the num-
ber of members of ward and town committees, not less than
three for each ward or town. Notice of the number of
delegates and members of committees to be elected shall be
given by the state, city or town committee, as the case
may be, to the state secretary on or before August first. In
case a city or town committee fails to fix the number of the
members of a ward or town committee and to give notice
thereof as aforesaid to the state secretary, the number of
members of such a ward or town committee to be elected
shall not exceed ten. Approved March 10, 1926.

Chap.lOl ^^ Act relative to the making of false statements

IN AID OF candidates FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO
PUBLIC OFFICE.

G. L. 55.

5 34A, etc.
amended.

False state-
ments in rela-
tion to

candidatas for
public office
forbidden.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section thirty-four A of chapter fifty-five of the General
Laws, inserted therein by section one of chapter two hundred
and sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, is herel)y amended by inserting after the word "tends"
in the fourth line the words: — to aid or, — ^ so as to read
as follows: — Section 34^.. No person shall make or publish,
or cause to be made or published, any false statement in
relation to any candidate for nomination or election to public
office, which is designed or tends to aid or to injure or defeat
such candidate. Approved March 10, 1926.

Chap.l{)2 ^^ Act permitting the solemnization of marriage in
SPECIFIC cases by non-resident clergymen specially

DESIGNATED THEREFOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follou's:

Section thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and seven of
the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the folloAving: — The governor may also in his
discretion designate a minister of the gospel or rabbi who
resides out of the commonwealth to solemnize a specified
marriage, and the state secretary shall issue to him a cer-
tificate of such designation. A minister or rabbi so desig-
nated, after qualifying under said certificate, may solemnize
said marriage in any place within the commonwealth.

Approved 31 arch 10, 1926.

G. L. 207, § 39,
amended.

Solemnization
of marriage by
non-resident
clergymen.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 103, 104. 121

An Act authorizing the LORn's day leagtte of new CJi(ij) \{yi

ENGLAND TO MAKE CONTRACTS TO PAY ANNUITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Lord's Day League of New England, a corporation i,ord's Day
established by law in this commonwealth, may, in con- E'^'i",jii''[„^y*
siiieration of the receipt of funds to be devoted to the pur- contract to
poses for which it is incorporated, bind itself to pay fixed
yearly sums in one or more payments each year to such
person or persons as may be agreed upon, for a term of
years or for the life of such person or persons.

Approved March 10, 1926.

pay annuities.

C^a?).104

An Act relative to the payment of expenses of ex-
amination OF ALLEGED INSANE PERSONS AND OTHER
mental DEFECTIVES WHERE THERE ARE NO APPLICATIONS
FOR COMMITMENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and twentv-three of the General ^ ^'/-f 5 74,

T .11 11J .i." • amended.

Laws is hereby amended by striking out section seventy-
four and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section Expenses of
7Jf All necessary expenses attending the apprehension, ex^mlnutfon"'
examination, trial, commitment or delivery of an alleged ?*'' • °f alleged

.,.,.,, .11 1. • • insane per-

insane, epileptic or leeble minded person, dipsomaniac, in- sons, etc.
ebriate or one addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics
or stimulants, committed to a state hospital, shall be allowed
and certified by the judge and presented as often as once a
year to the county commissioners of the county in which
such person was committed, who shall examine and audit
the same. Necessary expenses attending the apprehension, Expenses
examination or trial of any person sought to be committed where no
to a state hospital but not so committed, shall be so pre-
sented, examined and audited if they have been allowed in ,
the discretion of the judge and certified by him. All neces- Expenses where
sary expenses of examination and delivery of persons men- "^^ coin-''''*"'"^
tioned in section eighty-seven, and of examination of an mitment.
alleged insane, epileptic or feeble minded person, dipso-
maniac, inebriate or one addicted to the intemperate use of
narcotics or stimulants in any other case where there is no
application for commitment, when allowed in the discretion
of a judge authorized to make commitments of such persons
if their condition is found to be as alleged and certified by
him, shall be presented as often as once a year to the county
commissioners of the county, where the judge certifying the
expenses was authorized by law to make commitments,
who shall examine and audit the same. All expenses certi- Expenses, pay-
fied, examined and audited as provided in this section shall "^^^^''^
be paid by the proper county. Such expenses shall be Repayment
repaid to the county paying them by the county, if any, of to county.
which the person committed, the person for whose commit-
ment application was made and refused, the person men-

122

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 105.

Expenses of
returning to
state hospitals
persons tem-
porarily
absent, etc.

Expenses, pay-
ment by
applicants for
comnkitment,
etc., when.

tioned in .section eighty-seven or the person examined for
wliose commitment no application was made, as the case
may be, is an inhabitant; l)ut if the person committed or
for whose commitment application was made but refused,
or examined as aforesaid, is an inmate of an institution of
any department of the commonwealth at the time of his
commitment or of the denial of the application for commit-
ment or of his examination as aforesaid, such expenses shall
be repaid to the county paying them by the county of which
such inmate was an inhabitant at the time of his admission
or commitment to such institution, or, if he was not an
inhabitant of any county, by the county from which he
was sent to such institution. The necessary expenses of
returning to a state hospital a person temporarily absent
therefrom, under section eighty-eight, shall be paid by such
person or his guardian, relative or friend if of sufficient
ability, or may be paid by the county where he is found, if
the condition of the person returned is such that a new
commitment would be necessary if he were not returned ; such
expenses shall be certified and audited as in the case of a
commitment, and shall be repaid as hereinbefore provided
by the county of the person's residence. If application is
made for the commitment of a person whose expenses and
support are not to be paid by the commonwealth, the said
expenses shall be paid by the applicant or by a person in
his behalf. Approved March 11, 1926.

Chap,lQ5 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO NOMINATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIVE

OFFICES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

1909, 486, § 53,
etc., amended.

Nominations
for municipal
elective offices
in boston.

Proviso.

Signatures for
uominatiou
for mayor.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fifty-three of chapter four hundred
and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine,
as amended by section four of chapter seven hundred and
thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by
chapter thirty-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred
and eighteen, by section sixteen of chapter four hundred
and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four and by chapter one hundred and thirty-six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the sixth and seventh
lines, the words "twenty-first day" and inserting the words:
— sixth Tuesday, — so that the first paragraph will read
as follows : — Section 53. Any registered voter who is
qualified to vote for a candidate for any municipal elective
office in such city may be a candidate for nomination thereto,
and his name as such candidate shall be printed on the
official ballot to be used at the municipal election; pro-
vided, that at or before five o'clock p.m. of the sixth Tues-
day prior to such election nomination papers prepared and
issued by the election commissioners, signed in person for
the nomination for mayor by at least three thousand regis-
tered voters in said city qualified to vote for such candidate

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 105. 123

at said election, signed in person for the nomination for ForBchooi
school committee by at least two thousand registered ''°'"'"'"®«-
voters in said city qualified to vote for such candidate at
said election and signed in person for the nomination for For city
city councillor by at least three hundred registered voters ''°"'"^'"°'"-
in the ward, for which said nomination is sought, qualified
to vote for such candidate at said election shall be filed with
said election commissioners and the signatures on the same
to the number required to make the nomination subsequently
certified by the election commissioners as hereinafter pro-
vided. Said nomination papers shall be in substantially the Formof nomi-
following form : °a''°" papers.

Section 2. Section fifty-four of said chapter four hun- ipoo, 486. 5 54.
dred and eighty-six, as amended by section five of said chap- ^^^ • amended.
ter seven hundred and thirty, by chapter three hundred and
forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twent\'-one and
by section seventeen of said chapter four hundred and sev-
enty-nine, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
eleventh and twelfth lines, the words "fifth Wednesday"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — ninth Tuesday,
— and also by striking out, in the twenty-sixth and twenty-
seventh lines, the words "or not more than sixty such
nomination papers for a borough", — so as to read as
follows : — Section 54. If a candidate nominated as afore- vacancies in
said dies before the day of election, or withdraws his name 'Jatel^non^'
from nomination, or is found to be ineligible, the vacancy nated for
may be filled by a committee of not less than five persons,
or a majority thereof, if such committee be named, and so
authorized in the nomination papers. Nomination papers candidates
shall not include candidates -for more than one office. Every ''"I'tefj t-j

-^ one office.

voter may sign as many nommation papers tor each oihce to Number of
be filled as there are persons to be elected thereto and no p^^pers voters

■KT • • 1 n 1 • 11 11 1 i< "^^y sign.

more. JNommation papers snail be issued by the board of issue
election commissioners on and after but not before the ninth regulated.
Tuesday preceding the regular municipal election. Such
papers shall be issued only to candidates who shall file with
the election commissioners requests therefor in writing,
containing their names with the first or middle name in full,
the offices for which they are candidates, and their residences,
with street and number, if any. Forthwith the election Printing
commissioners shall print or insert on such nomination papers on"nomrna-'
the names of the candidates, the offices for which they are tion papers.
nominated and their residences, with street and number, if
any. Not more than three hundred such nomination papers Nvimi>cr of
shall be issued to any candidate for mayor, and not more f^J^^l^^ ^° ^^
than two hundred such nomination papers shall be issued limited, etc.
to any candidate for the school committee and to any
candidate for the city council there shall be issued not more
than ten such nomination papers for a ward. No nomi-
nation papers except those issued in accordance with the
provisions of this section shall be received or be valid.

Section 3. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six, as inoo, 486, 5 56.
amended in section fifty-six by section six of said chapter ^'■'^ • amended.

nomi-
for
elective office.

124

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 106.

Names of
candidates
as pvihlic
record, etc.

Certification
by election
commissioncrB.

Withdrawals,
objections, etc.

Substitutions
to fill
vacancies.

seven hundred and thirty and by section two of chapter
two hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section fifty-six and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 56. The names of candidates appear-
ing on nomination papers shall when filed be a matter of
public record; but the nomination papers shall not be open
to public inspection until after certification. After such
nomination papers have been filed, the election coinmis-
sioners shall certify thereon the number of signatures which
are the names of registered voters in the city qualified to
sign the same. They shall not certify a greater number of
names than are required to make a nomination, with one
tenth of such number added thereto. All such papers found
not to contain a number of names so certified equivalent to
the number required to make a nomination shall be invalid.
The election commissioners shall complete such certification
on or before five o'clock p.m. on the twentieth day preceding
the city election. Such certification shall not preclude any
voter from filing objections as to the validity of the nomi-
nation. All withdrawals and objections to such nominations
shall be filed with the election commissioners on or before
five o'clock P.M. on the fourteenth day preceding the city
election. All substitutions to fill vacancies caused by with-
drawal or ineligibility shall be filed with the election com-
missioners on or before five o'clock p.m. on the thirteenth
day preceding the city election.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 12, 1926.

City collector
of Springfield,
election, term
of office, etc.

C/1079.IO6 '^N Act relative to the term of office of the city

COLLECTOR OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc, as follows:

Section 1. The city council of the city of Springfield
shall, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and in
every third year thereafter, within sixty days after the
first Monday of January, elect, in convention, a city col-
lector to serve for three years from the first day of April
in the year of his election and until his successor is elected
and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled in like manner
for the unexpired term.

Section 2. So much of section three of chapter two
hundred and forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
nine as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.

Section 3. This act shall take eff'ect upon its passage.

Approved March 12, 1026.

Repeal.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 107. 125

An Act regulating the procedure as to certain peti- Chav 107

TIONS TO the general COURT AFFECTING MUNICIPAL AND
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three of the (JeJieriil Laws, as ^■- 1' ■''• 5 s.

ji- j'rjL J • j>ii 1 etc., amended.

aniencied in section hve by section one or chapter one hun-
dred and seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section five and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — Scctio7i 5. Whoever intends to present to the general Certain peti-

, ,•.• Pii' i* J? 'x i p tions to general

court a petition tor the incorporation oi a city or town, for court affecting
the annexation of one municipality to another, for the con- pv^biicTarv^ce^
solidation of two or more municipalities or for the division corporations,

» •,• ••I'i i>ji' j_- publication of

or an existing municipality, or tor the incorporation or re- notice, etc.
vival of a railroad, street railway, elevated railroad, canal,
telephone, telegraph, water, gas, electric light, power or
other public service corporation, for the amendment, altera-
tion or extension of the charter or corporate powers or privi-
leges, or for the change of name, of any such company,
whether specially incorporated or organized under general
laws, or for authority to take water for a water supply, or
relative to building structures over navigable or tide waters,
shall give notice of such petition by publishing a copy
thereof once in each of three successive weeks in such news-
papers as the state secretary, having regard to the locality
of the interests involved in such petition, shall direct, the
last publication to be made at least twenty-four days before
the session at which the petition is to be presented. Such Petition with
petition with a bill embodying in substance the legislation fiied,*etc^
petitioned for shall be deposited on or before the third
Saturday of December in the office of the state secretary,
with proof of publication satisfactory to him, and he shall
file said petition and bill forthwith with the clerk of the
house of representatives, with his endorsement that the
required publication has been made. A petition seeking as Certain peti-

P •1x1* X* "li? ui' • tions to be

aioresaid the incorporation or revival or a public service accompanied
corporation or the amendment, alteration or extension of ''^ ^^^•
the charter or corporate' powers or privileges or a change in
name of such a corporation shall, when deposited with the
state secretary, be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five
dollars which shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 2. Said chapter three, as amended in section o. l. 3, § 7
seven by section three of said chapter one hundred and ^ "" *'°^°
seventy, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
seven and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section Certain peti-
7. Whoever intends to present to the general court a peti- cour\ a°ffectUig
tion for the establishment or revival, or for the amendment, *'®''''^'° fl'jf .„

. • p 1 1 corporations to

alteration or extension of the charter or corporate powers be deposited
or privileges, or for the change of name, of any corporation, ^' i . e c.
except a petition subject to the provisions of section five or
six, shall, on or before November first prior to its intended

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Contents of
petition.

Fee, when.

Commissioner
to examine
petition, etc.

Filing of peti-
tion and bill.

presentation, deposit the same, together with a bill embody-
ing in substance the legislation petitioned for, in the office
of the commissioner of corporations and taxation. The
petition shall specifically set forth the facts showing why the
object sought cannot be accomplished under the general
laws, and if such a petition relates to a corporation organ-
ized or to be organized for purposes of business or profit,
shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars, which
shall be paid to the commonwealth. Said commissioner shall
examine every petition filed as aforesaid, and shall attach
thereto a certificate or memorandum stating whether or not,
in his opinion, the object sought may be accomplished under
the general laws or whether the same requires legislation.
He may also insert in said memorandum any other relevant
statement which, in his opinion, might be of assistance to
the general court in passing on the petition, and shall file the
petition and bill with the clerk of the house of representatives
not later than the third Saturday of December.

Approved March 12, 1026.

G. L. isn, § 27,
amended.

Voiding of
certain club
and other
charters in
case of viola-
tion of liq\ior or
gaming laws.

C/iaW.108 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE VOIDING OF CERTAIN CLUB AND
OTHER CHARTERS IN CASE OF VIOLATION OF LIQUOR OR
GAMING LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eighty of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
twenty-seven and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 27. If any person is convicted of exposing and
keeping for sale or selling intoxicating liquor on the premises
occupied by any club or organization described in section
two or of illegal gaming upon said premises or of being
present where implements of gaming are found upon said
premises, or if any liquor, casks or other vessels or imple-
ments of sale and furniture used or kept and provided to be
used in the illegal keeping or sale of liquor, or implements of
gaming, are seized on said premises and are forfeited, the
selectmen, or the aldermen, in the place where such club or
organization is situated, except Boston, and in Boston the
police commissioner, shall immediately give notice to the
state secretary, who, upon receipt thereof, shall declare the
charter of such club or organization void, and shall publish
a notice in at least one newspaper published in the county
where such club or organization is located that such incorpo-
ration is void and of no further effect.

Section 2. Section seventy-six of chapter one hundred
and thirty-eight of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

Approved March 12, 1926.

Publication
of notice.

G. L. 1.^8, §
repealed.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 109. 127

An Act to establtsh the harnstable fire district in ('Jkij^ ]Q9
the town of barnstable.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotes:

Section 1, The inhabitants of tlie town of Barnstable Barnstable
liable to taxation in said town and residing within the ter- JstabiiaheTin
ritory enclosed by the following boundary lines, to wit: — iCLtlbie
On the north by Barnstable harbor; on the east by the
boundary line between the towns of Yarmouth and Barn-
stable; on the south by a line parallel with, and two thou-
sand feet distant southerly from, the southerly line of the
old county road, now in part the Massachusetts state high-
way, in the village of Barnstable, and on the west by the
line of the stone wall forming the easterly boundary line
of the cemetery situated at the westerly end of the village
of Barnstable near the house of John Maki, extended north-
erly to Barnstable harbor and southerly to said southerly
line of said district; the same being about the present
boundaries of precinct number one, so-called, in the town
of Barnstable, — shall constitute a fire district, and are
hereby made a body corporate by the name of Barnstable
PMre District; and said corporation, except as herein other-
wise provided, shall have all the powers and be subject to
all the duties and liabilities set forth in all general laws now
or hereafter in force relating to fire districts.

Section 2. The said district may make contracts for May make
the purchase of engines and other apparatus and articles cunuacts.
necessary for the extinguishment of fires, for hydrant and
water service, for lighting its streets and other public places
with gas or electricity, for the construction and maintenance
of sidewalks and for any other thing that may lawfully be
done by said district.

Section 3. The prudential committee of the said dis- Policemen
trict may employ and pay policemen and watchmen for the "" ^'''^'™^"-
protection of property and persons and for patrolling the
streets of said district.

Section 4. Said district may, at meetings called for May raise
the purpose, raise money by taxation for any of the pur- uxaUuu.^
poses for which fire districts may, under general laws now
or hereafter in force, raise money, and for all other purposes
necessary or proper under the provisions of this act.

Section 5. The first meeting of said district shall be First meeting,
called on petition of five or more legal voters therein by "'^ ^ "^ •
warrant from the selectmen of the town of Barnstable, or
from a justice of the peace directed to one of the petitioners
requiring him to give notice of the meeting by posting copies
of said warrant in two or more public places in said district
seven days at least before the time of the meeting. One of
the petitioners shall preside at the meeting until a clerk
is chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall preside until a
moderator is chosen. The meeting may then proceed to
act on the other articles contained in the warrant.

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Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 110, 111, 112.

Proviso.

voSof°'''° Section G._ This act shall take effect upon its accept-
distiict, etc. ance by a majority of the legal voters of said district present
and voting at a meeting called for that purpose in accordance
with the provisions of section five of this act, within six years
after the passage of this act. If voted upon and not ac-
cepted, it may be resubmitted at subsequent district meet-
ings, legally called for the purpose; provided, that it shall
not be voted upon by the district more than three times in
any one year. Approved March 12, 1926.

CJiap. 110 An Act relative to the establishment and maintenance

OF AN athletic FIELD IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

The director of the department of public property of the
city of Lawrence, under the direction of its city council,
may establish and maintain an athletic field, with suitable
equipment, on land on Osgood street and Winthrop avenue,
acquired by said city for park purposes, and now known as
Memorial Park. Said director may permit the use of said
field for athletic games and other entertainments of a public
nature, at which an admission fee may be charged, upon
such terms and conditions as he may, with the approval of
the city council, impose. Approved March 12, 192G.

Athletic field
in city of
Lawrence,
establishment,
mainte-
nance, etc.

G. L. 44, § 56,
amended.

Chay. Ill An Act relative to certain expenditures of towns

AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section fifty-six of chapter forty-four of the General Laws
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: — ; provided, that the treasurer shall, until January
tenth, enter in his books all items for the payment of bills
incurred and salaries and wages earned during the previous
year, and expenditures therefor shall be deemed to be as of
December thirty-first preceding, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 5G. The financial year of all towns of the com-
monwealth shall end on December thirty-first, and the re-
turns made to the director under section forty-three shall
show the financial condition of the town at the close of
business on that day; provided, that the treasurer shall,
until January tenth, enter in his books all items for the
payment of bills incurred and salaries and wages earned
during the previous year, and expenditures therefor shall be
deemed to be as of December thirty-first preceding.

Approved March 12, 1926.

Chap.112 An Act placing the office of chief of the fire depart-
ment OF THE CITY OF ATTLEBORO UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE
LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The office of chief of the fire department of
the city of Attleboro shall hereafter be subject to the civil
service laws and rules and regulations made thereunder.

Financial year
uf towns.

Returns.

Proviso as to
expenditures
alter close of
financial year.

Chief of
Attleboro fire
department
placed under
civil service
laws.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 113, 114. 129

Section 2. Tliis §ct shall take effect upon its acceptance submiaaion
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- eCuncU, etc.
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs Proviso.
during the current year. Approved March 12, 1926.

An Act authorizing the planning board of the town Qfiai) 113

OF WEST SPRINGFIELD TO ACT AS ITS BOARD OF SURVEY
IF SO PROVIDED BY BY-LAW.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The town of West Springfield may by by-law provide Planning
that its planning board act as the board of survey therein, spHngfieid^as
and in such case said planning board shall be vested with board of

1,1 1 1 • p 1 1 !• • survey, etc.

all the powers and duties oi boards oi survey in towns con-
ferred or imposed by general law.

Approved March 12, 1926.

An Act relative to the capital stock and guaranty Qfidnj 114

FUND OF title INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section forty-eight of chapter one hundred ^^;,^^^|^j^^'
and seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended by sec-
tion two of chapter two hundred and fifteen and by section
four of chapter two hundred and seventy-seven, both of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, by section one
of chapter thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three and by section five of chapter four hundred
and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word " clause",
in the twenty-fifth line the words: — not less than one
hundred thousand dollars, — and by striking out, in the same
line, the words "not exceeding one million dollars", — so
that the clause contained in twenty-fifth to twenty-ninth
lines will read as follows: — Under the eleventh clause, not Capital stock
less than one hundred thousand dollars; and if insurance insurance
against the insufficiency of mortgages as security or against <=°™pa^"'^-
any other loss in connection with mortgages, except insurance
of titles is transacted, not less than two hundred thousand
dollars.

Section 2. Section six of said chapter one hundred and ^ ^ i^i" ^ ^•
seventy-five is hereby amended by striking out the last
sentence, inserted by section three of chapter one hundred
and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
five and amended by section one of chapter two hundred
and sixty-seven of the acts of said year, and inserting in place
thereof the following new paragraph: — Nothing in section insurance
twenty-three, seventy -four, ninety-three D or one hundred receiv^ership
and sixteen shall prevent the commissioner from proceeding proceedings.
as hereinbefore provided against any domestic company
mentioned in said sections.

Section 3. Section one hundred and sixteen of said ^- ^P^' ^ ''^'
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended
by striking out the last paragraph and inserting in place

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Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 115, 116.

insurance
companiea

Guaranty fund thereof the foUowing: — If by reason of losses or other

of title ^1, *-^i ^ 4> I I I* *X 4^1

cause the title guaranty lund becomes less than the nuniniuni
amount required by this section, the company shall forth-
with give written notice thereof to the commissioner, and
shall make no further contract of title guaranty or title
insurance until the said fund has been restored nor until it has
received a certificate from the commissioner to that effect
and authorizing it to make such contracts.

Approved March 12, 1926.

G. L. 175, § 80,
etc., amended.

C/ia».115 An Act relative to the investment of accumulations
OF profits of mutual insurance companies other than

LIFE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General
Laws, as amended in section eighty by chapter one hundred
and sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
is hereby further amended by striking out the second para-
Ace uniuiations graph and inserting in place thereof the following: — Any
certain mutual such Company may accumulate and hold profits, but only
companies, Until sucli profits cqual four per cent of its insurance in
investment, etc. foi'ce ; and such accumulation shall be subject to the laws
relative to the investment of the capital stock of domestic
companies, except that it may also be invested in shares of
co-operative banks, in deposits in savings banks, and in
deposits in savings departments of trust companies, char-
tered under the laws of this commonwealth, subject as to
such deposits to the laws, rules and regulations governing
the same. Such accumulation may be used from time to
time in the payment of losses, dividends and expenses.

Approved March 12, 1926.

G. L. 40, § 5,
etc., amended.

C/iap. 116 An Act authorizing cities and towns to acquire land
for public parking places and to maintain the
same.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter forty of the General Laws, as
amended by sections one and two of chapter three hundred
and seventy-one and by section six of chapter four hundred
and eighty-six, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, by chapters two hundred and two and four
hundred and one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, by section one of chapter two hundred and forty-eight,
by section eight of chapter four hundred and four and by
section four of chapter five hundred and four, all of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and by section one of
chapter seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, is hereby further amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new clause: —

(33) For acquiring land for public parking places and
maintaining the same. Approved March 12, 1926.

Municipal
parking places.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 117, 118, 119. 131

An Act relative to appropriation.s by the city of bos- Chan 117

TON FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUotvs:

Section 1. The city of Boston may by vote of the city Appropriations
council, with the approval of the mayor, in the manner Rostonfor
specified in section three of chapter four hundred and p^JJ-^Jeg*'
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, make
appropriations for municipal purposes for the financial year
ending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
twentj'-six, not exceeding the sum of fourteen dollars on
each one thousand dollars of the valuation upon which the
appropriations by the city council are based.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 15, 1926.

An Act authorizing the town of auburn to borrow diQjj Hg

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and J^burn^ma
constructing a school building or buildings and originally borrow money
equipping and furnishing said buildings, the town of Auburn pllrposes.
may borrow from time to time, within a period of five
years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Auburn School Loan^'^Act^ "^
Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute of i926.
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be au-
thorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the
year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as provided herein, be subject to the provisions of chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso
inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three
hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 15, 1926.

An Act providing for the reimbursement of the town Chav.W^

OF NORFOLK FOR LOSS OF TAXES BY REASON OF THE NON-
TTSE by the COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORFOLK STATE
HOSPITAL IN SAID TOWN FOR THE PURPOSES OF A PUBLIC
INSTITUTION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows :

The town of Norfolk shall, for the year nineteen hundred ^^™of to%n
and twenty-four and for each year thereafter so lon^ as the of Norfolk for

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Acts, 1926. — Chap. 120.

loss of taxes by Ownership of the Norfolk state hospital in said town remains
u's?bysta'te"of i" the Commonwealth, be reimbursed by it under sections
Norfolk state thirteen to seventeen, inclusive, of chapter fifty-eight of the
General Laws, for the loss of taxes sustained by said town
by virtue of such ownership, to the same extent and in the
same manner as though said hospital were used by the
commonwealth for the purposes of a public institution;
provided, that such reimbursement for the years nineteen
hundred and twenty-four and nineteen hundred and twenty-
five shall be made at the same time as the reimbursement for
the current year. No payment hereunder shall be made
during the current fiscal year until an appropriation has
been made sufficient to cover the same.

Approved March 15, 1926.

Proviso.

Payment
during cur-
rent year.

G. L. 101, § 2,
•tc, amended.

Limit of appli-
cation of cer-
tain laws
relating to
transient
vendors.

C/zap. 120 An Act relative to transient vendors.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section two of chapter one hundred and
one of the General Laws, as amended by section two of
chapter one hundred and six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one and by section two of chapter one hundred
and two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the fourth line,
the words "at wholesale", — so as to read as follows: —
Section 2. The provisions of this chapter relative to transient
vendors shall not apply to sales by commercial travelers or
by selling agents to dealers in the usual course of business,
or to bona fide sales of goods, wares or merchandise by
sample for future delivery, or to sales of goods, wares or
merchandise by any person, whether principal or agent,
who engages in temporary or transient business in any
town in which taxes have been assessed upon his stock in
trade during the current year, or to haAvkers and pedlers
as defined in section thirteen, nor shall they affect the right
of any town to pass ordinances or by-laws authorized by
law relative to transient vendors. No transient vendor
shall be relieved or exempted from the provisions and re-
quirements of this chapter relative to transient vendors by
reason of associating himself temporarily with any local
dealer,^trader or merchant, or by conducting such temporary
or transient business in connection with or as a part of the
business of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader or
merchant.

Section 2. Section three of said chapter one hundred
and one is hereby amended by striking out, in the first,
second and third lines, the words "intending to become a
transient vendor, whether as principal or agent, shall, before
commencing business in the commonwealth," and inserting
in place thereof the words: — before commencing business
in the commonwealth as a transient vendor, whether as
principal or agent, shall, — so as to read as follows: —

No exemption
by association
with local
dealer, etc.

G. L. 101, §3,
amended.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 121. 133

Section S. Every person before coinniencing business in state license
the commonwealth as a transient vendor, whether as prin- v°e'ndor8!appii-
cipal or agent, shall make written application, under oath, nation for, etc.
for a state license to the director of standards, in this chap-
ter called the director, stating the names and residences of
the owners or parties in whose interest said business is to
be conducted, and shall make a special deposit of five hun- Depositor
dred dollars with the director or shall give a bond in the lions.' eto!'^'"
sum of five hundred dollars, payable to the director and his
successors, with sureties approved by the director, condi-
tioned upon (1) compliance with the provisions of this
chapter relative to transient vendors, (2) payment of all
fines or penalties incurred by him through violations of such
provisions, and (3) payment or satisfaction of any judgment
obtained against him in behalf of any creditor whose claim
arises in connection with the business done under the li-
censee's state license and who, before the expiration of sixty
days from the return or surrender of said license or the
filing of an affidavit of its loss, shall have given due notice
of his claim to the director. Thereupon, upon the payment Fee.
of a fee of twenty-five dollars, the director shall issue to
him a state license authorizing him to do business as a
transient vendor. Such license shall expire one year from Expiration
the date thereof or on the day of its surrender or of the °^ '"^^nse.
filing of an affidavit of its loss, if it is earlier surrendered or
if such affidavit is earlier filed. Such license shall contain Contents
a copy of the application therefor and of any statements ofi'^ense.
required under section seven, and shall not be transferable. Not trans-
It shall not authorize more than one person to sell goods, ^^rabie.
wares or merchandise as a transient vendor either by agent iicenle?
or clerk or in any other way than in his own proper person,
but a licensee may have the assistance of one or more per-
sons in conducting his business who may aid him but not
act for or without him. Approved March 15, 1926.

Chap. 121

An Act relative to the municipal council of the
city of taunton.

Be it enacted, etc., as Jolloivs:

Section 1. Chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the ipop, 448, §3,
acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by *™^° ^
striking out section three and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 3. The municipal officers to be elected ^^^^'p^pai
at city elections shall be the mayor; members of a single officers in city
council, to be called the municipal council and to consist of ° au°ton-
nine members, of whom one shall be elected at large by
and from the qualified voters of the city and one by and from
the qualified voters of each ward; and nine members of the
school committee elected at large. The said municipal of-
ficers shall be elected at the times and in the manner herein-
after specified.

Section 2. Said chapter four hundred and forty-eight "o^- ^8; 5 <•

111 •!• • e i amended.

IS hereby further amended by striking out section tour and

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Acts, 1926. — Chap. 121.

Mayor, .
election, etc.

Counrilmfiti,
election, etc.

School
committf^e,
election, etc.

Expiration of
terms of
councilmen
elected in
1925.

No officcr.s to
be elected,
except, etc.

President of
municipal
council.
Acting mayor.

1909, 448, § 10.
amended.

Municipal
council,
quorum,
meetings, etc.

Chairman
pro tempore.

Clerk.

Votes.

Submission to
voters, etc.

inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 4- At
the annual city election in nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven and in every second year thereafter there shall be
elected at large a mayor for the terra of two years. There
shall be elected at the annual city election in nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six nine councilmen, of whom one shall be
elected at large for the term of one year, and one by and
from the qualified voters of each ward each of whom shall
be elected for the term of two years. At the annual city
election in nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and in every
second year thereafter there shall be elected one councilman
at large to serve for the term of two years. There shall
also be elected at large at the annual city election in nine-
teen hundred and twenty-six and annually thereafter three
members of the school committee each for the term of three
years. Upon the qualification of the councilmen elected at
the annual city election in nineteen hundred and twenty-six
the terms of the councilmen elected at the annual city
election in nineteen hundred and twenty-five shall expire.
Except as aforesaid and as otherwise provided in this act,
no city officers shall be elected at any city election. The
councilman elected at large shall be president of the mu-
nicipal council, shall preside over the council in the absence
of the mayor, and shall become acting mayor in case of the
death or permanent disability of the mayor until the vacancy
resulting therefrom is filled as provided in section twenty-one.

Section 3. Said chapter four hundred and forty-eight is
hereby further amended by striking out section ten and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 10. A
majority of the members of the municipal council shall
constitute a quorvim. Its meetings shall be public, and
the mayor, if present, shall preside. In the absence of both
the mayor and the president, a chairman pro tempore shall
be chosen. The city clerk shall be, ex officio, clerk of the
municipal council, and shall keep the records of its pro-
ceedings. All votes of the council shall be by yeas and
nays, if three members so request, and shall be entered upon
the records. The affirmative vote of at least five members
shall be necessary for the passage of any order, ordinance,
resolution or vote and it shall require six votes to pass an
order over the mayor's veto.

Section 4. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the voters of said city at the next state election in the
form of the following question, which shall be placed upon
the official ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall an
act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and tAventy-six, entitled 'An Act relative to the Municipal
Council of the City of Taunton' be accepted?" Upon its
acceptance by a majority of the voters voting thereon, it
shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.

Apjyroved March 15, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 122, 123, 124. in5

An Act further REGULATiNr. the retaii, rai.e of ice. (^],f,^^ 109
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is g. i,. 94, § i58,
liereby amended by striking out section one luunh-ed and '""''"'^«'^-
fifty-eight and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 158. A dealer in ice, who refuses or neglects to pro- ice dealers to
vide scales for each vehicle used by him for the retail delivery |;'J'furn^^j^''''^^'
of ice, or who neglects to furnish to the sealer of weights price lists, etc
and measures of each city or town in which he conducts
business a list of the current prices of ice sold b}^ him at
retail, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty Penalty.
dollars.

Section 2. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further g.l. 94, § 159,
amended hy striking out section one hundred and fifty-nine '"^«°'^^'*-
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 159. Posting of
Whoever having charge of the retail delivery of ice from a ufe'deiivery
vehicle neglects to keep conspicuously posted upon each vehicles.
side of the vehicle the current retail prices of ice sold by
him, or refuses or neglects to sell the same by weight, or saieofice
refuses to weigh the same upon request of the purchaser, ^'^ weight,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Penalty.

Approved March 15, 1926.

An Act authorizing the town of Norwood to sell to ChaT).\2?>

THE COMMONAVEALTH FOR ARMORY PURPOSES CERTAIN
LAND IN SAID TOWN TAKEN FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Norwood may sell and convey 'Jl°^°°^
the whole or a part of certain land therein on Nahatan street seiTcertain
and Lyman place purchased by said town for municipal commonwealth,
purposes, and not now needed therefor, to the common- etc. ^

wealth for armory purposes.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 16, 1926.

An Act relative to the certification of the copy of Ch(lJ).\24t

THE ORDER OF TAKING IN EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEED-
INGS BY CITIES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose and cause substantial inconvenience, ^^'^^^
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, g. l. 79, §3,
as amended by chapter one hundred and ten of the acts of ^^^' ^™'^° ^ '
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "clerk" in the third line the
words: — , or, in case of a taking by or on behalf of a city by
a board of officers having no secretary or clerk, certified by

136

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 125.

Copy of order
of taking in
eminent
domain
proceedings to
be recorded in
registry of
deeds, etc.

No fee for
recording
certain orders,
etc.

Title to fee of
property
taken, etc.,
when to vest.

Right to
damages, etc.

Proviso.

Acquirement
of possession
of property
and easements
taken by right
of eminent
domain.

the city clerk, — so as to read as follows: — Section .'?. The
board of officers by whom an order of taking has been
adopted under section one shall within thirty days there-
after cause a copy thereof, signed by them or certified by
their secretary or clerk, or, in case of a taking by or on behalf
of a city by a board of officers having no secretary or clerk,
certified by the city clerk, to be recorded in the registry of
deeds of every county or district in which the property taken
or any of it lies. The copy of an order of taking made under
chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, one hundred and sixty
or one hundred and sixty-one, by commissioners appointed
thereunder to abolish grade crossings or by the department
of public utilities, may be filed and recorded without the
payment of any fee therefor. Upon the recording of an
order of taking under this section, title to the fee of the prop-
erty taken or to such other interest therein as has been desig-
nated in such order shall vest in the body politic or corporate
on behalf of which the taking was made; and the right to
damages for such taking shall thereupon vest in the persons
entitled thereto unless otherwise provided by law; provided,
however, that when a taking is made for the purpose of a
highway or town way or for ditches or drains for draining
the same, the right to damages shall not vest until such
way, drain or ditch has been entered upon or possession
thereof has been taken for the purpose of constructing the
same, and if such entry is not made or possession taken within
two years of the date of the order, the taking shall be void.
If the person in possession of property which has been
taken in fee, or in which an easement has been taken, by
eminent domain under this chapter refuses to permit the
body politic or corporate by which the taking was made to
enter thereon and take possession thereof or to exercise its
rights under the taking after thirty days' notice in writing
sent to him by registered mail or posted upon the property
so taken or in which an easement has been so taken, the
board of officers having the direction and control of the
public improvement in connection with which the taking
was made may issue its warrant to the sheriff of the county
in which the property is situated or to his deputy directing
him to make entry on the property so taken and to take
possession thereof or of the easement therein which has
been taken, on behalf of said body politic or corporate,
and such sheriff or his deputy shall forthwith execute said
warrant using such force as he may deem necessary for the
purpose. Approved March 23, 1926.

Chap.125 An Act authorizing the construction by the trustee

OF THE ORLEANS ASSOCIATES OF A CERTAIN BRIDGE OVER
TIDE WATER IN THE TOWN OF ORLEANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The trustee of the Orleans Associates, a

Trustee of
the Orleans

Associates may voluntary association created under a declaration of trust

Acts, 1026. — Chaps. 126, 127, 128. 137

dated October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty- ronstmct bridge
five, and recorded in the registry of deeds for Barnstable "n townor**"
county, book 420, page 210, and his successors and assigns, O'"''''*"^.
may erect and maintain a bridge without a draw connect-
ing Pochet Neclc, in the town of Orleans, with the meadow
and outer beach, subject to the provisions of chapter ninety-
one of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take elTect upon its passage.

Approved March 23, 1026.

Chap.l26

An Act to authorize tui: Gardner trust company to
maintain a branch office in the town of ashburn-

HAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Gardner Trust Company, of Gardner, Gardner Trust
may, subject to the approval of the board of bank incorpora- maintaf/ ™^^
tion, maintain a branch office in the town of Ashburnham. branch office

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Ashburnham.

Approved March 23, 1926.

An Act authorizing the city of springfield to appro- nh^jj. loT

PRIATE money to PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING IN ^'

SAID CITY A REUNION OF THE VETERANS OF THE ONE
HUNDRED AND FOURTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY, AMERI-
CAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Springfield may appropriate a City of Spring-
sum, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the purpose apprt^priate
of providing proper facilities for public entertainment at the money in
time of the reunion of the veterans of the one hundred and reunion 'therein
fourth United States infantry, American Expeditionary vlteraM°
Forces, and the celebration of Apremont day, to be held in
said city on the twenty-fourth day of April, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, and of paying expenses incidental to
such entertainment. Money so appropriated shall be ex- Expenditure,
pended under the direction of the mayor of said city. ^*'*''

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 23, 1926.

Chap.128

An Act relative to fees for the issue of summonses,
processes or warrants by special justices of district
courts, when not holding court.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section three of chapter two hundred and sixty-two ol g. 1:2^2.% i,

,„ ,T -ii 111 -I- • amended.

the General LaAvs is hereby amended by stnkmg out, m
the second line, the words "one dollar for each" and in-
serting in place thereof the words: — two dollars for each

138

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 129, 130.

Certain fees
of special
justices of
district
courts.

summons, process or, — so as to read as follows: — Section
3. A special justice, when not holding court, shall be paid
by the county two dollars for each summons, process or
warrant issued by him. Approved March 23, 1926.

Chap. 129 An Act relative to certificates or stock of domestic

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.

G. L. 156, § 33.
amended.

Certificates of
stock of
domestic
business
corporations,
signing, etc.

To contain
statement of
certain
limitations
and preferences
or a notifica-
tion as to
record of same.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the (jeneral Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section thirty-three and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 33. Each
stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate, in form con-
formable to section fifteen, which shall be signed by the
president or a vice president and either the treasurer or an
assistant treasurer of the corporation, shall be sealed with
its seal and shall certify the number of shares, and the class
thereof, owned by him in such corporation. Each certificate
of stock, which by the agreement of association or amended
agreement of association or, in the case of a corporation
created by special law, by its articles of organization or by
amendment is limited as to its voting rights or is preferred
as to its dividend or as to its share of assets upon dissolution,
shall have plainly written, printed or stamped thereon either
a sufficient statement of such limitation or preference or a
notification that its preferences, voting powers, restrictions
and qualifications are fixed in the agreement of association
or articles of organization or amendments recorded in the
office of the state secretary. Approved March 23, 1926.

Chap.lSO An Act relative to the filing for record or registra-
tion OF certified copies of certain instruments re-
lating TO land.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Chapter thirty-six of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out section thirteen and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 13. If a deed or other writ-
ing affecting land lying in one or more counties or one or
more districts, whether unregistered or registered or in
part unregistered and in part registered, is not available for
filing for record or registration in a registry of deeds of any
county or district in which such land or part thereof lies by
reason of its having been so filed in the same or another
such registry of deeds, a certified copy thereof shall be
received and recorded or registered, and such record or
registration shall have the same effect as a record or regis-
tration of the original instrument.

Approved March 23, 1926.

G. L. 36, § 13,
amended.

Filing for
record or
registration
of certified
copies of
certain
instruments
relating to land.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 131, 132. 139

An Act authorizing the hadley falls trust company Phn-n 131

TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF ^'

HOLYOKE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Hadley Falls Trust Coiiipaiiy, a trust Uadiey Fails
company organized under the laws of this coninionwealth pant may*"
and having its usual place of business in the city of Holyoke, re"ai esme'hi"*'
may, subject otherwise to the provisions of section forty-one t;ity of
of chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the General " ^"^
Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and twenty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and
to the approval of the commissioner of banks, invest in real
estate in said city suitable for and to be used in whole or in
part for the transaction of its business to an amount, in-
cluding the cost of alterations and additions in the nature of
permanent fixtures, not exceeding, directly or indirectly,
six hundred and seventy-two thousand five hundred dollars,
in addition to the amount permitted to said trust company
by said section forty-one, amended as aforesaid, but in no
event exceeding eight hundred and sixty thousand dollars
in the aggregate.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 23, 192G.

An Act relative to the mental competency of appli- Qfi^r) 132

CANTS FOR admission TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS AS VOL-
UNTARY PATIENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:

Section eighty-six of chapter one hundred and twenty- g. l. 123, § 88,
three of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking ^^^^
out, in the sixth and seventh lines, the words " , being
mentally competent, makes written application therefor"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — makes written
application therefor and is mentally competent to make the
application, — so as to read as follows : — Section 86. The Admission to
trustees, superintendent or manager of any institution to f^tftutious as
which an insane person, a dipsomaniac, an inebriate, or one p°[-'g^\'^/^
addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants
may be committed, in the case of Gardner state colony when
so authorized by the department, may receive and detain
therein as a boarder and patient any person who is desirous
of submitting himself to treatment, and who makes written
application therefor and is mentally competent to make the Mental

^'^,. . , , 1 1 • . I -J. competency of

application; and any such person who desires so to submit appiicanta.

himself for treatment may make such written application.

No such person shall be detained more than three days after Detention

having given written notice of his intention or desire to leave

the institution. Approved March 23, 1926.

140

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 133, 134, 135.

C/iflp. 133 An Act providing for the appointment of county

HEALTH officers IN BARNSTABLE COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of Barnstable
county may appoint one or more registered physicians as
county health officers, who shall perform such duties as
said county commissioners may prescribe and may, upon
written application of the school committee or board of
health of any town within said county filed with said county
commissioners, act as school physician, inspector of milk
or agent of the board of health in such town. County
health officers so appointed shall be paid by said county
such salaries as shall be established by said county com-
missioners.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by the county commissioners of said
county. Approved March 23, 1926.

County

health

officers in

Barnstable

county,

appointment,

duties, etc.

Salaries.

Submission
to Barnstable
county
commissioners.

Chap

1872, 120, § 2,
etc., amended.

Stoneham
Odd Fellows'
Hall

Association,
capital stock,
property
holdings, etc.

134 An Act to authorize the stoneham odd fellows' hall
association to increase its capital stock and to hold
additional property.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and twenty of the acts of eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, as amended in section two by
section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the
acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out said section two and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 2. The capital
stock of said corporation shall not exceed one hundred thou-
sand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each;
and said corporation may hold, for the purposes aforesaid,
real and personal estate not exceeding the amount of its
authorized capital stock. Approved March 23, 1926.

1902, 393, § 3,
etc., amended.

Chap 135 An Act making certain corrective changes in the

CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FALL RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Section three of chapter three hundred and
ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and two, as
amended by section one of chapter one hundred and one of
the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, is hereby further
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: — , ex-
cept when said first Monday fulls upon a legal holiday, in
which event upon the following day, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 3. The municipal election shall take
place annually on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
of December, and the municipal year shall begin on the first
Monday of the following January, except when said first

Fall River
municipal
elections,
when.

Acts, 192(). — Chaps. 136, 137, 138, 139. l4l

Monday falls upon a legal holiday, in which event upon the
following day.

Section 2. Section twenty-three of said chapter three 1902. 393, § 23,
hundred and ninety-three is hereby amended by striking »"'«"^ed.
out the ninth clause and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing:— Ninth. The public welfare department, to be Fail River
under the charge of the board of public welfare. depirtmenr^

Approved March 23, 1926.

ChapASQ

An Act to vest the powers and duties of sewer com-
missioners IN the board of water commissioners of
the town of medfield, to be known as the water and
sewerage board.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

The board of water commissioners of the town of Medfield, Medfield water
established under section nine of chapter tw^o hundred and tohavepmv^a
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, shall o"seter'^^
hereafter be known as the water and sewerage board and commissioners,
shall have and exercise in said town all the powers and duties
vested by general law in sewer commissioners in towns.

Approved March 23, 1926.

An Act repealing the special provisions of law relative Chav 137
to the maintenance of the law libraries in the

cities of CAMBRIDGE AND LOWELL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of H^l'J^l'
nineteen hundred and seven is hereby repealed.

Approved March 23, 1926.

An Act to allow the superior court to make rules in fhr,^ 1 90

equity. ^ P-

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and fourteen of the General Laws g. l. 214, § 6.
is hereby amended by striking out section six and inserting ^™«"'^«'i-
in place thereof the following: — Section 6. Procedure, Equity pro-
process and practice in equity causes originating in the fnlupertor"
superior court, or transferred thereto from any other court, ''""''t.
shall while in the superior court be regulated by rules made Rules.
from time to time by that court.

Approved March 23, 1926.

An Act relative to the widening and construction of Qfidj) 139

BROADWAY IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and 1925, 254, §1,
fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five is
hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the words
"one hundred" and inserting in place thereof the word: — •

142

Acts, 1926. — Chaps, 140, 141.

City of
Cambridge,
widening, etc.,
of Main street.

Widening, etc.
of Broadway.

eighty, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . If its
city council so votes and with the approval of its mayor,
the city of Cambridge may widen and construct Main street
in said city, from First street westerly, to a width not less
than one hundred and seventeen feet, and Broadway in
said city, from Kendall square to Mechanic square, to a
width not less than eighty feet.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 2 4, 1926.

Chap. 14^0 An Act relative to the business agent of the school

COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three hundred and eighteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and six is hereby amended by
striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 1. The school committee of the city
of Boston shall choose a secretary, not of their own number,
who shall also serve as secretary to the board of superin-
tendents, and a business manager, who shall hold their
respective offices until removed by the committee for cause.
The committee may also elect and remove such other sub-
ordinate officers not specifically provided for by law as
they may deem expedient. The business manager shall in
writing approve and transmit to the auditor of said city all
vouchers, pay rolls and other documents calling for the
expenditure of money, together with summarized requisitions
on said auditor, approved by the committee or by any
authorized member thereof, and requesting said auditor to
place said vouchers, pay rolls and other documents on his
draft for payment by the treasurer of said city.

Section 2. The title of the present holder of the office
of business agent of the school committee of the city of
Boston shall hereafter be business manager, and as such
officer, he shall continue to be under the civil service.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 24, 1926.

1906, 318, § 1,
amended.

Boston school
committee
to choose a
secretary and
a business
manager, etc.

Other subor-
dinate oflScers,
election, etc.

Duties of

business

manager.

Present
business
agent, change
of title, etc.

C/iap. 141 An Act authorizing the city of waltham to borrow

MONEY for school PURPOSES.

City of
Waltham may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for school
purposes and constructing school buildings thereon and
originally equipping and furnishing the same, and for the
construction of an addition to an existing school building
which will increase the floor space thereof, including the
cost of originally equipping and furnishing such addition,
the city of Waltham may borrow from time to time, within
a period of five years from the passage of this act, such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 142. 143

five himdrofl and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall hear on their face the
words, Walthani School Loan, Act of 1926. Each author- Waitham
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans Ac^"o"f'i926"'
shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their
dates, but no issue shall be .authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such
authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised
by the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter
three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 24, 1926.

An Act changing the name of the trustees of the nhnjj ^ao

SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH /^ •

RITE OF FREEMASONRY AND PERFECTING ITS ORIGINAL ACT
OF INCORPORATION.

Be if enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The corporation named "Trustees of the change of
Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite xr^teMofthe
of Freemasonry", incorporated by section one of chapter Supreme
two hundred and fifty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred Ancient and
and seventy-two, shall hereafter be known as "Trustees of scottish'^Rite
the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite ofFree-

P r^ >> masonry.

of rreemasonry .

Section 2. Section two of said chapter two hundred and i872, 252, § 2,

<i(.. . Ill j' pii'j^ etc., amended.

nity-two, as amended by section one or chapter sixty-seven
of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, by chapter
one hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and seven, by chapter seventy-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two and by chapter sixty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the word "and",
— so as to read as follows: — Section 2. Said trustees may Said trustees
receive, manage and convey such real and personal estate, not Sa^ge and
exceeding in all five million dollars, as may be deposited with anYpersonai
them by or for the supreme council of the ancient accepted estate, etc.
Scottish rite for the northern jurisdiction of the United
States, to such uses as said council may appoint, and shall ^^°^^g
report their doings to such supreme council, and submit etc.
their accounts and records to the inspection of said council.
They may also receive and execute the trust of gifts and J^ua^"eto*°
devises made to them for religious, charitable, scientific or
educational uses, whether said trusts are to be performed
and executed in this or any other state of the United States
where said rite is practised.

144

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 143, 144.

1875, 121. I 2.
amended.

Restrictions as
to trustees
and members
of said
corporation.

Duties,
liabilities,
etc., of said
trustees.

Section 3. Section two of chapter one hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-five
is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, the
word " and ", — so as to read as follows : — Section 2. Active
members only of the supreme council of the ancient accepted
Scottish rite for the northern jurisdiction of the United
States shall be trustees and members of the corporation
established under the provisions of chapter two hundred and
fifty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, and no such trustee shall hire or use any por-
tion of the funds intrusted to said trustees, nor shall any
such trustee be surety for loans thereof; and said trustees
shall be subject to the duties and liabilities, and shall have
the powers and privileges set forth in the general laws which
now are, or hereafter may be in force applicable to such
corporations. Approved March 24, 1926.

C/lOZ?.143 ^'^ ^^"^ RELATIVE TO THE EXAMINATION OF THE SECURITIES,
INVESTMENTS AND CASH IN CHARGE OF THE STATE TREAS-
URER.

Be it enacted, etc., as jollows:

^pealed ^ *^' Section forty-three of chapter twenty-nine of the General
Laws is hereby repealed. Approved March 24, 1926.

Chap.l4:4: An Act relative to publication of the governor's

PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELEC-
TIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and eighteen of chapter fifty-four of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in
the fourth and fifth lines, the words "printed in at least
one newspaper in each county", — so as to read as follows: —
Section 118. The copies of the records of votes for presi-
dential electors shall, in any event, within ten days after
they have been transmitted to the state secretary, be opened
and examined by the governor and council, who shall there-
after declare, by proclamation, the names of the persons
who have received at least one fifth of the entire number of
votes cast for electors, and the number of votes received by
each such person. The several persons, to the number of
electors required to be chosen, who have received the highest
number of votes so ascertained, unless notice of a contest
has been received by the governor, shall, at the expiration
of fourteen days from the date of such proclamation, be
deemed to be elected; and the governor shall thereupon
issue a certificate of election to every such person.

Approved March 24, 1926.

G. L. 54, § 118,
amended.

Presidential
electors,
examination
of records
of votes.

Proclamation
by governor
and council,
etc.

Certificate of
election.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 145, 146, 147. 145

An Act subjecting the offices ©f the chief engineer Chap.l4:5

AND assistant ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF
THE CITY OF MARLUOROUGH TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the offices of
General Laws and the rules and regulations made there- and alSn7
under, relating to the appointment and removal of mem- ll'^Xorou^ih
bers of permanent fire forces in cities, shall apply to the fire department
offices of the chief engineer and assistant engineers of the ciViiTervice
fire department of the city of Marlborough. i*^^-

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance Submission to
to the voters of said city at the state election in the current ^° '' '
year in the form of the following question, which shall be
placed upon the official ballot to be used at said election: —
"Shall an act passed by the general court in the current
year, entitled * An Act subjecting the offices of the chief
engineer and assistant engineers of the fire de-
partment of the city of Marlborough to the civil
service laws', be accepted?" If a majority of

NO.

the votes cast on said question are in the affirmative, this
act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved March 24, 1926.

An Act authorizing the department of public utilities (JJiav 146

to permit alterations in the CAMBRIDGE SUBWAY AND
its entrances, exits AND APPURTENANCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter three hundred and sixtj'-nine of the General Acts 1919, 369 (G),
of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby amended by afte/H.'°°
inserting after section four the following new section: —
Section 4-4 • The department may authorize the company Department
to make without expense to the commonwealth such altera- utiTitiesmay
tions in the property conveyed under the provisions of this aUerations
act, or in an}*- alterations or additions thereto, including in Cambridge
stations and exits and entrances thereof, as the department fts entrances,
may deem necessary or advisable. ^^'^•

Approved March 24, 1926.

An Act relative to the powers or the holyoke power Chap. 14:7

AND electric COMPANY AND OF THE HOLYOKE WATER

power company.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Holyoke Power and Electric Company, ^oiyoke
an electric company organized under the general laws and Electric
hereinafter in this section referred to as the vendee, shall powers°etc.
continue to be vested with all the powers and privileges and
to be subject to all restrictions, conditions and limitations
set forth in all general laws now or hereafter in force, appli-
cable to such a company, except as provided in this act, and

146

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 147.

May purchase
or lease
property of
Holj-oke
Water Power
Company,
etc.

Paytnpnt
for property
purchased,
etc., in
capital stock,
etc.

Either of
said companiea
may sell
electricity to
the other.
Proviso.

Holyoke
Power and
Electric
Company
not to sell,
etc., electricity
for use in city
of Holyoke
except, etc.

Emergency
supply of
electricity for
Holyoke
municipal
lighting plant.

Holyoke
Power and
Electric
Company
may sell,
etc., electricity
in South
Hadley, etc.
Courts may
enjoin
rom panics
from
violating
provisions of
act.

may purchase or lease, and the Holyoke Water Power Com-
panj^, incorporated by chapter six of the acts of eighteen
hundred and fifty-nine, and hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the vendor, maj' sell or lease, all or any portion
of the property of the said vendor heretofore used by it, or
useful, necessary or convenient, in the opinion of the de-
partment of public utilities, in the manufacture, distribu-
tion and sale of electricity, but only such of said property
and to the extent and at such price or rental as the said
department may approve. The vendee may pay, and the
vendor may accept and hold, for any property so purchased
and sold, such amount of the capital stock of the vendee as
said department may determine to be the equivalent of the
fair value of such property, whereupon the vendor may
exercise all the privileges and shall be subject to all the
liabilities of a stockholder of the vendee under any general
law now or hereafter in force, and either of said companies
may, subject to the approval of said department and upon
terms and conditions approved by it, sell electricity to the
other; provided, however, that the said Holyoke Water
Power Company, in the resale and distribution in the city
of Holyoke and in the town of South Hadley of electricity
so purchased from the Holyoke Power and Electric Com-
pany, shall be subject to the same restrictions, conditions
and limitations as are contained in chapter three hundred
and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and three, as
amended by chapter one hundred and fift^^-two of the acts
of nineteen hundred and nine.

Section 2. The said Holyoke Power and Electric Com-
pany shall not sell or deliver electricity for use in the city of
Holyoke for any purpose, except that it may sell or deliver
electricity therein for operating purposes to a railroad, an
electric railroad or a street railway company, to the Holyoke
Water Power Company for resale and distribution subject,
however, to the conditions, limitations and restrictions re-
ferred to in section one, and to the municipal lighting plant
of said city. In case of emergency, the said Holyoke Power
and Electric Company shall, at the request of the gas and
electric commission of said city, furnish at a fair and reason-
able compensation all the electricity required by said plant
while such emergency continues.

Section 3. The said Holyoke Power and Electric Com-
pany may sell and deliver electricity in the town of South
Hadley, subject to the terms and conditions of any fran-
chises and locations now held by the said Holyoke Water
Power Company in said town.

Section 4. The supreme judicial court and the superior
court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon application of
the mayor of the city of Holyoke or of the selectmen of the
town of South Hadley, to enjoin the said Holyoke Water
Power Company or the said Holyoke Power and P^lectric
Company from violating any of the provisions of this act.

Approved March 2^, 1026.

Acts, 192G.— Chap. 148. 147

An Act relative to the taxation of tangible personal (^hQn 14Q

PROPERTY OF NON-RESIDENT DECEDENTS. ^ *

Be it enaded, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter sixty-five of the g. l. 65. 5 1,
General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and "m'n'dud."'^"
forty-seven and by section one of chapter four hundred and
three, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
by chapter -one hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four and by section one of
chapter throe hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundretl and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "estate" in the fourth Hne the
words : — or any interest therein and all tangible personal
property, — and by striking out in the fifth line the words
"or any interest therein", — so that the first paragraph
will read as follows: — Section 1. All property within the Taxation of
jurisdiction of tlie commonwealth, corporeal or incorporeal, sifc««alon3
and any interest therein, belonging to inhabitants of the j.^n"bie^
commonwealth, and all real estate or any interest therein personal
and all tangible personal property within the commonwealth ELn-reaident
and all stock in any national bank situated in this common- iiec^deuto.
wealth or in any corporation organized under the laws of
this commonwealth belonging to persons who are not in-
habitants of the commonwealth, which shall pass by will, or
by laws regulating intestate succession, or by deed, grant
or gift, except in cases of a bona fide purchase for full con-
sideration in money or money's worth, made in contemplation
of the death of the grantor or donor or made or intended to
take effect in possession or enjoyment after his death, and
any beneficial interest therein which shall arise or accrue by
survivorship in any form of joint ownership in which the
decedent joint owner contributed during his life any part of
the property held in such joint ownership or of the purchase
price thereof, to any person, absolutely or in trust, except
to or for the use of charitable, educational or religious
societies or institutions, the property of which is by the laws
of the commonwealth exempt from taxation, or for or upon
trust for any charitable purposes to be carried out within the
commonwealth, or to or for the use of the commonwealth
or any town therein for public purposes, shall be subject to
a tax at the percentage rates fixed by the following table:

Section 2. The last paragraph of said section one of p- 1^ ^s, 5 1,
said chapter sixty-five, added by section one of said chapter etc.. amended,
three hundred and thirty-eight, is hereby amended by in-
serting before the word "personal" wherever it appears the
word : — intangible, — so as to read as follows : — The tax Reciprocity
imposed by this section in respect of intangible personal Inheri^'c^
property shall not be payable if the decedent is a resident of [,^t^,°bie
a state or territory of the United States which at the time personal
of his death did not impose a legacy or succession tax or a non^resuient
death tax of any character in respect of intangible personal deceiJenta.

148

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 149, 150.

To what

estates

applicable.

pfopert^ within said state or territory of residents of this
commonwealth, or if the laws of the state or territory of
residence of the decedent at the time of his death con-
tained a reciprocal provision under which non-residents were
exempted from legacy or succession taxes or death taxes of
every character in respect of intangible personal property
providing the state or territory of residence of such non-
residents allowed a similar exemption to residents of the
state or territory of residence of such decedent.

Section 3. This act shall apply to estates of persons
dying on or after December first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-five. Approved March 24, 1926.

C/iap. 149 An Act relative to the inspection and furnishing of

COPIES OF RECORDS KEPT BY CERTAIN HOSPITALS UNDER
THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL DISEASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seventy of chapter one hundred and eleven of the
General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and
thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, is hereby further amended by striking out the last
sentence, added by said chapter three hundred and thirty-
seven, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section ten of chapter sixty-six shall not apply to such
records; provided, that upon proper judicial order, whether
in connection with pending judicial proceedings or otherwise,
or, except in the case of records of hospitals under the con-
trol of the department of mental diseases, upon order of
the head of the state department having supervision of such
hospital, and in compliance with the terms of said order,
such records may be inspected and copies furnished on pay-
ment of a reasonable fee. Approved March 24, 1926.

G. L. Ill, 5 70,
etc., amended.

Certain
hospital
records.
Proviso as
to inspection
and furnishing
of copies of
such records.

Chap. 150 An Act relative to assistant treasurers and other

OFFICERS OF CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.

G. L. 170, § 7,
etc., amended.

Directors of

co-operative

banks,

election by

shareholders,

terms,

classes, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seven of chapter one hundred and
seventy of the General Laws, as amended by chapter one
hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in the fifteenth
line, the words "and treasurer" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — , treasurer, clerk, and other officers
whose election is not otherwise herein or in section ten
expressly provided for, — so as to read as follows: — Sec-
tion 7. The business and affairs of every such corporation
shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors
to be elected by the shareholders. Directors may be
elected for terms of not less than one nor more than three
years, and, in case the term is more than one year, they shall

Acts, 1920. — Chap. 151. 149

be divided Into classes and an equal number, as nearly as
may be, elected each year. All vacancies In the board or Vacancies in
in any office may be iilled by the board of directors for ^I'lfng^eTc
the unexpired term. Every officer and director when ap- Oath by
pointed or elected shall take an oath that he will faithfully air'et'ors!''^
and impartially discharge the duties devolving upon him,
and the fact that the oath has been taken shall be entered
in the records of the corporation ; and If a person appointed Time limit for
or elected does not, Avithin thirty days thereafter, take the "^
oath, his office shall thereupon become vacant. The presi- Manner of
dent, vice president, treasurer, clerk, and other officers certaki^officers
whose election is not otherwise herein or in section ten ex- [jy^t^i^^'^g
pressly provided for, may be chosen either by the share-
holders or by the board of directors as the by-laws may
determine. No shareholder shall be entitled to more than Voting by
one vote at any meeting, and no shareholder shall vote by ^ '*'^^'^°' "^'
proxy. All officers shall be elected by ballot, shall be share- officers to be
holders when nominated and shall continue to hold their baUot to^be
offices until their successors have been chosen and shall have shareholders,
assumed their duties, and no such corporation shall expire
from neglect to elect officers at the time prescribed in its
by-laws. If an officer ceases to be a shareholder his office
shall thereupon become vacant. If a director fails both to OfRceof
attend the regular meetings of the board and to perform then mky
any of the duties devolving upon him as such director for be declared
six consecutive months, his office may be declared by the
board at the next regular meeting to be vacant. A record
of any vacancy shall be entered upon the books of the corpo-
ration, and a transcript of such record shall be sent by mail
to the person whose office has been made vacant.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and seventy is G. l. i7o, § lo,
hereby further amended by striking out section ten and ^"^^°'i«'*-
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 10. Such Assistant
corporation may provide in its by-laws for an assistant co!op'^ttlve
treasurer if the commissioner approves and, if it has assets banks, number,
in excess of five million dollars, for such additional number duties, etc
of assistant treasurers as the commissioner approves, and
may so provide for the election of such assistant treasurer
or assistant treasurers by either the shareholders or the
board of directors. An assistant treasurer may perform all
the duties of the treasurer. Approved March 24, 1926.

An Act authorizing the taking of woodcock, ruffed (JJiaj) 151

GROUSE and quail FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section nineteen of chapter one hundred and g. l. isi, § i9.
thirty-one of the General Laws, as amended by chapter ® ^" *™^°
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"thirty-four" in the second line the words: — , thirty-five
A, — and by inserting after the word "forty-four" in the
third line the words : — , forty-four A, — so as to read as

150

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 151.

Penalty for
takiug, etc.,
wild or un-
domesticated
biidd.

Exemption of
persons having
certain cer-
titicatea, etc.

Revocation of
tertiticutes, etc.

G. L. 131, § 20,
auieuded.

Penalty for
capture or poa-
eession of cer-
tain birda.

Possession as
prima facie
evidence, etc.

C. L. 131, § 33,
etc., amended.

Close season for
ruffed grouse
and woodcuck.

follows: — Section 19. Whoever, except as provided in sec-
tion thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five A, thirty-seven,
thirty-nine, forty-three, forty-four, forty-four A or seventy-
two, takes or kills or has in his possession a wild or undo-
mesticated bird except an English sparrow, crow blackbird,
crow, jay, starling, the following named birds of prey, —
sharp-shinned hawk, cooper's hawk, goshawk, red-tailed
hawk, red-shouldered hawk, duck hawk, pigeon hawk,
barred owl, great horned owl and snowy owl, or wilfully
destroys, disturbs or takes a nest or eggs of any wild or
undomesticated bu-d, except such as are not protected by
this section, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars for
each bird taken, killed or had in possession or for each
nest or egg disturbed, destroyed or taken; but a person
who has a certificate from the commissioner or from the
president of the Boston Society of Natural History that he
is engaged in the scientific study of ornithology or is col-
lecting in the interests of a scientific institution, may at any
season take or kill a wild or undomesticated bird, except
woodcock, ruffed grouse and quail, or take the nests or eggs
of such bird; but this section shall not authorize a person
to enter upon private grounds without the consent of the
owner thereof for the purpose of taking nests or eggs or
killing birds. The commissioner or the president of said
society may at any time revoke said certificate. The pro-
visions of this section as to certificates shall not apply to
the birds mentioned in sections twenty-one, twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-six and twenty-seven.

Section 2, Section twenty of said chapter one hundred
and thirty-one is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "thirty-four" in the second line the words: — , thirty-
five A, — and by inserting after the word "forty-four" in the
same line the words: — , forty-four A, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 20. Whoever, except as provided in
section thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five A, thirty-seven,
thirty-nine, forty-three, forty-four, forty-four A or seventy-
two, captures or has in possession a wild or undomesticated
bird except those specified in section nineteen, and birds not
found wild within the commonwealth, shall be punished by
a fine of ten dollars. Possession of the wild or undomesti-
cated birds specified in this section shall be prima facie evi-
dence that they have been captured and are held in pos-
session contrary to law.

Section 3. Section thirty-three of said chapter one
hundred and thirty-one, as amended by section one of
chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "section" in the second line the
following: — thirty-five A, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 33. Except as provided in section thirty-five A,
forty-four A or fifty-three, no person, except between the
twentieth of October and the twentieth of November, both
inclusive, shall hunt, pursue, take or kill a ruffed grouse,

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 151. 151

commonly called partridge, or a woodcock, or have the
same, or any part thereof, in possession, whenever or wherever
the same may have been taken or killed; and no person,
except as provided in section thirteen, shall at any time
transport or cause to be transported out of the common-
wealth the above named birds, or have in possession any
such bird with intent so to do.

Sectiox 4. Section thirty-four of said chapter one hun- g. t,. i:?i, $34,
dred and thirty-one is hereby amended by inserting after anjcnded.
the word "section" in the first line the words: — thirty-five
A or, — so as to read as follows: — Section 34. Except as c1"bp season for
provided in section thirty-five A or fifty-three, no person, ''"^''•
except between the twentieth of October and the twentieth
of November, l)oth inclusive, shall hunt, pursue, take or
kill a quail, or have the same or any part thereof in pos-
session, except as provided in section eighty-two, eighty-
three or eighty-six; and no person, except as provided in
section thirteen, shall at any time transport or cause to be
transported out of the commonw^ealth a quail taken or
killed within the commonwealth, or have in possession quail
with intent so to do, except quail artificially propagated as
provided in section eighty-two or eighty-three. Whoever Penalty.
violates this or the preceding section shall be punished by a
fine of twenty dollars for each bird or part thereof in respect
to which the violation occurs.

Section 5. Said chapter one hundred and thirty-one is g. l. 1.31. new
hereby amended by inserting after section thirty-five the 1^*^°°*^*^'
following new section: — Section 35 A. Upon request of the Taking of
governing board of any educational institution within the ru"fTefrgro'use
commonwealth having power to grant the degree of M.D., and quail for
Ph.D. or D.S., the directot may issue written instructions to poses ' '^ ^^^'
wardens to take, for the sole purpose of scientific investi-
gation of diseases, woodcock, ruffed grouse and quail. Such
instructions shall specify the number of such birds that may
be taken, the times and places of taking, the persons to
whom the same shall be delivered for such investigation
and the manner in which the carcasses shall be finally
disposed of.

Section 6. Section thirt^'-six of said chapter one hun- o. l. 131, U6,
dred and thirty-one is hereby amended by inserting at the ^™^°'^^'^-
beginning thereof the following: — Except as provided in
section thirty-five A or forty-four A, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 36. Except as provided in section Bag limit for
thirty-five A or forty-four A, no person shall take or kill wood1;o^c'k"and
more than three ruffed grouse in one day, or more than 'I'iaii.
fifteen in one year; more than four woodcock or quail in
one day, or more than twenty in one year. Violations of this Penalty.
section shall be punished by a fine of twenty dollars for
each bird in respect to which the violation occurs.

Approved March 24, 1926.

152

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 152, 153.

Chap.\52 An Act to establish the naaie of the trustees of

DERBY ACADEMY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE NUMBER AND
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE TRUSTEES OF SAID CORPORATION,
AND TO AUTHORIZE SAID CORPORATION TO HOLD ADDI-
TIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Trustees of
Derby

Academy, name
establiBhed, etc.

Certain cor-
porate acts
validated, etc.

Confirmation
of certain
property, etc.

Trustees,
number,
qualifications,
etc.

Corporation
may hold
property, etc.

Certificate of
acceptance,
filing, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Trustees of Derby School, a corporation
incorporated by an act entitled "An Act for establishing a
School in the North Parish of Hingham, by the name of Derby
School, and for appointing and incorporating Trustees of
the said School", passed November eleventh, one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-four, shall hereafter be known as
the Trustees of Derby Academy, and all acts of said cor-
poration under the name of the Trustees of Derby Academy
after June seventeenth, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-seven, when Derby School was erected into Derby
Academy by an act entitled " An Act to erect Derby School
in the North Parish in Hingham into an Academy by the
name of Derby Academy", being chapter nine of the acts
of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. May
session, are hereby validated and confirmed to the same
extent as though done under the name of The Trustees of
Derby School. All property, real and personal, now stand-
ing in the name of The Trustees of Derby School or the
Trustees of Derby Academy is hereby confirmed as the
property of said corporation, the Trustees of Derby Academy.

Section 2. The number of the trustees of said cor-
poration hereafter shall not at any one time be more than
fifteen, nor less than nine, five of whom shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business; and vacancies in
the number of the trustees of the corporation occurring from
time to time hereafter may be filled from any part of this
commonwealth without limitation or restriction.

Section 3. Said corporation is hereby authorized to re-
ceive and hold property, real and personal, to the amount
of one million dollars in addition to the property now held
by it.

Section 4. This act shall take efi"ect upon the filing in
the state secretary's office of a certificate of its acceptance by
said corporation. Approved March 25, 1926.

Chap.153 An Act to regulate appropriations for certain school

PURPOSES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and six
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as
amended in paragraph (c) by section two of chapter five
hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty and by section two of chapter four hundred and

1919, 206 (S),
§ 1, par. (c),
etc., amended.

Acts, 192fi. — Chap. 153. 153

eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hunch-ed and twent3'-
three, is hereby further amench^d by striking o\it said para-
graph and inserting in phice thereof the foHowing: — (c) by HMto?/'""'
For the alteration and repair of school buildings and for school com-

«•. 2?i 1 j> • If n IP inittee for

furniture, nxtures and means ot escape m case oi nre, and tor aiterution and
fire protection for existing buildings, and for improving ex- school buiid-
isting school yards: for tiie hnancial year ending on the '"bs. etc.
thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-
six and for each financial year thereafter, ninety-one cents.

Section 2. Section one of said chapter two hundred and i9i9, 206 (S),
six, as amended in paragraph ((/) by section two of chapter etc., 'amended.
two hundred and forty-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, by section two of chapter six hun-
dred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty and by section two of chapter three hundred and
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is
hereby further amended by striking out said paragraph and
inserting in place thereof the following: — (d) For organizing Appropriations
and conducting physical training and exercises, athletics, ^c^i^uom-
sports, games and play, and for providing apparatus, equip- nutteefor
ment and facilities for the same in buildings, yards and play- ing, etc.
grounds under the control of said committee, or upon any
other land which the committee may have the right to use
for this purpose under the provisions of chapter two hundred
and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven
and any acts in addition thereto and in amendment thereof:
for the financial year ending on the thirty-first day of
December, nineteen hundred and twenty-six and for each
financial year thereafter, fifteen cents.

Section 3. Section one of said chapter two hundred and §^i_^'p|?^ [f)]
six, as amended in paragraph (e) by section three of said «tc., amended.
chapter two hundred and forty-nine, by section three of said
chapter six hundred and forty-one and by section three of
said chapter three hundred and nine, is hereby further
amended by striking out said paragraph and inserting in
place thereof the following: — (e) For the employment of ^^Boaton^'""^
one supervising female nurse, and so many district female school com-

.1 • • J! • 1 •j.j. •_ niittee for em-

nurses as, in the opinion ot said committee, are necessary in pioymentof
accordance with the provisions of chapter three hundred ^-^f^^^ ^^^'
and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven and
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and for
the employment of such number of school physicians as, in the
opinion of the committee, may be necessary, and for the care
of teeth of school children: for the financial year ending on
the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six and for each financial year thereafter, eleven
cents.

Section 4. For the purposes of this act, the limit of the City of Boston
amount of taxes that may be assessed on property in the creased!
city of Boston is hereby increased in the year nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, and in each year thereafter, sixty cents
on each one thousand dollars of the valuation upon which
the appropriations of the city council of said city are based.

154

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 154, 155.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance

Submission to

counciiaud by the mayor, the city council and the school committee of

school com-
mittee.

the city of Boston.

Approved March "25, 1926.

Chap.l^-i

City of Chelsea
may aell and
convey certain
park laud.

Submission to
board of alder-
men, etc.

Proviso.

An Act authorizing the city of chelse.v to sell and

CONVEY certain PARK LAND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Chelsea may sell and convey
the land, or any part thereof, in said city known as Highland
Park, heretofore acquired by said city for the purpose of a
public park.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject to the
provisions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance
occurs during the current year.

Approved March 26, 1926.

Chap.lSlj ^N Act relative to the burial of dependent fathers

OF certain veterans.

G. L. 115, § 19,
etc., amended.

Burial agents
in cities and
towns, desig-
nation, powers
and duties.

Burial of sol-
diers, etc.

Proviso.

Burial of
soldiers' wives,
widows or de-
pendent fathers
or mothers,
and of army
nurses, etc.
Restrictions.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section nineteen of chapter one hundred and fifteen of
the General Laws, as amended by chapter two hundred and
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "de-
pendent" in the eighteenth line the words: — father or, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 19. The mayor of each
city and the selectmen of each town or, in Boston, the
soldiers' relief commissioner, shall designate a burial agent,
who shall not be one of the overseers of the poor or be era-
ployed by them, and who shall, under regulations established
by the commissioner, cause properly to be interred the body
of any honorably discharged soldier or sailor who served in
the army or navy of the United States during the war of the
rebellion, or in the Indian campaigns if he died in receipt of
a pension from the United States, or during the war between
the United States and Spain or the Philippine insurrection
after February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight and prior to July fourth, nineteen hundred and two,
or in the Mexican border service of nineteen hundred and
sixteen and of nineteen hundred and seventeen, or in the
world war; provided, that the soldier or sailor died in such
service or after an honorable discharge therefrom or release
from active duty therein; and shall also so inter the body
of his wife, widow or dependent father or mother, and the
bodies of army nurses entitled to state aid under section
six, if they die without sufficient means to defray funeral
expenses; but no wife or widow of any soldier or sailor of
the civil war shall be entitled to the benefits of this section
unless she was married to him prior to June twenty-seventh,
eighteen hundred and ninety, and no wife or widow of any

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 156. 155

soldier of the Indian campaigns unless she was married to
him prior to March fourth, nineteen hundred and seventeen,
and unless she was, if his widow, in receipt of a pension
under the act of congress of March fourth, nineteen hundred
and seventeen, and no wife or widow of any soldier or sailor
of the Spanish war, or the Philippine insurrection, unless
she was married to him prior to January first, nineteen hun-
dred and ten; and no wife or widow of any soldier or sailor
of the Mexican border service or of the world war unless she
was married to him prior to his final discharge from such
service. If an interment has taken place without the Application to
knowledge of the burial agent, application may be made to fnfe"rinenr etc
him within thirty days after the date of death, or after final
interment if the soldier or sailor dies in the world war service;
and if upon investigation he shall find that the deceased
was within the provisions of this section and the rules of
the commissioner, he may certify the same as provided in Certification to
the following section. Approved March 26, 1926. '=°'"n»'s«i°'^er.

An Act requiring domestic insurance companies to fii.f.j. i Ka

PAY CERTAIN EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE EXAMINATION ^'

THEREOF.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter one hundred and seventy-five of g. l its, 5 4,
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the ainended!'^ '
word "condition" in the twentieth line the following new
sentence: — If, in the course of an examination of a domes-
tic company which maintains a branch office outside the
commonwealth, it becomes necessary or expedient for the
commissioner or any of his deputies or examiners to travel
outside the commonwealth, such company shall pay the
proper expenses of the commissioner, his deputies or ex-
aminers incurred by reason thereof, — so that the second
paragraph will read as follows: — At least once in three Examination
years, and whenever he determines jt to be prudent, he shall "nguri^^p^e'com-
personally, or bv his deputy or examiner, visit each domestic panies by com-

1 '.1 1 1 " • J 1 • •, n> • missioner, etc.

company, and thoroughly mspect and examine its anairs
to ascertain its financial condition, its ability to fulfil its
obligations, whether it has complied with the law, and any
other facts relating to its business methods and management,
and the equity of its dealings with its policy holders. He Upon request
shall also make such examination upon the request of five credftLs.^etc"'
or more of the stockholders, creditors, policy holders or
persons pecuniarily interested therein who shall make
affidavit of their belief, with specifications of their reasons
therefor, that such company is in an unsound condition.
If, in the course of an examination of a domestic company Certain com-
which maintains a branch office outside the commonwealth, cmuIii*'' ^*^
it becomes necessary or expedient for the commissioner or expenses.
any of his deputies or examiners to travel outside the com-
monwealth, such company shall pay the proper expenses of
the commissioner, his deputies or examiners incurred by

156

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 157, 158.

Complete audit reason thereof. Whenever he deems it advisable he shall
cause a complete audit of the books of the company to be
made by a disinterested expert accountant.

A2)proved March 26, 1926.

City of
Boston may
borrow money
for construc-
tion of new
Congress
Street bridge.

Chap. 157 An Act authorizing the city of boston to borrow money

FOR THE construction OF A NEW CONGRESS STREET
BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new
bridge at Congress street over Fort Point channel, the city
of Boston may from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, borrow outside the statutory
limit of indebtedness such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, eight hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, City of Boston Congress Street Bridge
Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no loan shall be
authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of the loan so authorized is voted
for the same purpose to be provided from taxes or other
sources of revenue. Any sum to be raised by taxation shall
be outside the tax limit as fixed for the city in the year in
which the loan is authorized. Except as herein provided,
indebtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to the
laws relative to the incurring of debt by the city of Boston.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its city charter; provided, that such acceptance
occurs during the current year.

Approved March 26, 1926.

Submission to
city council,
etc.

Proviso.

Chap. 158 An Act relative to audits of municipal accounts by

the director of accounts.

G. L. 44, S 40,
amended.

Audits of
municipal ac-
counts by
director of
accounts,
except Boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty of chapter forty-four of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the
word "three" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
two, — and by inserting after the word "years" in the same
line the words: — , or annually at the request of the mayor
or the selectmen, — so as to road as follows: — Section Ifi.
The director shall cause an audit to be made of the accounts
of all cities and towns of the commonwealth, except Boston,
and may cause subsequent audits to be made of the accounts
of each city and town, except Boston, as often as once in
two years, or annually at the request of the mayor or the
selectmen, and for this purpose he, and his duly accredited
agents, shall have access to all necessary papers, books and

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 159, 160. 157

records. Upon the completion of each audit, as aforesaid, Reports.
a report thereon shall be made to the mayor and city govern-
ment in cities, and to the selectmen in towns, and a copy
of the same shall he furnished to the city or town clerk, who Publication.
shall cause the same or a summary of its essential features
to be published at the expense of the city or town. The Preference to
director, in his discretion, may give preference to audits *^®'"'^'° *"^'^^
upon petitions under section thirty-five or thirty-six over
audits under this section. Approved March 26, 1926.

An Act relative to the ventilation of factories and
workshops.

C/iap. 159

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fortj'-nine of the General Laws G. L. 149.
is hereby amended by striking out section one hundred and ^ ^^^' *°^«^«^«<i-
seventeen and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 117. A factory where five or more persons and a Ventilation of
workshop where five or more women or children are em- workshops"*^
ployed shall, while work is carried on therein, be so ventilated
that the air shall not become so impure as to be injurious
to the health of the persons employed therein. A factory
or workshop where more than one person is employed shall
be so ventilated that all gases, vapors, dust or other im-
purities injurious to health, generated in the course of the
manufacturing process or handicraft carried on therein, shall
so far as practicable be rendered harmless.

Approved March 26, 1926.

An Act relative to the taxation of the income of cer- (Jhdrf \Qf)

TAIN PARTNERSHIPS, ASSOCIATIONS AND TRUSTS OR OF
dividends on THEIR SHARES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Paragraph First of subsection (c) of section one of chapter g. l. 62, § i,
sixty-two of the General Laws, as amended by chapter two par.^Firetl'etc.,
hundred and twenty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred amended.
and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the seventh and eighth lines of said paragraph, the words
"sections thirty-two to thirty-eight, inclusive, and section
fifty-eight of", — so as to read as follows: — First, Partner- Certain excep-
ships, associations or trusts, which file with the commissioner ation of divu^'
the agreement hereinafter provided for, and the property of dends on shares

1 • 1 • i 1 • 1 J? e J.1- J! II • of certain part-

which consists exclusively ot one or more oi the toiiowing nerships, asso-
specified kinds of property, to wit: real estate wherever tr^'°g"®^°^
situated and supplies therefor and receipts therefrom; stocks
of corporations taxable under chapter sixty-three, bonds,
notes, loans secured by mortgage of real estate, and cer-
tificates of indebtedness, the income of which is exempt
from taxation under this section; property the income of
which, if any, would be taxable under this section if owned

158

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 161, 162.

by an inhabitant of the commonwealth; shares in partner-
ships, associations or trusts, dividends on which are exempt
from taxation under this section.

Approved March 26, 1926.

1919,219 (S),
§ 2, amended.

Portia Law
School, pur-
poses, etc.

CAap. 161 An Act authorizing the portia law school to grant

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and nineteen of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out section two and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 2. The purposes of said
corporation shall be to furnish to women only, a course of
not less than four years' instruction in law suitable to pre-
pare them for the degree of bachelor of laws and also, in the
discretion of its trustees, to furnish to both men and women
holders of the degree of bachelor of laws from such institu-
tions as are authorized to grant said degree and the degree
of master of laws a one year course of instruction in law
suitable to prepare them for the degree of master of laws;
provided, that said one year course shall be given in the day-
time and shall require at least one third more work than was
required prior to July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five
in one school j'^ear of the aforesaid four year course. For
the aforesaid purposes, it may appoint such teachers and
lecturers and adopt such form of organization, by-laws,
regulations and methods of administration as it may deem
advisable. The corporation shall provide suitable offices,
library and lecture halls, and shall pay the expenses of
maintaining the said school, directing its income to that end.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and nineteen is
hereby further amended by striking out section three and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 3. Said
corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to grant
to students properly accredited and recommended by a
majority of the faculty of the school upon their graduation
after completion of said four year course, the degree of
bachelor of laws, or after completion of said one year course,
the degree of master of laws. Approved March 26, 1926.

Proviso.

Powers and
duties.

1919, 219 (S),
$ 3, amended.

May grant de-
grees of
bachelor of
laws and
master of laws

C/iap. 162 An Act permitting savings banks to sell travelers'

CHECKS.

G. L. 168,
5 33A, etc.,
amended.

Savings ba
may sell
travelers'
cbeoks, etc

nks

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-three A of chapter one lumdred and sixty-
eight of the General Laws, inserted by chapter thirty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "commissioner," in
the second line the words: — sell travelers' checks, and, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 83 A. Savings banks
may, under regulations made by the commissioner, sell

Acts, IQ'iO. — Chap. \m. 159

travelers' checks, and receive money for tlie purpose of
transmitting tlie same, or equivalents thereof, to another
state or country. Appruoed March 26, 1926.

An Act regulating local license fees for certain nhr,Yt Ifi*^

MOTOR VEHICLES USED FOR THE CARRIAC^E OF PASSENGERS ^ '

FOR HIRE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty-five of chapter one lumdred and fifty-nine G. l, 159, § 45,
of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter '^''^ ' ^*"'^'*'^^''-
two hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, is hereby further amended bj' inserting after
the word "writing" in the twentieth line the following new
sentence: — The fee for any motor vehicle covered by a
license issued by the city council or selectmen under this
section shall not exceed ten dollars for any one year, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 45. No person shall, in any Motor veiuciea
city or town, operate any motor vehicle upon any public way, operated upon
for the carriage of passengers for hire, in such a manner as public ways for

IV t p • • •^ 1 rt. 1 1 carnage of per-

to ariord a means 01 transportation similar to that anorded sons for hire
by a railway company, by indiscriminately receiving and dis- Uc*n3e,*etc.
charging passengers along the route on which the vehicle is
operated or may be running, or for transporting passengers
for hire as a business between fixed and regular termini,
without first obtaining a license therefor from the city
council of such city or the selectmen of such town, in this
and sections forty-six and forty-seven called the licensing
authority; provided, that in respect to any boulevard or Proviaos.
way under the jurisdiction of the metropolitan district
commission such commission shall constitute the licensing
authority M'ithin the meaning of this and said sections forty-
six and forty-seven, and provided, further, that in respect
to such carriage as may be exclusively interstate, said license
shall not be required. Any such license issued by a city Mayor to ap-
council shall be subject to the approval of the mayor and m dfies''"'"^'*
shall not be valid unless such approval has been endorsed
thereon in writing. The fee for any motor vehicle covered ^^^^^1}^^^^^
by a license issued by the city council or selectmen under
this section shall not exceed ten dollars for any one year.
Any person receiving a license under this section and a Licensees de-
certificate under section forty-eight A, and operating there- common ear-
under, is hereby declared to be a common carrier and shall, ^^^^' ^^'^■
in respect to the operation of such a vehicle, be subject to To be subject
such orders, rules or regulations as shall be adopted by the irtu!u3Tete.^^"
licensing authority under section forty-six; and such carrier
and the service furnished or rendered for public use by him
shall be included under the general supervision and regulation
of the department and shall be subject to its jurisdiction
and control in the same manner and to the same extent as
the services and agencies referred to in clause (a) of section
twelve as fully in all respects as if specifically named and
included therein. Approved March 26, 1926.

160

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 164, 165.

G. L. 132, § 9,
amended.

Chap.lQ4: An Act to provide for the establishment of additional

NURSERIES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF FOREST TREE SEED-
LINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section nine of chapter one hundred and thirty-two of
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "purpose" in the fourth line the words: — and upon
such other lands as may be acquired under this section, —
and by adding at the end thereof the following: — The
forester, with the advice and consent of the governor and
council, may expend from time to time such sum as is ap-
propriated therefor b}' the general court in purchasing, for
the establishment of nurseries provided for by this section,
lands situated within the commonwealth and adapted to
the propagation of forest tree seedlings, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 9. The forester may establish and
maintain nurseries for the propagation of forest tree seed-
lings upon such lands of the commonwealth at any state
institution as the superintendent or trustees thereof may
set apart for this purpose and upon such other lands as
may be acquired under this section. Superintendents of
institutions where land is set apart therefor may furnish
without charge the labor of their inmates necessary to
establish and maintain said nurseries. Seedlings from these
nurseries shall be furnished to the commonwealth without
expense for use upon reservations set aside for the propaga-
tion of forest growths for other than park purposes. All
stock grown in nurseries established under this section shall
be used within the commonwealth and shall be furnished
to state institutions without charge. The forester may
distribute seeds and seedlings to land owners, citizens of
the commonwealth, under such conditions and restrictions
as he may determine, subject to the approval of the governor
and council. The forester, with the advice and consent of
the governor and council, may expend from time to time
such sum as is appropriated therefor by the general court
in purchasing, for the establishment of nurseries provided
for by this section, lands situated within the commonwealth
and adapted to the propagation of forest tree seedlings.

{The foregoing ivas laid before the governor on the twenty-
second day of March, 192G, and after five days it had "the
force of a law", as prescribed by the constitution, as it was
not returned by him with his objections thereto within that
time.)

State forester
may establish
aud maintain
nurseries for
propagation of
forest tree
aeedlings, etc.

Furnishing to
commonwealth
of seedlings
without ex-
pense, etc.
Stock to be
used within
commonwealth ,
etc.

Distribution of
seeds, etc., to
land owners,
etc.

Purchase of
lands for es-
tablishment of
nurseries.

C/ia?). 165 An Act authorizing the city of new Bedford to borrow

MONEY FOR SE\VERAGE PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

City of New Section 1. For the purpose of sewer construction, the

borrow money City of New Bedford may borrow from time to time, within

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 16G. 161

u period of five years from the passage of tliis act, such for sewerage

sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in tlie aggregate, ''"■'i^"'*''''-

one hundred and fifty thousand iloUars, and may issue

bonds or notes therefor, which siiail bear on their face the

words, New Bedford Sewer Loan, Act of 192(). Each New Bedford

authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such AT'^'f^oo^i*'

I I 11 1 • 1 • 1 I. 1 • A'-'t ot 1926.

loans shall be paid \xi not more than twenty years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such
authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised
Ijy the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness
incurred untler this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter
three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 30, 1926.

Chap. 166

An Act authorizing an exchange by the metropolitan
district commission and the boston and albany

railroad COMPANY OF TWO PARCELS OF LAND, ONE LYING
IN THE CITY OF NEWTON AND THE OTHER PARTLY IN SAID
CITY AND IN THE TOWN OF WESTON, AND A RELOCATION
OF THE NEWTON LOWER FALLS BRANCH OF SAID COMPANY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The metropolitan district commission, act- Exchange by
ing in the name and behalf of the commonwealth, may 'ustric^'com-
convey to the Boston and Albany Railroad Company, mission and
subject to the provisions of the lease to The New York Albany Rail-
Central Railroad Company, a parcel of land on the southerly of^c*er?ain par-^
side of the Charles river in the city of Newton five rods t;eia of land lu
wide and containing approximately one hundred and fifty- Westou.
one thousand square feet, for a new location, in exchange
for a conveyance from the Boston and Albany Railroad
Company of a portion of its location partly in the town
of Weston and partly in the city of Newton containing
approximately one hundred and seventy-seven thousand
square feet.

Section 2. The Boston and Albany Railroad Com- Boston and
pany may relocate that part of its Newton Lower Falls road company
branch lying north of the Charles river upon the southerly may relocate
side of said river over land to be acquired from the metro- Newton Lower
politan district commission under section one, by filing a ^'^^'* branch,
description thereof with the county commissioners of the
county of Middlesex within one year after the effective date
of this act.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 30, 1926.

162

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 167, 16S, 169.

ChapA67 ^^ ^^t authorizing the town of holliston to acquire

AND USE for highway PURPOSES A CERTAIN PORTION
OF THE OLD BRAGGVILLE CEMETERY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The town of Holliston may take bj^ eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, for highway purposes, the whole
or a part of a certain portion of the Old Braggville cemetery
situated on the westerly side of Washington street in said
town, said portion being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of said cemetery at the
present location line of Washington street; thence north-
westerly by said cemetery fifteen feet to a point; thence
southwesterly by said cemetery sixty feet to a point; thence
northeasterly fifty-six feet to the point of beginning.

Approved March 30, 1926.

Town of
Holliston may
acquire and
use for highway
purposes a cer-
tain portion of
Old Braggville
cemetery.

C/iap.l68

G. L. 233, § 70,
amended.

Courts to take
judicial notice
of law of other
jurisdictions.

G. L. 233,

§§ 71, 72,
repealed.

An Act concerning the law of other jurisdictions.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-three of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
seventy and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 70. The courts shall take judicial notice of the law
of the United States or of any state, territory or dependency
thereof or of a foreign country whenever the same shall be
material.

Section 2. Sections seventy-one and seventy-two of
said chapter two hundred and thirty-three are hereby re-
pealed. Approved March 30, 1926,

C/ia^). 169 An Act relative to certain ancient burial places in

THE city of LOWELL.

Town of
Dracut may
transfer to city
of Lowell all
its right, title,
etc., in certain
ancient burial
grounds.
Hildreth Ceme-
tery.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon such terms as may be mutually
agreed upon, the town of Dracut may, on or before Decem-
ber thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, trans-
fer to the city of Lowell all its right, title and interest in the
following ancient burial grounds situated in the city of
Lowell: The burial ground known as the Hildreth Cemetery,
bounded substantially as follows: Northeasterly by Hildreth
street; northwesterly by a passageway leading to the Gen-
eral Butler private burial ground; southwesterly and again
northwesterly by said General Butler private burial ground;
southwesterly again by land of Paul Butler heirs; southerly
and southwesterly again by land now or formerly of one
Petit; southerly and southwesterly again by land now or
formerly of one Begin; and southerly by land now or for-
merly of one Lyman.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 170, 171. 163

The burial pround known as the Hamblet Cemetery, Hambiet
hounded substantially as follows: Northeasterly by Jordan Cemetery,
street; westerly, southerly and easterly by land now or
formerly of the Maynard Land Company.

Section 2. The town of Dracut upon the transfer of Trust funds for
each of said cemeteries as herein aiithorized shall pay over of lots, etc.,
to the city of Lowell all money held by it in trust for the P«^v™^nt over.
perpetual care of lots in said cemetery, and said city shall
thereafter hold said money for the perpetual care of lots in
said cemetery in accordance with the provisions of the
General Laws relating thereto. Approved March 30, 1926.

An Act further extending the time for completing nUf.^ 170

THE railroad OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD ^'

corporation, subject to certain conditions.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The time within which the Southern New Extension of
England Railroad Corporation may complete and open its pi^lnrrariroad
railroad for use is hereby further extended to December of Southern
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty -nine; provided, Raiiroadfcor-
notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special po^at'on.
law, that the state department of public w^orks shall have
the right to construct waj's crossing at grade the right of
way of said corporation in the towns of Palmer and Stur-
bridge, and that in the event of the actual construction and
operation of its railroad by said corporation it shall, at its
own expense, separate the grades of such ways and of its
tracks where crossing as aforesaid in such manner as may
be approved by said department and by the state depart-
ment of public utilities.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect unless and until J„^ep£nceT°
its provisions are accepted by vote of the board of directors etc.
of said corporation, and an attested copy of such A^ote is
filed with the state secretary within thirty days after such
acceptance. Approved March 30, 1926.

An Act authorizing the aveymouth trust company to (Jfi(jr) 171

ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL BRANCH OFFICE IN THE TOWN
OF WEYMOUTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Weymouth Trust Company, having its Weymouth
principal place of business in the town of Weymouth, may, may establish"''
with the approval of the board of bank incorporation, t'^'^'*'^^^!

,,., '^,,.. ,. • ~, . ., '• branch otnce in

establish an additional branch omce in said town, the same town of
to be located in that section of said town known as East ^y'"""^
Weymouth; provided, that the branch office hereby au- Proviso.
thorized is established within six months after the passage
of this act.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 31, 1926.

164

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 172, 173, 174.

Chap. 172 An Act extending further the duration of a law

PENALIZING THE VIOLATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TEN-
ANTS.

Emergency
preamble.

Whercnfi, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose to continue to provide immediate and uninter-
rupted relief from hardship incident to the present scarcity
of houses and buildings available for habitation, therefore
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and con-
venience.

1920. 555, § 2,
etc., amended.

Time extended
on law penal-
zing violation
of certain
rights of
tenants.

Chap.l7S

Emergency
preamble.

1925. 86. § 3.
amended.

Time extended
on law relative
to termination
of tenancies at
will.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter five hundred and fifty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, as amended by chap-
ter four hundred and ninety-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-one, by section two of chapter three
hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, by chapter six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, by section one of chapter seventy-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and by chap-
ter one hundred and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the third line, the word "twenty-six" and inserting
in place thereof the word: — twenty-seven, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 2. This act shall become null and
void on the first day of May in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven. Approved March 31, 1926.

An Act extending further the duration of an act
relative to the termination of tenancies at will.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose to continue to provide immediate relief from
hardship incident to the present scarcity of houses and
buildings available for habitation, it is accordingly declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter eighty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended by striking out,
in the third line, the word "twenty-six" and inserting in
place thereof the word : ■ — twenty-seven, — so as to read as
follows: — Section S. Section one of this act shall become
null and void on the first day of May in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven. Approved March 31, 1926.

Chap. 11 A. An Act relative to the fees to be charged for insur-
ance brokers' licenses issued to certain partner-
ships.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be

Emergency
preamble.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 174. 165

an rniprgency law, necessary for the inimediatc preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fourteen of chapter one Iiundred G- ^^ '^s, j 14.
and seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended hy chap-
ter one hundred and sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, by section one of chapter four hundred and
fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and
by section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out all after the word "license"
in the forty-second line down to and including the word
"dollars" in the fifty-fourth line and inserting in place
thereof the following: — ; provided, that the fee to be col-
lected for an insurance broker's license issued under said
section one hundred and seventy-three to a partnership
composed entirely of residents of other states of the United
States eligible therefor under said section one hundred and
sixty-six, and covering all the partners, shall be twenty-five
dollars and that the aggregate fees to be collected for such
a license issued as aforesaid to any other partnership shall
not exceed one hundred dollars, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 14- He shall collect and pay to the commonwealth Collection of
charges and fees as follows: for each examination prior to and^fTes' by"^^
granting a license or a certificate of authority to issue policies of'iJXrance^'^
of insurance or annuity or pure endowment contracts as
provided in sections four and thirty-two, fifty dollars; for
the valuation of life policies of a domestic company as pro-
vided in section nine, two and one half mills for each thou-
sand dollars of insurance; for each certificate issued under
section sixteen, two dollars, provided that such certificates Provisos,
shall be issued without charge for the use of the common-
wealth; for each certificate under section thirty-two, two
dollars; for each special license under clause (g) of section
fifty-one or of section fifty-four, ten dollars; for each cer-
tificate issued by the commissioner under section seventy or
seventy-one, two dollars; for filing copy of charter or deed of
settlement of each foreign company under section one hun-
dred and fifty-one, thirty dollars; for filing financial state-
ment with the application for admission of a foreign com-
pany under said section one hundred and fifty-one, and
for the filing of each annual statement by a foreign company
under section twenty-five, twenty dollars; for each service
of lawful process upon him as attorney for a foreign company
under section one hundred and fifty-one and section one
hundred and fifty-four, two dollars; provided, that such
fee shall not be required for the service of process in any
criminal proceeding; for each license or renewal thereof to
an insurance agent of any company under section one hun-
dred and sixty-three, two dollars; for each license or renewal
thereof to an insurance broker under section one hundred
and sixty-six, twenty-five dollars; for each license or re-

166

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 174.

Proviso.

G. L. 175, § 166
etc., amended.

Licensing of

insurance

brokers.

Applications.

newal thereof to a special insurance broker under section
one hundred and sixty-eight, twenty-five dollars; for each
license or renewal thereof to an adjuster of fire losses under
section one hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars; for each
license or renewal thereof to a voluntary association under
section one hundred and seventy-two A, to a partnership
under section one hundred and seventy-three or to a cor-
poration under section one hundred and seventy-four, the
fees hereinbefore prescribed for like licenses issued to indi-
viduals under said section one hundred and sixty-three, one
hundred and sixty-six, one hundred and sixt^^-eight or one
hundred and seventy-two, for each trustee, partner or officer
to be covered by the license; provided, that the fee to be
collected for an insurance broker's license issued under said
section one hundred and seventy-three to a partnership
composed entirely of residents of other states of the United
States eligible therefor under said section one hundred and
sixty-six, and covering all the partners, shall be twenty-five
dollars and that the aggregate fees to be collected for such
a license issued as aforesaid to any other partnership shall
not exceed one hundred dollars; for each certificate of the
valuation of the policies of any life company and for each
certificate of the examination, condition or qualification of
a company, two dollars; for each copy of any paper on file
in the office of the commissioner, twenty cents a page and
for copies of tabulations, forty cents a page and two dollars
for certifying the same; and all other fees and charges due
the commonwealth for any official act or service of the
commissioner.

Section 2. Section one hundred and sixty-six of said
chapter one hundred and seventy-five, as amended by section
eleven of chapter four hundred and fifty of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four and by section three of chap-
ter one hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth lines,
the words", except as provided in section fourteen," — so
as to read as follows: — Section 166. The commissioner
may, upon the payment of the fee prescribed by section
fourteen, issue to any suitable person of full age resident in
the commonwealth, or resident in any other state of the
United States granting brokers' licenses or like privileges to
residents of the commonwealth, a license to act as an in-
surance broker to negotiate, continue or rencAv contracts of
insurance or annuity or pure endowment contracts, or to
place risks, or effect insurance with any qualified domestic
company or its agents, or with the lawfully constituted and
licensed resident agents in this commonwealth of any
foreign company duly admitted to issue such policies or con-
tracts therein upon the folloAving conditions: The applicant
for the license shall file with the commissioner a written
application upon a form provided by the commissioner,
which shall be executed on oath by the applicant and kept

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 175. 167

on file hy the commissioner. Tlie application shall state
tile name, ajie, residence ami occupation of the applicant at
the time of makinj; the application, his occni)ati()n for the
live years next preceding the ilate of the application, that the
applicant intends to iiold himself out and carry on business
in good faith as an insurance broker, and such other infor-
mation as the commissioner may require. The application
shall also contain a statement as to the trustworthiness and
competency of the applicant, signed by at least three repu-
table citizens of this commonwealth. If the commissioner issue,
is satisfied that tlie applicant is trustworthy and competent '^='f*"'"^'°"'
and intends to hold himself out and carry on business in
good faith as an insurance broker, he shall issue the license,
which shall expire in one year from its date, unless sooner
revoked or suspended as provided herein. The license Renewal, fee,
may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be renewed,
upon payment of the fee prescribed by section fourteen, for
any succeeding year without requiring anew the detailed
information hereinbefore specified. The commissioner may Revocation or
at any time, for cause shown and after a hearing, revoke the ^"^p^'^^'"^-
license or suspend it for a period not exceeding the unexpired
term thereof, and may, for cause shown and after a hearing,
revoke the license while so suspended, and shall notify the
licensee in writing of such revocation or suspension, and
may publish a notice of such revocation or suspension in
such manner as he may deem necessary for the protection
of the public. Whoever, not being a duly licensed insurance Penalty for
agent of the company in which any policy of insurance or bro'ke^r without
any annuity or pure endowment contract is effected or an license, etc.
officer of a domestic company acting under section one
hundred and sixty-five, acts as an insurance broker as de-
fined in section one hundred and sixty-two, without such
license or during a suspension of his license, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than five
hundred dollars. Approved March 31, 1926.

An Act providing further for the identification of Chap. 17 5

CANDIDATES SEEKING RE-ELECTION AT STATE AND CITY
ELECTIONS OR RENOMINATION AT PRELIMINARY ELECTIONS
IN CERTAIN CITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Section forty-one of chapter fifty-four of [^i^jp^;.^ *^'
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the amended.
word "designations" in the thirteenth and fourteenth lines
the following new sentence: — To the name of a candidate
for a state or city office who is an elected incumbent thereof
and who is one of two or more candidates therefor bearing
the same name, there shall be added in the same space the
words "Candidate for Re-election", — so that the third
paragraph will read as follows : — To the name of each Election ballots
candidate for a state or city office, except city offices in cities poUtiJal'desig-
where political designations are forbidden, shall be added nationeofcan-

108

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 176.

diiiates, exce^it,
etc.

To contain
words "Can-
didate for Re-
election,"
when.

To contain
party desig-
nations, etc., of
candidates for
town otticea.

Nomination

Capers and
allots in con-
nection with
preliminary
elections in
certain cities
to contain
words "Candi-
date for

Reuomiuatiou,"
when.

in the same space his party or pohtical designation or desig-
nations. To the name of a candidate for a state or city
office who is an elected incumbent thereof and who is one of
two or more candidates tlierefor bearing the same name,
there shall be added in the same space the words " Candidate
for Re-election". To the name of each candidate for a
town office upon an official ballot shall be added the desig-
nation of the party or principle which he represents, con-
tained in the certificate of nomination or nomination papers.
Section 2. In any city where the nomination of candi-
dates for election to city office is made by a preliminary
election, the nomination paper of any candidate for nomi-
nation thereat who is an elected incumbent of the office for
which he seeks renomination shall bear in addition to his
name and other facts now required by law the words " Can-
didate for Renomination", and, if he is one of two or more
persons bearing the same name who are candidates for the
same office, the ballot to be used at said preliminary election
shall have printed against his name the words " Candidate
for Renomination", notwithstanding the provisions of its
charter or of any other law. Approved March 31, 1926.

Chap.

G. L. 81, § 1,
etc., amended.

General duties
of division of
highways of
department of
public works.

Preparation
and sale of
maps, etc.

Erection and
maintenance of
guide posts,
etc., on cer-
tain ways.

176 An Act providing for the erection and maintenance
by the division of highways of guide posts and

other DEVICES ON CERTAIN WAYS AND DISPENSING WITH
THE DUTY OF SAID DIVISION TO NAME STATE HIGHWAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Chapter eighty-one of the General Laws, as amended in
section one by section one of chapter fifty-seven of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section one, as so amended,
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 1.
The division of highways of the department of public
works, in this chapter called the division, shall compile
statistics relative to the public ways of counties, cities
and towns, and make such investigations relative thereto
as it considers expedient. It may be consulted by, and
shall without charge advise, officers of counties, cities or
towns having the care of and authority over public ways as
to their construction, maintenance, alteration or repair;
but such advice shall not impair the legal duties and obliga-
tions of any county, city or town. It shall prepare maps
of the commonwealth on which shall be shown county, city
and town boundaries, the public ways and the state highways,
with their names if practicable, and may sell such maps or
other maps prepared by it from time to time in connection
with the work under its charge at such prices and on such
conditions as it may determine. It shall erect and maintain
at convenient points on state highways, or on ways leading
thereto, and on all main highways between cities and towns,
such guide posts, signboards, signs, signals, markers, lights

meetings, etc.

Acts, 1026. — Chaps. 177, 178. 169

and other devices as it may deem necessary and advisJ^ble

for promoting the public safety and convenience. It shall information

collect and collate information relative to the geological for- road building

mation of the commonwealth so far as it relates to materials materials, etc.

suitable for road building, the location of which it shall, so

far as practicable, designate on said maps, which shall be

open to the inspection of officers of counties, cities and towns

having the care of and authority over public ways. It 2t'L*,1'L" f''^''"

shall give public notice of and hold at least one public

meeting annually in each county for the open discussion of

questions relative to the public ways.

Approved March 31, 1026.

An Act regulating practice as to exceptions in suits rhfiT> 177
IN equity. ■'

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Chapter tAvo hundred and fourteen of the General Laws is G. L. 211, new
hereby amended by inserting after section twenty-five the f^b^'^ ^^*"
following new section: — Section 25 A. In suits in equity a Practice as to
final decree shall be entered although exceptions have been su?tfin'equit.y
taken or a bill of exceptions has been filed and allowed, but regulated.
execution and operation of the decree so entered shall be
stayed until the exceptions have been disposed of unless
the judge who made the ruling to which the exception or
exceptions were taken finds that the exceptions are im-
material, frivolous or intended for delay.

Approved March 31, 1926.

An Act authorizing the city of woburn to compensate rhr,^ 17Q

PHILIP H. DOHERTY FOR DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY THE '

taking of certain LAND IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Woburn may pay to Philip H. city of Wobum
Doherty, of Woburn, a sum not exceeding fifty -six hundred sate Philip h.
and ninety dollars in discharge of a moral obligation upon ^rtalnLlid
said city to compensate said Doherty for a taking by eminent taking dam-
domain by the commonwealth, for the purposes of state
highway alteration and construction, of certain land situated
near Cambridge street in said city, on July sixteenth, nine-
teen hundred and twentj'-one, said city having agreed to
indemnify the commonwealth against all claims and de-
mands for damages on account of such taking. The pay-
ment authorized by this act, when made, shall be in full
satisfaction of all claims and demands against said city and
against the commonwealth on account of such taking.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Submission to
ance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the etc^ ^ounci ,
provisions of its charter. Approved March 31, 1926.

170

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 179, ISO.

Chap. 179 An Act authorizing the Worcester polytechnic in-
stitute TO HOLD additional REAL AND PERSONAL ES-
TATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter seventy-seven of the acts of eighteen
hundred and ninety-two, as amended by section two of
chapter eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty,
is hereby further amended by striking out the word "five"
in the last line and inserting in place thereof the word: —
ten, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The Worcester
Polytechnic Institute is hereby authorized to receive by gift,
devise, bequest or otherwise, and to hold and use for the
purposes for which said institute was incorporated, real and
personal estate to an amount not exceeding ten million
dollars. Approved March 31, 1926.

189:, 77, n,

etc., amended.

Worcester
Polytechnic
Institute may
receive, hold
and use
property, etc.

Certain deal-
ings between
city of New-
buryport and
its officials
and employees
prohibited.

Proviso.

Chap. 180 An Act relative to certain dealings between the

CITY OF NEAVBURYPORT AND ITS OFFICIALS AND EM-
PLOYEES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for the mayor or any
member of the city council or school committee of the city
of Newburyport, or for any officer or employee of the city
receiving compensation from the city, directly or indirectly,
to make a contract with the city, or to sell supplies or ma-
terial to the city, or to receive any commission, discount,
bonus, gift, contribution or reward from, or any share in the
profits of, any person or corporation making or performing
such a contract or making any such sale, or to receive any
compensation or commission for services rendered to the
city, except his official salary' and fees specifically provided
for by law; provided, that when a contractor with the city
is a corporation or a voluntary stock association, any city
officer or employee owning less than five per cent of the
stock or shares actually issued shall not be deemed to have
violated this section, and such ownership shall not alTect
the validity of the contract unless the city officer or em-
ployee is also an officer or agent of the corporation or associ-
ation or solicits or takes part in the making of the contract,
otherwise than by signing the same in his official capacity.

This provision shall not apply to officers who are officers
or directors of banks or trust companies, chartered under
the laws of the United States or of the commonwealth, in
respect to dealings between the city and such banks or
trust companies.

A violation of this section shall render the contract or
sale in respect to which such violation occurs voidable at the
option of the city. Any person violating any provision of
this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one
year, or by both.

Not applicable
to certain
bank officers,
etc.

Violations to
render con-
tracts, etc.,
voidable.
Penalty.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 181, 182. 171

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- l^l "°"°"''
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs Proviso.
during the current year. Approved March SI, 1926.

An Act authorizing the taking of hares and rabbits Chav 181

DAMAGING VEGETABLES, CROPS, FRUIT TREES AND OTHER
VALUABLE GROWTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws g. l. isi, § 49,
is hereby amended by striking out section forty-nine and *™*"'i'^'i-
inserting in place thereof the following: — Sectiuii Jf9. An Taking of
owner or occupant of land, or, if authorized by such owner J'abbHs'dam-
or occupant, any member of his familv or person permanently aging veg-

1 J ..1 1 1 1 0. etablee, crops,

employed thereon, may, upon such land, capture, pursue, fruit trees, etc.

wound or kill, or take by means of a box trap, a rabbit or

hare which such owner or occupant, or member or person

so authorized, has reasonable cause to believe has damaged

or is about to damage any vegetable, crop, fruit tree or other

valuable growth on such land. No person shall barter or

sell a hare or rabbit captured, wounded, killed or trapped

under this section. An owner or occupant by whom or by Report as to

whose authority hares or rabbits are so captured, wounded, |tc. ^^ '°^'''

killed or trapped shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter,

make a written report to the director, stating the time and

place and the number of hares and rabbits so captured,

wounded, killed or trapped and the disposition made of

them. Failure to make such a report as aforesaid shall be Penalty.

punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Approved March 31, 1926.

ChapAH2

An Act relative to hospital buildings in the city of

BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Every building in the city of Boston exceed- Certain hospital
ing three stories or forty feet in height hereafter erected, city1)TBoston
altered or designed for use or occupation as a hospital shall stairways,
be provided with not less than two fireproof enclosed stair- etc!"^ '*° '°^^'
ways, and such additional like stairways as the building
commissioner of said city, in this act called the commissioner,
may determine to be necessary. All of said stairways shall
be so located with the approval of the commissioner as to
furnish a ready and unobstructed means of egress from all
parts of the building. All of said stairways and the stair
landings shall have such clear width between hand rails and
wall_as the commissioner may require, but in no event less
than forty-four inches, and the stair landings shall be free
from steps and winders. At least one of the stairways shall
communicate with the roof of the building, and all the stair-
ways shall have such exits to grade as the commissioner may

172

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 183.

Smokeproof
doors.

Board of ap-
peal, etc., to
act, etc.

Appeals to said

board.

Appellant to
pay fee, etc.

Hearings and

decisions.

Certain in-
consistent pro-
visions not to
apply, etc.

Penalty.

require. Such smokeproof doors shall be installed in the
building as the commissioner may require.

Section 2. The board of appeal provided for by section
six of chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and seven and amendments thereof shall act as a
board of appeal under this act and under sections one and
two of chapter one hundred and sixty-three of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, and the members
thereof shall receive therefor the same compensation as is
provided in said section six. Any person aggrieved by a
requirement of the commissioner under this act or under
said section one or two, or by a refusal of the commissioner
to issue a permit on account thereof, may appeal within
ninety days after being notified of such requirement or re-
fusal to the board of appeal. The appellant shall pay to
the commissioner a fee of ten dollars before his appeal shall
be heard by the board, and all such fees shall be deposited
by the commissioner with the city collector not later than
one week after receipt. After notice given to such parties
as the board shall order, a hearing shall be had and the board
shall affirm, annul or modify the requirement or refusal of
the commissioner and shall notify the commissioner and the
appellant thereof. If the requirement or refusal is affirmed,
it shall have full force and effect, but if annulled or modified,
the commissioner shall revoke or amend the requirement
appealed from or shall issue a permit, if a permit has been
refused, in accordance with the decision of the board. De-
cisions of the board hereunder shall be in writing and shall
require the assent of at least three members.

Section 3. So much of said chapter one hundred and
sixty-three as is inconsistent herewith shall not apply to
hospital buildings described in section one.

Section 4. Violation of this act shall be punished by a
fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 2, 1926.

C/lOjO. 183 An Act amending and extending further the duration
OF an act to provide for a discretionary stay of
proceedings in certain actions of summary process
and temporarily abolishing fictitious costs in said
actions.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose to continue to provide relief from hardship
incident to the present scarcity of houses and buildings
available for habitation, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public health and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1920, 577, § 1, Section 1. Chapter five hundred and seventy-seven of

amended. . i i i i • i i i j

the acts ol nineteen hundred and twenty is hereby amended

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 184. 173

by striking" out section one antl inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 1 . In an action of sunnnary proc- Discretionary
ess to recover possession of premises occupied for dwelling ccedingfia
purposes, other than a room or rooms in a hotel, lodging actions of

1 -1 1 , 11 J.-XJ summary proc-

house or rooming liouse, where a tenancy has been termmated ess to recover
without fault of the tenant, either by operation of law or dwellings" °*
by act of the landlord, except by a notice to quit for non-
payment of rent as provided in section twelve of chapter
one hundred and eighty-six of the General Laws, a dis-
cretionary stay of judgment and execution may be granted,
as hereinafter provided, upon application of the tenant, for
a period not exceeding three months, as the court may
deem just and reasonable.

Section 2. Section six of said chapter five hundred and i920, 577, § e,

, iiii.j.j?i.iii stc, amended.

seventy-seven, as amended by chapter tour hundred and
ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, by
section three of chapter three hundred and fifty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, by section
two of chapter thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and tw^enty-three, by section two of chapter seventy-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and by
chapter one hundred and eleven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the third line, the word "twenty-six" and inserting
in place thereof the word : — twenty-seven, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 6. This act shall become null and onTaV^pro" ^
void on the first day of May in the year nineteen hundred viding for stay

'''''' of proceedings

and twenty-seven. in summary

Section 3. Section one of this act shall not apply to p[°««s« ^c^o"**'

pending causes of action. Approved April 2, 192G. Limit of appli-
cation of sec-
tion one.

An Act relative to appropriations for school purposes fhnr) 1 84

IN the city of CAMBRIDGE. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The school committee of the city of Cam- Appropriations
bridge shall annually appropriate money for the maintenance ^c^iTO^'com^^*
of the schools and school buildings, and for the salaries of mittee.
all teachers and other employees, including janitors of
school buildings, employed by them; provided, that the Proviso.
words "maintenance of school buildings" shall not include
the restoration of a school building when damaged or de-
stroyed by fire, explosion, or other unavoidable casualty.
The total amount thus to be appropriated for the aforesaid ^moun^^o be
purposes, in addition to such further sums as may be given appropriated,
therefor, the income collected, the balance of appropriations '**'^"
of preceding years and the amounts authorized under section
thirty of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, shall not
exceed for the financial year ending on March thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and for each financial
year thereafter, nine dollars on each one thousand dollars
of taxable property of the city, to be estimated by taking

174

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 185, 186.

Certain incon-
sistent pro-
visions of law
repealed.

the average amount of taxable property during the three
preceding years.

Section 2. So much of the provisions of section thirty-
one of chapter three hundred and sixty-four of the acts of
eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as amended by section
two of chapter five hundred and sixty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and seven, by chapter three hundred and
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, by
chapter three hundred and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and nine and by section one of chapter eight hun-
dred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen,
and so much of the provisions of chapter four hundred and
forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven and of
chapter two hundred and forty-eight of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, as regulates appropriations
for school purposes in said city and as is inconsistent here-
with is hereby repealed.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April £, 19-2U.

Chciv.\^^ An Act to establish the salary of the director of

REGISTRATION.

G. L. 13, §
amended.

Director of
registration,
salary, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section eight of chapter thirteen of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out, in the third line, the words
"fifteen hundred" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— two thousand, — so as to read as follows : — Section S.
The division of registration shall be under the supervision
of a director, to be known as the director of registration, at
such salary, not exceeding two thousand dollars, as the
governor and council may determine. Upon the expiration
of the term of office of a director, his successor shall be ap-
pointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of
the council, for not exceeding two years.

Approved April 2, 1926.

1906, 422, etc.,
repealed.

C/iajO. 186 ^'^N ^^'^ repealing A CERTAIN ACT REGULATING THE PRICE
OF GAS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND CERTAIN NEIGHBORING
• MUNICIPALITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Chapter four hundred and twenty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and six, and amendments
thereof, are hereby repealed, and after the effective date of
this act the Boston Consolidated Gas Company, and its
successors and assigns, shall be subject to the provisions of
general law as to all matters theretofore regulated by the
provisions of said chapter four hundred and twenty-two,
as amended, except as otherwise expressly provided.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect unless and until
its provisions are accepted by vote of the board of directors

Boston

Consolidated
Gas Company,
etc., subject
to general
law regulating
price of gas,
etc.

Effective
upon accept-
ance, etc.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 187, 188. 175

of said corporation, and an attested copy of such vote is
filed with the state secretary within thirty days after such
acceptance. Ajiprovcd Aj)nl 2, 1926.

An Act dispensing with the oath as a method of verify- nhnfi 187

ING CERTAIN WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS. ^*

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the G. l. 268, new
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section |''{'*^'°° ^f*®^
one the following new section: — Section lA. Except in a Written
judicial proceeding or in a proceeding in a course of justice, fte.'Tn He"'
no written statement required by law shall be required to ^fof^'^-eto-
be verified by oath or affirmation before a magistrate if it of certain
contains or is verified by a written declaration that it is ment!"^*^*^
made under the penalties of .perjury. Whoever signs and Perjury, if, etc.
issues such a written statement containing or verified by
such a written declaration shall be guilty of perjury and
subject to the penalties thereof if such statement is wilfully
false in a material matter.

Section 2. The paragraph entitled "Sixth" of section g.l.4.$6.„
six of chapter four of the General Laws is hereby' amended amendtd.**^ '
by adding at the end thereof the following: — , or such oath
may be dispensed with if the writing required to be sworn
to contains or is verified by a written declaration under the
provisions of section one A of chapter two hundred and
sixty-eight, — so as to read as follows: — Sixth, Wherever Oath or
any writing is required to be sworn to or acknowledged, such ment°^efofe
oath or acknoAvledgment shall be taken before a justice of ^hom.
the peace, notary public or special commissioner, or such oath Oath
may be dispensed with if the writing required to be sworn i/.^eto!^^ '^'^
to contains or is verified by a written declaration under the
provisions of section one A of chapter two hundred and
sixty-eight. Approved April 2, 1926.

An Act relative to the educational requirements of ChavA^S
certain minors.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section L Section two of chapter seventy-two of the g. l. 72, j 2.
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first ^™^°
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following: —
The school committee of each town shall ascertain and
record the names, ages and such other information as may
be required by the department of education, of all minors
residing therein between five and sixteen, and of all minors
over sixteen who do not meet the requirements for the
completion of the sixth grade of the public schools of the
town where he resides, — so as to read as follows : — Section Registration
2. The school committee of each town shall ascertain and minors^by
record the names, ages and such other information as may ^'^^'j^.^ggg

176

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 188.

Penalty for
withholding
information,
etc.

Duties, etc.,
of attend-
ance officers.

School
committees
to report
certain
statistics.

Private
schools to
report as to
enrolments,
etc.

G. L. 76, § 3,
amended.

Certain minors
to attend
evening
schools.

Attendance in
town where
employed.

PenaltieH.

be required by the department of education, of all minors
residing therein between five and sixteen, and of all minors
over sixteen who do not meet the requirements for the
completion of the sixth grade of the public schools of the
town where he resides. Whoever, in control of any such
minor, withholds information sought by a school committee
or its agents under this section or makes a false statement
relative thereto, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than fifty dollars. Attendance officers, under the direction
of the committee and superintendent of schools, shall have
charge of the records required by this section, shall be re-
sponsible for their completeness and accuracy, and shall
receive the co-operation of principals, teachers and super-
visory officers in the discharge of their duties hereunder. A
card, as prescribed by the department, shall be kept for
every child whose name is recorded hereunder. Attendance
officers shall compare the names of children enrolled in
the public and private schools with the names of those
recorded as required herein, and examine carefully into all
cases where children of school age are not enrolled in, and
attending school, as required by section one of chapter
seventy-six.

The annual school committee report shall set forth the
number of children recorded as herein required, classified
by ages, together with the number attending public or
private schools, and the number not attending school, in
any given year.

The supervisory officers of all private schools shall, within
thirty days after the enrolment or registration of any child
of compulsory school age, report his name, age and residence
to the superintendent of schools of the town where the child
resides; and whenever a child withdraws from a private
school, such officers shall, within ten days, notify said
superintendent.

Section 2. Chapter seventy-six of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section three and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 3. Every
minor between sixteen and twenty-one, except a married
woman, who does not meet the requirements for the com-
pletion of the sixth grade of the public schools of the town
where he resides shall, except as otherwise provided herein,
attend some public evening school, if any, in the town of
his residence, for the whole time during which the public
evening schools are in session, unless he attends a public
day school, or a private school approved as provided in
section one by the school committee, or unless his physical
or mental condition is such as to render his attendance
harmful or impractical. Any such minor may, with the
consent of the school committee of the town in which he
resides, attend a public evening school in the town where
he is employed, upon such terms as may be agreed upon
by the school committees of such towns. Wilful violation
of this section by such a minor shall be punished by a fine

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 188. 177

of not less than five dollars; failure for six sessions within
a period of one month by any person in control of such a
minor to cause his attendance shall, on complaint by an
attendance officer, be punished by a fine of not more than
twenty dollars.

Section 3. Cha})ter one hundred and forty-nine of the c. l. 149, $ 95,
General LaAvs, as amended in section ninety-five by chapter ^tc amended.
three hundred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Srdion 95. No minor over sixteen and under twenty-one Educational
shall be employed in a factory, workshop, manufacturing, empkTyed^"*
mechanical or mercantile establishment, or in a public or minors
private bowling alley, pool or billiard room, bootblack stand sixteenand
or establishment, barber shop, or in the construction or repair twenty-one.
of buildings, or by an express or transportation company,
except as provided for pupils in co-operative courses, unless
his employer procures and keeps on file an educational cer-
tificate showing the age of the minor and whether or not he
meets the requirements for the completion of the sixth grade
of the public schools of the town where he resides. Such issuance of
certificates shall be issued by the person authorized by by whom, '
section eighty-seven to issue employment certificates. The ^*''-
person authorized to issue such educational certificates shall,
so far as practicable, require the proof of age stated in said
section. He shall examine the minor and certify whether
or not he meets the requirements for the completion of the
sixth grade as aforesaid. Every such certificate shall be
signed, in the presence of the person issuing it, by the minor
in whose name it is issued.

Every employer of such minors shall keep their educational ^pj^ers
certificates accessible to any officer mentioned in section as to
ninety-two and shall return said certificates to the office certificates,
from which they were issued within two days after the ***'•
date of the termination of the employment of said minors.
If the educational certificate of any minor over sixteen and
under twenty-one fails to show that said minor meets the
requirements for the completion of the sixth grade as afore-
said, no person shall employ such minor while a public
evening school is maintained in the town where the minor
resides or in the town of employment if he is authorized to
attend a public evening school therein, unless such minor is
a regular attendant at such evening school or at a day school
and presents to his employer each week a school record of
such attendance. When such record shows unexcused
absences, such attendance shall be deemed to be irregular
and insufficient. The person authorized to issue educational
certificates, or teachers acting under his authority, may,
however, excuse justifiable absence or waive the school
attendance requirements of this section if in the opinion of
the school physician the physical or mental condition of
a minor is such as to render attendance harmful or im-
practicable. Whoever retains an educational certificate Penalty.

178

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 189, 190.

contrary to this section or fraudulently secures or alters
such certificate shall be punished by a fine of not less than
ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Approved April 2, 1926.

C/iap. 189 An Act relative to the collection of certain filing

FEES FROM FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

Be it enacted, ate, as folloivs:

Section twenty-three of chapter one hundred and eighty-
one of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out,
in the third line, the words "state treasurer" and inserting
in place thereof the word: — commissioner, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 23. Every foreign corporation
shall pay for filing a copy of its charter, by-laws and the
certificate required by section five, fifty dollars to the
commissioner, and for filing all other certificates and state-
ments, including the annual certificate of condition required
by section twelve, ten dollars to the state secretary.

Approved April 2, 1926.

G. L. 181, § 23,
amended.

Collection
of certain
filing fees
from
foreign
corporations.

G- L. 152, §32.
amended.

Dependents

under

workmen's

compensation

law.

Wife.

(7/?ap.l90 An Act relative to the payment to a parent of com-
pensation UNDER the workmen's COMPENSATION LAW
in CASES OF DEATH OF CERTAIN MINOR CHILDREN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and fifty-two
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "children" in the twenty-ninth line the following
new paragraph: — (e) A parent upon an unmarried child
under the age of eighteen years; provided, that such child
was living with the parent at the time of the injury resulting
in death, — so as to read as follows: — Section 32. The
following persons shall be conclusively presumed to be
wholly dependent for support upon a deceased employee:

(a) A wife upon a husband with whom she lives at the
time of his death, or from whom, at the time of his death,
the department shall find the wife Avas living apart for
justifiable cause or because he had deserted her. The
findings of the department upon the questions of such justi-
fiable cause and desertion shall be final.

(b) A husband upon a wife with whom he lives at the
time of her death.

(c) Children under the age of eighteen years (or over
said age, if physically or mentally incapacitated from
earning) upon the parent with whom they are living at the
time of the death of such parent, there being no surviving
dependent parent; provided, that in case of the death of
an employee who has at the time of his death living children
by a former wife or husband, under the age of eighteen
years (or over said age, if physically or mentally incapacitated
from earning), said children shall be conclusively presumed

Husband.

Children
under age
of eighteen
years, etc.

Proviso.

Acts, 1920.— Chap. 191. 179

to be wholly dependent for support upon ^uch deceased em-
ployee, and the death benefit shall he divided between the
surviviufj; wife or husltand and all the cliildrcn of the deceased
employee in equal shares, the surviving wife or husband
taking the same share as a child. The total sum due the Sum due, to
surviving wife or husband and her or his own children shall paid^'eto.
be paid directly to the wife or husband for her or his own
use and for the benefit of her or his own children, and the
sums due to the children by the former wife or husband
of the deceased employee shall be paid to their guardians
or legal representatives for the benefit of such children.

(d) Children under the age of sixteen j^ears (or over said Children

1 1 • 11 11 • •II- • \ underage

age but physically or mentally uicapacitated irom earnmg) of sixteen
upon a parent who was at the time of his death legally y**"' ®*'^-
bound to support although living apart from such child or
children.

(e) A parent upon an unmarried child under the age of Parent.
eighteen years; provided, that such child was living with Proviso,
the parent at the time of the injury resulting in death.

In all other cases questions of dependency, in whole or in Questions of
part, shall be determined in accordance with the fact as the other'ea^sM^ '°
fact may be at the time of the injury; and in such other determination,
cases, if there is more than one person wholly dependent the
death benefit shall be divided equally among them, and
persons partly dependent, if any, shall receive no part thereof,
and if there is no one wholly dependent and more than one
person partly dependent, the death benefit shall be divided
among them according to the relative extent of their de-
pendency. Approved April 2, 192G.

An Act relative to bonding of and accounting by (7/mi?.191

CLERKS OF district COURTS, JUSTICES OF SUCH COURTS
having NO CLERK AND TRIAL JUSTICES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the g.l. 218. §i8,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section ^™^" ^^'
sixteen and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 16. The clerk of a district court, or, if no clerk is Bonding of
required by law, the justice, before entering upon the per- certafn^^uatices
formance of his official duties, shall give to the countN^ ofdis--ict

court's

treasurer a bond, with a surety company authorized to
transact business in the commonwealth, as surety, in a sum
approved by a justice of the superior court, but in no event
less than one thousand dollars, conditioned to account for
and pay over as and when required by law all fines, for-
feitures, fees and other money received by him in the exer-
cise of his office. Failure to give such bond shall be suf- Penalty,
ficient cause for his removal.

Section 2. Section forty-seven of said chapter two G.L.218, §47,
hundred and eighteen is hereby amended by striking out, ^'"^'^ ^ '
in the third and fourth lines, the words "January, April,
July and October, in every year" and inserting in place

180

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 192.

Accounting by
clerks and
certain justices
of district
courts.

Officers' fees
and expenses
in criminal
cases, payment,
etc.

Witnesses' fees
in criminal
cases, payment,
etc.

Requisition
upon county
treasurer if
funds

insufficient,
etc.

Penalty.

thereof the words: — each month, — and by striking out,
In the ninth line, the word "quarter" and Inserting In place
thereof the word : — month, — so as to read as follows : —
Section Jf7. Clerks of district courts, except the municipal
court of the city of Boston, and justices of such courts as
have no clerk, shall, on or before the tenth day of each
month, account for and pay over to the county treasurer
all money received by them from civil business, including
fees for blanks and copies, and to city and town treasurers
all fines and forfeitures received by them payable to said
cities or towns, and render to said treasurers a detailed
account on oath of the same. Such payments shall include
the balances due and paj^able at the end of the month last
preceding the day of payment. They shall, at the end of a
criminal case, pay the fees and expenses of officers entitled
thereto from the funds in their hands payable to the city or
town liable for the payment of such fees and expenses, if
they have sufficient funds therefor, and all such fees and
expenses not so paid shall be certified at the end of each
month to the treasurer of the city or town liable therefor,
who shall pay them to the parties entitled thereto. They
shall, at the end of a criminal case or inquest, pay the fees
of witnesses for the commonwealth and the fees and ex-
penses of officers at inquests who are entitled thereto, from
the funds furnished them by the county treasurer for that
purpose, or out of any funds which may be paid into court
and are payable to the county. They shall be allowed for
the amounts so paid In their settlement with the county,
city and town treasurers. If they do not have In their hands
sufficient funds returnable to counties with which to pay such
fees, as herein provided, they may make written requisition
therefor upon the county treasurer, who shall pay to them
not more than one hundred dollars each in any one month;
but If it appears necessary to the director of accounts, he
may approve a requisition for not more than two hundred
dollars in any one month, and, upon receipt of a requisition
so approved, the county treasurer may pay to them such
amount as may be called for therein. They shall account
therefor in their regular settlements with the county treas-
urer and shall be liable therefor on their official bonds. A
clerk or justice violating any provision of this section shall
be punished by a fine of not more than- one hundred dollars.

Approved April 2, 1926.

ChavA92 ^^ -^ct relative to the number of peremptory chal-
lenges OF JURORS available TO DEFENDANTS IN TRIALS
FOR MURDER AND CERTAIN OTHER OFFENCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G L. 234, § 29, Section twenty-nine of chapter two hundred and thirty-
four of the General Laws Is hereby amended by striking
out, In the third line, the word "twenty-two" and inserting

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 193, 194. 181

in place thereof the word: — twelve, — so as to read as
follows: — Section :^^fK Upon the trial of an inilictnient for Peremptory
a crime punishable by death or iniprisoniiient for life, each j'urorl?^*'"*
defendant shall be entitled (o twelve peremptory chal- number, eta.
lenges of the jurors called to try the case, and in other
criminal cases each defendant shall be entitled to two such
challenges. In every criminal case the commonwealth shall
be entitled to as many such challenges as equal the whole
number to which all the defendants in the case are entitled.
In a civil case each party shall be entitled to two such chal-
lenges. Peremptory challenges shall be made before the
commencement of the trial and may be made after the
determination that a person called to serve as a juror stands
indifferent in the case. Approved April 2, 1926.

An Act relative to the service of convicted persons Chap.lQS

ON juries.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eight of chapter two hundred and thirty-four of ^j^^^jej' ^ ^■
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
second line, the words "is convicted of a scandalous crime"
and inserting in place thereof the following: — has been
convicted of any felony, or of any other offence punishable
by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for more
than one year, — so as to read as follows : — Section 8. If a Certain
person whose name has been so placed in the jury box has persona? etc.,
been convicted of any felony, or of any other offence pun- ^fi^yg^from
ishable by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for sitting as
more than one year, or is guilty of gross immorality, or
is found by the justice holding court to be unqualified or
unfit to serve as a juror, he may be relieved by said justice
from sitting in any case, or his name ordered by the justice
to be stricken from the jury list. Approved April 2, 1926.

jurors, etc.

C/iap.194

An Act to authorize the consolidation of the inter-
state street railway company and the attleborough
branch railroad company.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Interstate Street Railway Company, or its corporate Consolidation
successors and assigns, may purchase the franchise and stre^tfiiaUway
property of, and consolidate with, the Attleborough Branch ??5f?f°^*^'*
Railroad Company; provided, that the terms of such Branch
purchase and consolidation are approved by the department company.
of public utilities as consistent with the public interest, and Proviso.
are also approved by vote of a majority of the directors of
each company, and by vote of two thirds in interest of all
the stockholders of each company, such votes to be taken
at meetings to be called and held for the purpose.

Approved April 2, 1926.

182

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 195.

Chap. 195 An Act to regulate the taking of shiners and suckers

FOR BAIT.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
seventy-five and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 75. Shiners may be taken for bait in any of the
waters of the commonwealth by means of a circular or
hoop net not exceeding six feet in diameter, or by means of
a rectangular net other than a seine, containing not more
than thirty-six square feet of net surface, and shiners and
suckers may be taken for bait in any of said waters by
means of a net containing not more than two hundred square
feet of net surface if each person engaged in operating such
net is thereto authorized by a permit issued by the division,
upon receipt of a fee of five dollars, payable into the treasury
of the commonwealth; provided, that any fish taken by any
such net, other than those permitted by this section to be
taken thereby, are immediately returned alive to the water.
Permits granted under this section shall expire on the
thirty-first day of December in the year of issue, and shall
be subject to revocation by the division for violation by
the holder of any provision of this chapter.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and thirty is hereby
further amended by striking out section thirty-five and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 35. Except
as permitted by law, whoever draws, sets, stretches or uses
a drag net, set net, purse net, seine or trawl or sets or uses
more than ten hooks for fishing in any pond, or aids in so
doing shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty
nor more than fifty dollars. This section shall not affect
any rights conferred by section thirty-two or the corporate
rights of any fishing company.

Section 3. Section one hundred and fifty of said chap-
ter one hundred and thirty is hereby amended by striking
out, in the second line, the words "in this chapter" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — by law, — and by
striking out, in the eighth and ninth lines, the words " this
section " and inserting in place thereof the word : — law, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 150. Whoever takes any
fish which at any season frequent fresh water, except as
otherwise allowed by law, in any other manner than by
angling, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than fifty
dollars; but towns may permit the use of nets and seines
for taking herring and alewives or pots for the taking of
eels; and this section shall not prohibit spearing eels, carp
or those species of fish commonly known as eels and "suck-
ers". The possession by any person in or upon fresh waters
or upon the banks of the same, except as allowed by law,
of any net, trap, trawl, or other device adapted for taking
fish shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this

G. L. 130, § 75,
amended.

Taking of
shiners for
bait regulated.

Taking of
shiners and
suckers for
bait regulated.

Permits, fee,
etc.

Proviso.

Expiration or
revocation of
permits.

G. L. 130, § 35,
amended.

Use of nets,
etc., ift ponds
regulated.

Certain rights
protected.

G. L. 130, § 150,
amended.

Taking of
certain fish
other than
by angling
regulated.

Prima facie
evidence of
violations.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 196, 197. 183

section. This section shall not apply to ponds or waters Not applicable

' Ttain

Is or waters.

now held under lease or which may hereafter be leased by ponds**"*

Chap.im

the commonwealth or by the commissioner of conservation.

Approved April 2, 1926.

An Act relative to supplying additional information
to voters as to measures submitted under the in-
itiative and referendum.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fifty-three of chapter fifty-four of the General gl-5*.§ 53,
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "refer" ^^^'^ ^
in the ninth line the words: — and brief statements, pre-
pared by the attorney general, of the provisions thereof, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 53. The election com- Mailing lists
missioners in Boston at least twenty-four days, and the f'urn'jgh^ng to
registrars of voters in every other city and town at least state secretary,
sixty days, before the biennial state election, shall cause to
be sent to the state secretary mailing lists of the voters whose
names appear on the latest revised voting lists of their
respective cities and towns, and shall promptly furnish him
with subsequent additions to and corrections in the said
lists. The secretary shall cause to be printed in type of a information
size not less than ten point and sent to each person whose measuressub-
name appears upon the said lists, with copies of the measures m'^t^*^ '^°'^^'"
to which they refer and brief statements, prepared by the ativeand
attorney general, of the provisions thereof, arguments for referendum.
and against measures to be submitted to the people under
the forty-eighth article of the amendments to the constitu-
tion, provided that the arguments are filed with him as Proviso.
provided in the following section.

Approved April 6, 1026.

kl<i Act RELATIVE TO THE INVESTMENT OF FUNDS OF THE (JhaV 197
COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws is g. l. 29, §38,
hereby amended by striking out section thirty-eight and ^^^^^^^i-
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 38. Funds investment of
over which the commonwealth has exclusive control shall be commonwealth.
invested by the state treasurer, with the approval of the
governor and council, as follows:

(a) In the public funds of the United States or of the Dis- in certain
trict of Columbia or of this commonwealth, or in the legally and in bond's
authorized bonds of any other New England state, or of gt^'j^gg*^^'"
any other state of the United States, other than a territory
or dependency thereof, which has not less than seven hundred
and fifty thousand inhabitants as established by the last
national census, and which has not within the twenty years
prior to the making of such investment defaulted in the
payment of any part of either principal or interest of any
legal debt.

184

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 197.

In county
and

municipal
bonds, etc.
In bonds,
etc., of certain
districts.

In bonds,
etc., of
certain cities,
counties, towns
or incorporated
water districts
of certain
states.

Proviso.

In certain
bonds of
certain cities
of certain
states.

Proviso.

In certain
bonds of
certain cities
of certain
states.
Proviso.

" Net

indebtedness'
term defined.

Construction
of act.

(h) In the bonds or notes of a county, city or town of
this commonwealth.

(c) In the bonds or notes of an incorporated district in
this commonwealth whose net indebtedness does not exceed
five per cent of the last preceding valuation of the property
therein for the assessment of taxes.

(f/) In the bonds or notes of any city of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island or Connecticut, whose
net indebt/edness does not exceed five per cent of the last
preceding valuation of the property therein for the assess-
ment of taxes; or of any county or town of said states M'hose
net indebtedness does not exceed three per cent of such
valuation; or of any incorporated water district of said
states which has within its limits more than ten thousand
inhabitants, and whose bonds or notes are a direct obliga-
tion on all the taxable property of such district, and whose
net indebtedness does not exceed three per cent of such
valuation; provided, that there is not included within the
limits of such water district, either wholly or in part, any
city or town the bonds or notes of which are not a legal
investment.

(c) In the legally authorized bonds for municipal pur-
poses of any city of any state of the United States, other
than one of the New England states, whose bonds are
eligible under subdivision (a) of this section; provided, that
such city was incorporated as such at least twenty-five years
prior to the date of such investment, and has at such date
not less than thirty thousand nor more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants, as established by the last national
census preceding such date, and that its net indebtedness
does not exceed five per cent of the valuation of the taxable
property therein, to be ascertained by the last preceding
valuation of property therein for the assessment of taxes.

(/) In the legally authorized bonds for municipal pur-
poses of any city of any state of the United States, other
than one of the New England states, whose bonds are
eligible under subdivision (a) of this section; provided, that
such city was incorporated as such at least twenty-five years
prior to the date of such investment, and has at such date
more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, established
in the same manner as is provided in subdivision (e) of
this section, and that its net indebtedness does not exceed
seven per cent of the valuation of the taxable property
therein, to be ascertained as provided in said subdivision (e).

(g) In subdivisions (d), (e) and (/) of this section the
words " net indebtedness " mean the indebtedness of a county,
city, town or district, omitting debts created for supplying
the inhabitants with water and debts created in anticipation
of taxes to be paid within one year, and deducting the amount
of sinking funds available for the payment of the indebted-
ness included.

Section 2. This act shall not be construed to invalidate
any investments lawfully made prior to its effective date.

Approved April 6, 1926.

Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 198, 199. 185

An Act relative to fraudulent claims under policies f<i,rij) iqq

OF KIKE insurance. ^'

Be it encictcd, etc., as JuUows:

Cliapter two Inindred and sixty-six of the General Laws is g.l. 266, new
hereby amended by inserting after section one liundred and |eciion after
eleven the following new section: — Section 111 A. Who- Penalty for
ever, in connection with or in support of any claim under ^'i^ilns under
any policy of fire insurance issued by any company, as de- poiicieaof
fined in section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-
tive, and with intent to injure, defraud or deceive such com-
pany, presents to it, or aids or abets in or procures the
presentation to it of, any notice, statement, proof of loss,
bill of lading, bill of parcels, invoice, schedule, account or
other written document, whether or not the same is under
oath or is required or authorized by law or by the terms of
such policy, knowing that such notice, statement, proof of
loss, bill of lading, bill of parcels, invoice, schedule, account
or other written document contains any false or fraudulent
statement or representation of any fact or thing material to
such claim, or whoever with intent as aforesaid makes, pre-
pares or subscribes, or aids or abets in or procures the
making, preparation or subscription of, any such notice,
statement, proof of loss, bill of lading, bill of parcels, invoice,
schedule, account or other written document intended to be
presented to any such company in connection with or in
support of any claim under any such policy issued by it
knowing that such notice, statement, proof of loss, bill of
lading, bill of parcels, invoice, schedule, account or other
written document contains any false or fraudulent statement
or representation as aforesaid, shall, except as provided in
section one hundred and ten or one hundred and eleven, be
punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more
than five years or by imprisonment in jail for not less than
six months nor more than two and one half years or by a
fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred
dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment in jail.

Approved April 6, 192G.

An Act relative tq the purchase of land for housing (JJidy IQQ
the state police.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter one hundred and forty-seven of g l. U7, §2

, , ^ '^ 1111 1111 ^^'^■' amended.

the General Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and
sixty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one
and by section two of chapter three hundred and twenty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is
hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the
words: — The commissioner, with the approval of the gov- Purchase of

d., II 1 land for

council, may expend such sums as may be ap- housing state

propriated for the purchase of land for housing units of the p"'"-'"-

state police or, if the price to be paid for such land is in

186

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 200.

any case less than one hundred dollars, the expenditure,
appro\Td as aforesaid, may be made from the current ap-
propriation for the expenses of the division of state police.

Approved April 6, 1926.

Town of
Danvers may
take additional
sources of
water supply
in town of
Middleton.

C/iap. 200 An Act authorizing the town of danvers to take ad-
ditional SOURCES OF water SUPPLY IN THE TOWN OF
MIDDLETON AND IMPROVE ITS WATER SYSTEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Subject to rights already granted or here-
after granted by the general court, and subject to such
regulations and obligations as may hereafter be prescribed
or imposed by the general court, or otherwise as provided in
this act, the town of Danvers, for the purpose of increasing
its water supply, may take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase
or otherwise, the waters of the brook, sometimes called
Emerson brook, which flows from Swan's pond in the town
of North Reading through said town and the town of Mid-
dleton to the Ipswich river in the town of Middleton, and
also the tributaries of said brook and the water rights con-
nected therewith, by diverting the same at a point in said
town of Middleton not less than one half mile from the
intersection of said brook with said Ipswich river, and may
hold and use said waters, and convey the same through
Middleton pond or otherwise to the present water supply
system of the town of Danvers, reserving to the owners of
mills on said brook and said river their rights as mill owners
to use such waters as shall flow to said mills and the dams
connected therewith, except so far as said town of Danvers
shall from time to time actually divert and use the same for
the purposes of this act. For the purpose of building and
maintaining dams, reservoirs, pumping plants and pipe
lines, and of collecting, storing, preserving and protecting the
purity of the water taken under the provisions of this act,
and conveying the same as aforesaid, and for the purpose of
otherwise extending, improving and enlarging its present
sources of water supply and preserving and protecting the
purity of said water supply, the said town of Danvers may
also take by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-
nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, all lands, build-
ings, rights of way and easements within the towns of
Danvers, Middleton and North Reading which may be
necessary; provided, however, that no source of water
supply and no lands necessary for developing the supply or
for preserving the quality of the water supply of the town
of Danvers shall be taken or used without first obtaining
the advice and approval of the department of public health,
and that the location and arrangement of all dams, reservoirs,
wells, pumping and filtration plants, and such other works
as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this
act, shall be subject to the approval of the said department;

May take
certain lands,
etc., within
towns of
Danvers,
Middleton and
North Reading.

Provisos.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 200. 187

and provided, further, that in the manner of taking said
water from said brook the said town shall conform to such
reasonable regidations as may be established from time to
time by the said department.

Section 2. The town of Danvers may construct and May construct
maintain on land acquired and held under the provisions reservoirs, etc.
of this act proper dams, reservoirs, standpipes, tanks,
pumping plants, buildings, fixtures and other structures,
inchiding also the establishment and maintenance of filter
beds and p\irification works or systems and may make
excavations, procure and operate machinery and may
provide such other means and appliances and do such other
things as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions
of this act and for the aforesaid purposes may construct. May construct
lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes, pipe lines and faTpipM,^*
other works under and over any land, water courses, rail- ***^-
roads, and street or electric railways and public or other
ways in any town mentioned in section one, in such man-
ner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the
purpose of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and
repairing such aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works,
and for all other proper purposes of this act, the town of
Danvers may dig up or raise and embank any such lands or
public or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
hindrance to public travel thereon; provided, that no con- Provisos.
duits or pipes shall be laid except under the direction of the
selectmen of the town in which such way is located; and
provided, further, that any public way in which work is
done under the provisions of this act shall be restored by
the town of Danvers to a condition satisfactory to the
selectmen of the town in which the way is situated. In Commissioner
case of dispute between said town of Danvers and any to determTn^e'^
other of said towns, the question in issue shall be determined 3"g^H°"®f°
by the commissioner of public works of the commonwealth.
The town of Danvers shall not enter upon, construct or lay Restrictions
any aqueducts, conduits, pipes or other works within the ^ponraifroad
location of any railroad corporation except at such times locations.
and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corpora-
tion, or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved
by the department of public utilities.

Section 3. The said town of Danvers may enter upon May enter upon
any lands for the purpose of making surveys, test pits and i^veys.etc^^
borings, and may take or otherwise acquire the right to
occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the construction
of any works or for any other purpose authorized by this
act.

Section 4. If the town of Danvers shall under authority Requirements
of this act construct any reservoir in such manner as to flow l-pservpir con-
any existing public way, it shall raise the way to such grade |nv pubiic"^^
as will make it reasonably safe and convenient for travel, or way.
shall build in place of any part of said way so flowed another
suitable way, which shall thereafter be a public way, with
all necessary fences and culverts.

188

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 200.

Property
takings may
be permanent
or temporary,
etc.
Proviso.

Damages,
recovery, etc.

Proviso.

May sell,
exchange or
lease property
no longer
needed, etc.

May permit
construction,
etc., of electric
transmission
lines, etc.

Provisos.

May construct
electric
transmission
lines, etc., in
towns of North
Reading,
Danvers,
Topsfield and
Middleton.

May transmit
electricity,
etc., for sole
use of town of
Danvers.

Section 5. The taking of land or other property under
this act may be permanent or temporary and shall be in
accordance with said chapter seventy-nine; provided, how-
ever, that an owner of land or other property taken shall,
upon request made within si.x months of the taking, be
furnished within thirty days after such request with a plan
or description of his land or other property taken.

Section 6. Any person sustaining damage in his prop-
erty by the taking of land, water, water right, easement or
other property, or by the entry upon or the use of any
property, or by the making of any change of grade, layout,
construction, alteration or discontinuance of a way, or by
any other thing done by the town of Danvers under au-
thority of this act shall be entitled to recover the same from
said town under said chapter seventy-nine; provided, that
the right to any damages for the taking of any water, water
right or any injury thereto shall not vest until the water is
actually withdraAvn or diverted under such taking. Dam-
ages for the temporary use or injury to property may, on the
request of the petitioner, be assessed by monthly payments,
to be continued so long as the property is so used or injured.

Section 7. Said town of Danvers, with the advice and
approval of the department of public health, may sell at
public or private sale or may exchange any real property or
any easements obtained under authority of this act, whether
taken by eminent domain or otherwise, no longer needed
for works under its charge or may from time to time lease
any such property not then so needed; and may in its
discretion, by lease, license or other agreement, permit the
construction and maintenance on any land under its control
of towers, poles, wires and other structures for the purpose
of transmitting electric power over lands and waters of said
town held for water supply purposes under this act; pro-
vided, that in the opinion of the said department, such
lease, license or agreement will not affect or interfere with
the water supply; and provided, further, that, with the
approval of said department, said town may revoke said
lease, license or agreement for cause to be determined by it.

Section 8. The town of Danvers, for the purpose of
transmitting electricity for lighting, heating or power pur-
poses from its central station in said town to any pumping
plant and buildings erected by said town under the pro-
visions of this act in the town of Middleton or North Read-
ing, may construct lines over the land of any person and
upon, along and under the public and other ways and over
water courses and bridges in the towns of North Reading,
Danvers, Topsfield and Middleton, and may erect poles,
piers, abutments and other fixtures, except bridges, which
may be necessary to sustain the wires of its lines, and may
connect said lines with its system for the distribution of
electricity, and may transmit electricity for lighting, heating
and power purposes for the sole use of said town of Danvers
through said lines in the other towns mentioned in this

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 201. 189

srrtinn nr any of tlieni, and may take by PTnincnt domain
under said ohaptor soventy-ninc, or acquire by purchase or
othe^^vise, all lands, rights of way and easements which may
be necessary tlierefor.

Section 9. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, Penalty for
pollutes or diverts any water taken or held under this act, P"ii"t>ng water,
or injures any structure, work or other property owned,
held or used by the said town of Danvers under authority
of this act, shall forfeit and pay to the said town three times
the amount of the damages assessed therefor, to be re-
covered in an action of tort; and upon being convicted of
any of the above wilful or wanton acts he shall also be
punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars
or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 10. The board of water commissioners of the powers and
town of Danvers shall manage, improve and control the {j^^'j"'/
land and other property taken or otherwise acquired under commissioners
the provisions of this act and may prohibit all persons from ^^ danvers.
entering in, upon or over the waters of an^^ reservoir con-
structed under authority of this act or upon any lands taken
or otherwise acquired by said town thereunder. Except as
otherwise provided, said board shall execute, superintend
and direct the performance of all the works, matters and
things mentioned in this act. All the authority granted to
said town by this act shall be vested in said board.

Section 11. The supreme judicial court or any justice Court enforce-
thereof, or the superior court or any justice thereof, in term ^rovL'ions of
time or vacation, on the petition of the state department act. etc.
of public health or of any city, town, corporation or person
interested, shall have jurisdiction in equity or otherwise to
enforce the provisions of this act and of any rule, regulation
or order made under authority of this act and to prevent
any violation of any of said provisions.

Section 12. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 7, 1926.

Chap.201

An Act authorizing the town of foxborough to borrow
money for high school purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., a.'i follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter five hundred and two 1920,502,51,
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty is hereby amended amended,
by striking out, in the fifth and sixth lines, the words "and
for town hall purposes", — so as to read as follows: —
Section 1. The town of Foxborough may take by right of Town of
eminent domain or may acquire by purchase or otherwise may borrow
land within the limits of the town not already appropriated hi°h^s^hool
for public uses, may erect thereon and furnish a building purposes.
or buildings for the use of a high school; and may borrow
a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
in excess of the statutory limit of indebtedness, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor. Such bonds or notes shall ^/'^^g-"^'*
bear on their face the words, Foxborough Municipal Build- Building Loan,

'^ * Act of 1920.

190 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 202.

ing Loan, Act of 1920, and shall be issued in compliance
with the provisions of chapter seven hundred and nineteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and the amend-
ments thereof. Each authorized issue of bonds or notes
shall constitute a separate loan. Any premiums received
on said loan or loans shall be used as provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 7, 1926.

Chap. 202 An Act authorizing the city of melrose to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

mavWow°^^ Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and
money for Constructing two junior high school buildings and originally
Bchooi pm-poses. equipping and furnishing said buildings, the city of Melrose
may borrow from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, six hundred thousand dol-
lars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
Melrose School bear ou their face the words, Melrose School Loan, Act of
1926.' 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate

loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen
years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under
this act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten
per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same pur-
pose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when author-
Tndebtedness to ized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in

be in excess of „ , i- • i i n i •

statutory limit, excess 01 the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein pro-
^^^' vided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,

exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of said
chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the
Proviso. acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three; provided, that

whenever the board of aldermen shall vote to authorize an
issue of bonds or notes pursuant to the provisions of this
Vote of board act and the mayor shall approve the same, such vote shall
to fsmie bonds, ^10*^ bccomc Operative unless and until it has been approved
eta to be sub- by a majority of the registered voters of the city voting on
for approval, the qucstion ot authorizing such issue, which question shall
**"■ be placed on the official ballot to be used at the then next

ensuing biennial municipal election of said city or, in the dis-
cretion of the mayor and board of aldermen, at a special
election to be held prior thereto on such day as the mayor
Referendum in and board of aldermen shall determine. The foregoing

lieu of referen- p i iiii*i* j* p i -ii j

dum provided referendum shall be in lieu oi any reierendum provided under
eharter*"*^'^ the charter of said city on the question of authorizing any

such issue of bonds or notes.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Aj)provcd April 7, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 203, 204, 205. 191

An Act providing that motor vehicles shall not be z'^/,^^ ono

INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL LAW RELATIVE TO PUNISH- P' ^

MENT FOR THE UNLAWFUL TAKING OF BOATS, VEHICLES
AND ANIMALS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section sixty-three of chapter two hundred and sixty-six g.l. 268, {63,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after ^'"^"'^^'^•
the word "vehicle" in the second line the words: — , other
than a motor vehicle, — so as to read as follows : — .SVc-
tion 63. Whoever wilfully, mischievously and without Penalty
right takes or uses a boat or vehicle, other than a motor [akiiig'of '"'
vehicle, or takes, drives, rides or uses any draught animal o^her'than''^'^*
which is the property of another, without the consent of motor vehicles,
the owner or other person who has the legal custody, care ^'^'^ ^°'™^'3-
or control thereof, sliall be punished by a fine of not more
than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not
more than six months; but this section shall not apply to
the property of another taken with intent to steal it, or under
a claim of right, or with the presumed consent of the owner
or other person who has the legal control, care or custody
thereof. Approved April 7, 1926.

An Act providing for the maintenance of burial (JJidj) 204

GROUNDS BY RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and eighty of the General Laws is g. l. i8o, new
hereby amended by inserting after section nine the follow- swtion after
ing new section: — Section 9A. Corporations organized Maintenance
under this chapter, or corresponding provisions of earlier grounds'by
laws, exclusively for religious purposes shall have the right religious
to purchase, hold, preserve and maintain burial grounds; '^°'^^°'^'' '°°*'
provided, that no land shall be so used for burial purposes Proviso,
unless such use shall have been permitted and approved in
accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred and
fourteen. Approved April 7, 1926.

An Act relative to highway maIxNtenance and con- fhn^ one

STRUCTION IN TOWNS. ^ '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fifty-three of chapter forty-four of the General g.l 44 §53,
Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: — , except that sums allotted to towns for high-
way purposes by the commonwealth or a county, which shall
be used only for the purposes specified by the officials mak-
ing the allotment or to meet temporary loans issued in
anticipation of such allotment as provided in section six or
six A, shall be available therefor without any appropriation,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 53. All moneys re- Receipts by
ceived by any town officer or department, except as otherwise ^^"to^e^paid

192

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 200, 207.

tion, except
etc.

into treasury, provided by Special acts and except fees provided for by
statute, shall be paid by such officer or department upon
bf°"^^dw?th° their receipt into the town treasury. Any sums so paid
out appropria- luto the town treasury shall not later be used by such officer
or department without a specific appropriation thereof, except
that sums allotted to towns for highway purposes by the
commonwealth or a count}', which shall be used only for
the purposes specified by the officials making the allotment
or to meet temporary loans issued in anticipation of such
allotment as provided in section six or six A, shall be avail-
able therefor without any appropriation.

Approved April 7, 192G.

Chap.20Q An Act relative to the distribution of surplus by

FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.

G. L. 176, § 17,
amended.

Diatribution
of surplus by
fraternal
benefit societies.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section seventeen and
inserting in place thereof the following: ^ — Section 17.
Whenever the actual assets of a society exceed its liabilities,
including in liabilities the net value of its outstanding con-
tracts computed on the basis specified in the preceding
section, by an amount equal to five per cent of said net
value, such society may make an equitable distribution of
any surplus in excess of said five per cent by a reduction of
the periodical contributions of its members, or may pay
back to its several members an equitable portion of such
surplus in such manner as may be determined by vote of the
officers of the society having the powers of directors.

Approved April 7, 1926.

G. L. 176, § 18,
amended.

Chap.207 An Act relative to the granting of extended or

PAID-UP protection OR WITHDRAWAL EQUITIES BY CER-
TAIN fraternal BENEFIT SOCIETIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section sixteen of chapter one hundred and seventy-six of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in
the fourth line, the words "American Experience Table"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — National Fra-
ternal Congress Table of Mortality as adopted by the
National Fraternal Congress August twenty-third, eighteen
hundred and ninety-nine, — so as to read as follows: —
Section IG. Any society which shows by the annual valu-
ation hereinafter provided for that it is accumulating and
maintaining the tabular reserve required by a table of mor-
tality not lower than the National Fraternal Congress
Table of Mortality as adopted by the National Fraternal
Congress August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine and four per cent interest, and which has
provided for stated periodical mortuary contributions
based on said standard, or which shows that its stated

Granting of
extended or
paid-up
protection or
withdrawal
equities by
certain

fraternal benefit
societies.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 208, 209. 193

periodical mortuary contributions for the period of the
five years next precedinj;, at rates at no time higher tlian
those in use foUo'.ving said period, were sufficient to pay tlie
actual claims ami maintain the aforesaid reserve for said
period without recourse to the reserves releasetl by the lapsing
of certificates, and without falling below said standard
for any two consecutive years of said period, may grant
to its members such extended or paid-up protection or such
withdrawal equities as its constitution and by-laws may
provide; provided, that such grants shall be equitable, and P^viao.
shall in no case exceed in value the portion of the reserve
derived from the payments of the individual members to
whom they are made. Approved April 7, 1926.

An Act authorizing the city of westfield to borrow nhr,^^ 9A0

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. ^'^

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and S*^g^.
constructing a new high school building, and originally borrow money
equipping and furnishing said building, the city of Westfield pj^p'^o^ea'
may borrow from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Westfield School ^gf*ffLj,^jj
Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute Act of 1926. '
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be au-
thorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount not
less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for
the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as
herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section
seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 8, 1926.

An Act authorizing the town of framingham to bor- f<h^^ onq

ROW MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING A MUNICIPAL ^I^^V-^^^
BUILDING AS A MEMORIAL TO ITS SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND
MARINES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of constructing a municipal Town of
building as a memorial to soldiers, sailors and marines of ma^WoT
the town of Framingham, ^aid building to contain such money for

" erection oi &

rotunda or other feature as may be deemed expedient for memorial
memorial purposes and an auditorium or town hall to be '^"'''^"^S' *^^^-
known as Nevins Hall, and for the original equipment and

Loan, Act of
1926

194 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 210.

furnishing of said building, said town may borrow from
time to time, within a period of five years from tlie passage
of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
Framingham face the words, Framinghani Memorial Building Loan, Act
Building ^ of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen
years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized
under this act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than
ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same
purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when au-
thorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of said
chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 8, 1926.

Chcip.210 An Act relative to investigations by the director of

ACCOUNTS OF MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL TRANS-
ACTIONS.

Emergency Whcrcas, The deferred operation of this act would be

inconsistent with its purpose to provide instant relief for
cities and towais in relation to irregularities in the conduct
of their financial affairs, therefore this act is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Investigations SECTION L The director of accounts of the department
accounts of of Corporations and taxation may upon his own initiative,
Scountfind ^^d shall, whcu requested by the mayor or city council of
financial any city, except Boston, or the selectmen of any town, if

ransac ions. conditions appear to said director to warrant it, investigate
the accounts and financial transactions and affairs of such
city or town, or of any department, board, commission or
TempMary officer thereof. For the purpose of conducting such investi-
e^pioyme°nt,' gations, said director may employ such temporary investi-
compensation, gatoi's as may be necessary, who shall receive such compen-
sation as the commissioner of corporations and taxation may
fix and shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one of the
Access to books, General Laws. For the aforesaid purposes said director
and his duly accredited investigators or agents shall have
access to all necessary papers, vouchers, books and records.
Reports on Upon the completion of such an investigation, a report
to^whom*'""^' thereon shall be made to the mayor and city council or to
made, etc. ^.j^g selectmen, as the case may be, and a copy of the same

shall be furnished to the attorney general, and to the city or
Publication. town clerk who shall cause it or a summary of its essential

Acts, 1926.— Chap. 211. 195

fentures to be published at the expense of the city or town.

A municipal officer or employee or a member of a municipal Assistance by

, ^ , . ' '. . , ^ municipal

department, lioard or commission whose accounts or trans- officers, etc.

actions are being investigated under this section shall afford

to said director, his investigators and agents such assistance

as they may require. Refusal or neglect by such an officer, Penalty for

employee or member to afford such assistance shall be ofM^istance.

punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or

by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 2. The expenses incurred under the preceding Payment of
section shall be paid primarily by the commonwealth; and ^''pe'^es
the state treasurer shall issue a warrant requiring the as-
sessors of the city or town concerned to assess a tax to the
amount of said expenses, and such amounts shall be col-
lected and paid to the state treasurer in the same manner
and subject to the same penalties as state taxes. Any
balance due shall be assessed in the succeeding years in the
same manner as other state taxes.

Section 3. This act shall not be operative after July Duration of
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, except as to in- *"*"
vestigations begun before said date.

Approved April 8, 1926.

An Act requiring original application for registration Cfid-rj 211

OF A SALESMAN UNDER THE SALE OF SECURITIES ACT TO BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE APPLICANT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follow.?:

Section eight of chapter one hundred and ten A of the g. l iioa.
General Laws, inserted by section one of chapter four hun- amended^** '
dred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, as amended by section one of chapter three
hundred and seventeen and by section three of chapter four
hundred and thirty-five, both of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-two, by chapter forty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three and by section four of
chapter four hundred and eightj^-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "good" in the twelfth line the
following new sentence: — When required by the commis-
sion, each application for siich registration as a salesman
or for renewal thereof shall also be accompanied by a photo-
graph, of the type known as a passport photograph, of the
applicant which photograph shall become a paft of the
records of the department and shall remain permanently in
its files, — and also by striking out, in the sixty-first line,
the word "act" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
chapter, — so as to read as follows: — Section 8. No person Registration of
shall sell securities within this commonwealth, whether ex- saiesmenseiiing
empted under section three or not, as broker or salesman, securities.
except as provided in paragraph (h) of section ten, unless he
has been registered by the commission. An original appli- Original appli-
cation for such registration shall state the applicant's name to state, etc!

196

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 211.

Applications
to be accom-
panied by
photograph
of applicant.

Expiration of
registrations.

Renewal of
certain registra-
tions, fee, etc.

Applications
for registration
after October
,1, 1924.

Fees.

Appointment
of attorney
by non-
resident
registrants
for service of
process, etc.

Instalment or
partial payment
plans to be
approved, etc.

Conviction of
felony or of
violation of
this chapter
defeats right to
registration,
etc.

and residence, and the place Avhere the registered business
is to be conducted, shall be accompanied by a certificate of
two citizens of the commonwealth that the applicant is, in
their opinion, honest and of good repute, or, in case the
applicant is a partnership, corporation, trust or voluntary
association, that the reputation of its members, officers or
trustees for honesty and fair dealing is good. When required
by the commission, each application for such registration as
a salesman or for renewal thereof shall also be accompanied
by a photograph, of the type known as a passport photo-
graph, of the applicant which photograph shall become a part
of the records of the department and shall remain per-
manently in its files. Every registration under this section
shall expire on the thirty-first day of December in each
year, but the same may be renewed. Any person registered
as broker or salesman prior to October first, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four, shall be entitled to renewals thereof
merely by payment of the lawful fee, unless his registration
has been or shall be cancelled or revoked by order of the
commission. Any person applying for registration as
broker or salesman after said date shall furnish under oath
such information as the commission may require, and shall
be registered if it appears to the commission that the appli-
cant is of good moral character and of sufficient acquirements
and qualifications. The fee for such registration and for
each annual renewal thereof shall be fifty dollars in case of
brokers and two dollars in case of salesmen. Said fees shall
be paid into the state treasury. No non-resident person not
having a usual place of business in the commonwealth shall
be so registered unless and until he has filed with the com-
mission a writing, in a form to be approved by the attorney
general, appointing the secretary of the commission or his
successor in office to be his true and lawful attorney upon
whom all lawful processes in any action or proceeding against
him relative to or connected with an act or acts done as such
salesman or broker may be served, and in such writing shall
agree that any lawful process against him which is served on
said attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as
if in fact served on the applicant, and that the authority
shall continue in force so long as any liability remains out-
standing against the applicant in this commonwealth. No
person registered as a broker or salesman shall sell any
security or securities, whether exempted under section three
or not, which are to be paid for in accordance with the terms
of an instalment or partial payment plan contract except as
such plan is approved by the commission. No person shall
be entitled to registration hereunder if he, or, in case of a
partnership, any member of the firm, or, in case of a cor-
poration, any officer thereof, or, in case of a trust or other
unincorporated association, any trustee or officer thereof,
has been convicted of a felony or of a violation of any pro-
vision of this chapter. Conviction of such an offense shall
render void the registration of the person convicted or of

Acts, 1026. — Chap. 212. 197

thf firm of which lie is a motnbcr in case of a partnership, or
of the corporation of which he is an ofliccr, or of the trust or
other unincorporated association of which he is a trustee or
officer, but the commission may, after hearing, restore such
registration. The commission may at any time in the case Commission
of any broker or salesman, the conduct of whose business it l^f.^rmX'.n''
has reason to believe has been fraudulent or if continued toaacortain
would residt in fraud, require such information under oath trant is con-
as in its judgment may be necessary to enable it to ascertain ^usfness
whether such liroker or salesman is conducting his business fraudulently.
in a fraudidont manner or wilfully and purposely evading or '"^'
seeking to nullify the provisions of this chapter. The failure Failure to
to supply the information required within such reasonable m^twn'tobe
time as the commission may specify shall, in the absence of deemed prima

,.., , . !>.• ixi. •• '^'^•e evidence

satisfactory explanation or of extension by the commission of fraud.
of the time for filing such information, be deemed prima
facie evidence of fraud. If it appears to the commission suspension or
that any registrant is or has been conducting business as a registration'^'
broker or salesman in a fraudulent manner or is or has been
wilfully and purposely evading or seeking to nullify the pro-
visions of this chapter, whether under his present registra-
tion or prior thereto, the commission, upon notice to the
registrant, may suspend or revoke his registration either as
broker or salesman or both. Upon the suspension or revo- Effect of
cation of his registration, a broker or salesman shall not be l^^^l^^oa.^^
regarded as registered nor be entitled thereafter to regis-
tration as either a broker or salesman, nor shall any firm of
which he is a member, nor any corporation, trust or other
unincorporated association of which he is an officer, trustee,
manager or agent, be regarded as registered or be entitled
to registration under the provisions of this chapter unless
and until such suspension or revocation shall be modified
or annulled by the commission or by the court.

Approved April 8, 1926.

An Act relative to paving amounts to the credit of (JJiqjj 212
deceased members of the state teachers' retirement
association.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eleven of chapter thirty-two of the General ^p/'am^nded
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter three hundred
and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twent.y-
three, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new paragraph: — (5) All sums due Paying
the estate of a deceased member from the annuity and pen- c"cdit"of °^
sion funds of the association shall be paid to such beneficiary deceased

!• •• i> p-111 1 members oi

as he shall have named in writing on a form furnished by the state teachers'

board and filed with the board, properly executed, prior to liasocl^Hon.

his death, and such payment shall be a bar to recovery by

any other person; provided, that if there be no named Proviso.

beneficiary surviving the deceased member, the amount due

the estate shall be paid in accordance with section thirty-

198

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 213, 214, 215.

Designation
of beneficiary,
revocation,
change, etc.

three. A member may at any time revoke or change the
designation of a beneficiary by a written instrument duly
executed by him and filed with the board prior to his death,
the form for this purpose to be furnished by the board.

Approved April 8, 1926.

Chav.21^ An Act to authorize the metropolitan district com-
mission TO construct an additional main sewer in

ALEWIFE brook valley in the city of CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission shall
construct and maintain in the Alewife brook valley an addi-
tional main sewer for the north metropolitan sewerage sys-
tem from a point at or near the Cambridge-Belmont line
to the main metropolitan sewer in the city of Cambridge
and, for this purpose, may exercise all the powers conferred
upon it by chapter ninety-two of the General Laws relative
to the construction, maintenance and operation of systems
of sewage disposal.

Section 2. The expenditures herein authorized shall be
paid out of the proceeds of loans issued under authority of
chapter one hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four for the construction of additional
sewers in the north metropolitan sewerage district.

Approved April 8, 1926.

Metropolitan
district com-
mission may
construct
additional
main sewer in
Alewife brook
valley in city
of Cambridge.

Expenditures
to be pp.id
from proceeds
of certain
loans.

Chav.214i An Act relative to appeals from the probate court to
the supreme judicial court in divorce actions.

G. L. 215, § 24,
amended.

Appeals in
divorce actions
and in
separate
support and
custody
cases.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and fifteen of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section twenty-four and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 24- The
preceding section shall apply to orders or decrees of probate
courts in proceedings under chapter two hundred and eight
and under sections thirty-two and thirty-seven of chapter
two hundred and nine. Approved April 8, 1926.

Chan 215 An Act relative to the standard of dental colleges.

G. L. 112, §46.
amended.

Qualifications
of a reputable
dental college.

Incorporation.
Degrees.

Facility and
instructors.
Lectures,
etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Chapter one hundred and twelve of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section forty-six and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 4^. A
dental college shall be considered reputable which possesses
the following qualifications:

First, It shall be incorporated and authorized by its
charter to confer degrees of doctor of dental medicine,
doctor of dental surgery or doctor of dental science.

Second, It shall have a competent faculty and corps of
instructors. The teaching staff shall deliver a comprehen-
sive and satisfactory course of lectures supplemented by

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 21G, 217. 199

adequate clinical and laboratory exercises in all subjects
pertaining" to modern dentistry.

Thirtl, It shall give a course of not less than four separate Courses,
academic yi-ars tt) niiitriculants who are graduates of ac-
credited higli schools or who present proof of equi\alent
training, or a course of not less than three separate academic
years to matriculants who present satisfactory proof of
having successfully completed two years of appropriate
pre-dental training in a college or university authorized to
grant degrees. Each academic year sliall consist of not less .Academic year.
than thirty-two weeks of six days each.

The administrative policy of the dental college shall be .A.dminiatrative
such as to accomplish the requirements of this section. i>oiuy.

Approved April S, 1926.

Chap. 2m

An Act relative to the repeal or modific.'\.tion of
ordinances regulating the construction anu use of
buildings in certain cities,

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section thirty of chapter forty of the General Laws, as g. l. 40, § so.
amended by chapter forty of the acts of nineteen hundred ''tc., amended.
and twenty-two and by chapter fifty-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in the twelfth and thirteenth lines, the word
"ten" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the
word : — nine, - — so as to read as follows : — Section 30. ^^^f °''.
No ordinance or by-law enacted under section twenty-five of ordinances
shall be repealed or modified except after reasonable notice um'iting"^^
of the proposed repeal or modification and an opportunity particular
to the objectors to be heard thereon. In a city, such a buildings to
hearing shall be before the city council or any committee c^stHctsor
designated or appointed for the purpose by the city council, zones in cities
If in a city any owner of real estate which would be aft'ected
by the proposed repeal or modification objects thereto by
writing filed with the city clerk, the ordinance sliall not be
repealed or modified except by a unanimous vote of all the
members of a city council of less than nine members or by a
three fourths vote of all the members of a city council of
nine or more members; and in no case shall such an ordinance
or by-law be repealed or modified except by a two thirds
vote of all the members of the city council, or by a two
thirds vote of a town meeting. Approved April 8, 1926.

An Act relative to the sale of coal in paper bags or QJidj) 217

SACKS,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws, as amended in g.l. 94, §241,
section two hundred and forty-one by section one of chapter ^^''' ^^e^'^^'^-
ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one
and by section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby

200

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 218.

Sale of coal,
coke and
charcoal iu
bags, sacku,
etc.

Marking of
bags, sacks,
etc.

Sale of coal in
paper bags or
sacks.
Additional
marking of
bags or sacks.

furtlier amended by striking out said section two hundred
and forty-one and inserting In place thereof tlie following: —
Section 241. Coal in quantities of one hundred pounds
or less shall be sold by weight, and coke and charcoal in
quantities of one hundred pounds or less shall be sold by
weight or measure, in bags, sacks or baskets, and until de-
livered shall be kept in the same bags, sacks or baskets in
which they were weighed or measured; and coal, coke and
charcoal thus sold shall be exempt from section two hundred
and forty-four. When sold by weight, such bags, sacks or
baskets shall be plainly marked with the name and business
address of the person who puts up the same, and with the
weight of the coal, coke or charcoal therein in letters and
numerals, respectively, of bold uncondensed type at least
one inch In height. Paper bags or sacks used in the sale of
coal shall contain and shall be sold as containing twenty-five
pounds, avoirdupois weight, and, in addition to the marking
hereinbefore required, such bags or sacks shall be plainly
and conspicuously marked with the classification of such
coal, whether anthracite, semi-anthracite, bituminous con-
taining less than twenty-three per cent volatile matter or
bituminous containing more than twenty-three per cent
volatile matter, and with the size of the coal contained
therein. Approved April 8, 1926.

Chap. 218 An Act relative to payment by the city of boston into

THE CHARLES RIVER BASIN LOAN SINKING FUND OF THE BAL-
ANCE DUE ON ACCOUNT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EM-
BANKMENT AND PARK ON THE BOSTON SIDE OF THE CHARLES
RIVER BASIN AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SURPLUS IN
SAID FUND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay into the treasury
of the commonwealth on or before November first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, the difference between the balance
due on account of the cost of the construction of the em-
bankment and park on the Boston side of the Charles river
basin as authorized by sections eleven and twelve of chapter
four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and three, as amended respectively by sections three and
four of chapter four hundred and two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and six, and tlie amount that would have been
distributed to said city under the following section if the
total balance due as aforesaid had been paid Into tlie treasury
of the commonwealth.

Section 2. If the city of Boston has made the payment
authorized by the preceding section, the state treasurer
shall, on November twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, distribute to the cities and towns in the metropolitan
parks district on the basis of the apportionment of the sink-
ing fund and interest requirements for the Charles river dam
and basin, as determined by section fifty-four of chapter

Payment by
city of Boston
into state
treasury on
account of
construction of
embankment
and park on
Boston side of
Charles river
basin.

Upon such
payment state
treasurer to
distribute sur-
plus in Charles
River Basin
Loan Sinking
Fund.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 219. 201

ninety-t^v() of the (Joiioral L;nvs, any surplus then in the
Charles River Basin Loan Sinking Fund over and above
such amount as, with its accumulations at the rate of three
and three quarters per cent per annum, compoimded semi-
annually, will retire the outstandino: Charles River Basin
Loan Sinking Fund bonds at maturity, said surplus to be
determined as of December first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-five; provided, that no distribution shall be made Proviso.
under this section to the city of Boston, the auiount to which
said city would have been entitled had it paid the whole
balance due as aforesaid being allowed for and credited as
provided in section one.

Section 3. After the payment provided for in section Application of
one, all betterments collected by the city of Boston under mente"con"T'd
the provisions of section nine of chapter four hundred and by city of
sixty-five of the acts of nineteen himdred and three, as °^ °"'
amended, shall be applied to the requirements of the loans
of said city authorized by section thirteen of said chapter
four hundred and sixt^-five, as amended.

Approved Ajml S, 1926.

An Act relative to the taxation of foreign and do- PhnY) 21Q

MESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATIONS IN CASE EXISTING STATUTES ' '

APPLICABLE THERETO ARE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
OR INOPERATIVE.

Be it enacted, etc., as f allows. •

Chapter sixty-three of the General Laws is hereby amended ^'- ^Pi ^ ^"'
by striking out section fifty-two and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 52. If the provisions of section Taxation of
thirty-two imposing an excise on domestic business corpora- business'
tions are declared unconstitutional or inoperative by a final corporations in
judgment, order or decree of the supreme court of the United of iaw7m-^'°"^
States or of the supreme judicial court of the commonwealth, thlreon^arr*"^^
such portion of the law relating to business corporations as declared
set forth in sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, as relates, tionai or "'
solely to domestic business corporations shall be null and "^^P^rative.
void, and such portion of said law as relates in part to
domestic business corporations shall become inapplicable
to such corporations. In such event, all laws applicable to
domestic business corporations which were repealed or were
made inoperative as to, or inapplicable to, domestic business
corporations by chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen shall there-
upon be revived and become operative and applicable in
respect to such corporations and shall be continued in full
force and effect from the first day of January of the calendar
year preceding the calendar year in which such final judg-
ment, order or decree is entered, to the same extent as if
said chapter three hundred and fifty-five had not been en-
acted. If the provisions of section thirty-nine imposing an Taxation of
excise on foreign corporations are declared unconstitutional corpwations"^^^
or inoperative by any such final judgment, order or decree, 'ncasepro-

202

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 220.

visions of law
imposing an
excise thereon
are declared
unconstitu-
tional or
inoperative.

Assessment of
taxes under
laws revived,
etc.

Extension of
time for
assessing taxes,
etc.

Credit for
certain invalid
excises paid
and unre-
funded.

Proviso.

Unconstitution-
ality, etc., of
certain pro-
visions of law
relating to
taxation of
business cor-
porations not
to affect certain
other pro-
visions, etc.

such portion of the law relating to business corporations as
set forth in sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, as relates
solely to foreign corporations shall be null and void, and
such portion of said law as relates in part to foreign corpora-
tions shall become inapplicable to such corporations. In
such event, all laws applicable to foreign corporations which
were repealed, or were made inoperative as to, or inapplicable
to, foreign corporations or to the property thereof by said
chapter three hundred and fifty-five shall thereupon be
revived and become operative and applicable in respect to
such corporations and the property thereof and shall be
continued in full force and effect from the first day of January
of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which
such final judgment, order or decree is entered, to the same
extent as if said chapter three hundred and fifty-five had not
been enacted. The commissioner and the local assessors
shall as soon as may be assess all taxes for which liability
has been incurred under the laws revived, made operative or
applicable or continued in force by the foregoing provisions
or any of them. The time for assessing such taxes shall be
extended for a period of one year from the date of entry
of such final judgment, order or decree, and for performing
any duty subsequent to assessment the time shall be ex-
tended for a further period after such assessment com-
mensurate with the period which would have obtained under
the laws hereby revived and again made operative, appli-
cable and continued in force. Privileges and rights granted
shall be correspondinglj^ extended. Excises declared invalid
by reason of the foregoing premises, w^hich were assessed on
or after January first of the calendar year preceding the
calendar year in which the excise law was declared uncon-
stitutional or inoperative, shall, to the extent that such
excises have been paid and are unrefunded, be credited
against the taxes assessed for the same period under the
laws revived and again made operative, applicable and con-
tinued in force; provided, that if such credit exceeds the
taxes due the excess shall be refunded upon warrant of the
commissioner to the state treasurer. There shall be no
further or other recovery of the amounts thus credited or
refunded. If any part, section or subdivision of said sections
thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, other than the provisions in
section thirty-two or thirty-nine imposing an excise, shall
be declared unconstitutional or inoperative, the remaining
parts of said sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, shall
not be affected thereby. Approved April 8, 1926.

Chan 220 ^^ '^'^^ authorizing the city of boston to borrow

MONEY for the WIDENING OF OAKLAND AND ASHLAND

STREETS.

Board of street
commissioners
of Boston

Br it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section I. The board of street commissioners of the
city of Boston may, with the approval of the mayor, lay out,

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 221. 203

widen and construct Oakland street from the junction of wid^il'^utc"''
Rielnnond street to the junction of Harvard street to a Oakland aiid
width of eighty feet, and Ashland street from the junction "etc!^" ^ ^^^ ^'
of Wood avenue to the junction of Wilmot street to a width
of sixty feet, and from the junction of liytle Park avenue to
Washington street to a width of sixty feet. The said
widening and construction and the assessment of betterments
therefor shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
chapter three hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and six, as amended by chapter five hundred
and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen
and chapters seventy-nine and eighty of the General Laws.

Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the expense City of
authorized by section one of this act, the city of Boston may bonow SoLy
borrow, outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, from 'or said

. ... •ipf • 1 purpose.

time to time within a period oi nve years irom the passage

of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in

the aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars, and may

issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face

the words, Boston Oakland and Ashland Streets Improve- Boston

ment Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall con- Ashland streets

stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not {^^jf^^cTof'^

more than ten years from their dates, but no loan shall be i926. '

authorized under this act unless a sum equal to ten per cent

of the loan so authorized is voted for the same purpose to

be provided from taxes or other sources of revenue. Any h^^,?"?^°

sum to be raised by taxation shall be outside the tax limit taxation to be

as fixed for the city in the year in which the loan is authorized, a^ftfetc!^

Except as herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this

act shall be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of

debt by said city.

SectiOiN 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Submission to

, 1. 1 • -1 (• • 1 • 1 • 1 city council,

ance by vote oi the city council or said city, subject to the pro- etc.
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs Proviso.
during the current year. Approved April 8, 1926.

An Act to change the method .a.nd rate of sewer assess- Chap. 221

MENTS IN the TOWN OF LEXINGTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Chapter three hundred and twenty-two of amended.^ ^'
the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended
by striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 1. Whenever sanitary sewers are con- Sewer assess-

,° . , c T • • 1 • 1 1 nienta in town

structed in the town ot Lexington in accordance with the of Lexington.
provisions of chapter five hundred and four of the acts of
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, as amended, fifty per
cent of the cost, as hereinafter defined, of such sewers shall
be assessed upon the estates specially benefited thereby.
"Sanitary sewers", as used herein, shall mean all sewerage "Sanitary
works and appurtenances except those constructed solely defined.
for the drainage of surface water and except works connect-

204

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 222.

"Coat," how
to be deter-
mined.

Apportionment
of part of
cost upon
estates
specially
benefited, etc.

Limitations

as to taxes

or assessments.

Drains, etc.,
from certain
estates not
to be entered
into common
sewer except,
etc.

Certain laws
to apply to
assessments.

When to take
e.iect.

Submission to

voters.

Scope.

ing estates with sewers. "Cost", as used in this section,
shall be determined by multiplying the length of the sewer
pipe laid in such sanitary sewer by a unit of cost per linear
foot obtained by dividing the actual cost of all sanitary
sewers constructed in the said town Mdthin the five years
next preceding the date of completion of such sanitary sewer
by the actual number of linear feet of sewer pipe, other than
pipes connecting estates with sewers, laid in said town during
said five years. The cost shall be determined by the board
of selectmen. Said board shall apportion the said fifty per
cent of the said cost upon the estates that they shall de-
termine to be specially benefited in the proportion which
the area of each such estate, for a depth not to exceed one
hundred and twenty-five feet, bears to the total area in-
cluded in the calculation, but the entire estate shall be sub-
ject to the lien for such assessment. No land shall be taxed
or assessed hereunder more than once. No assessment
hereunder shall be levied upon any estate or part thereof
which by reason of its grade or otherwise cannot be drained
into such new construction until such incapacity has been
removed. No assessment shall exceed the amount of the
special benefit to the estate assessed. No drain or sewer
from an estate or part of an estate not already assessed or
not at the time liable to assessment as herein provided
shall be entered into a common sewer except upon the pay-
ment of such an assessment or charge and upon such other
terms and conditions as the board of selectmen shall de-
ternune. The provisions of chapter eighty of the General
Laws relative to the apportionment, division, reassessment,
abatement and collection of assessments, and to interest,
shall apply to assessments made under this act.

Section 2. This act shall, for the purpose of its submis-
sion for acceptance, take effect upon its passage and shall
take full effect upon its acceptance within two years after
its passage by a majority of the voters of the town of Lexing-
ton voting thereon at a town meeting, and it shall apply to
all sanitary sewers, as defined in section one, constructed in
said town after the date of such acceptance.

Approved April 8, 192G.

Chap.222

1925, 343, § 13,
amended.

Taxation of
banks and
trust com-
panies in case
provisions of
Uw imposing

An Act relative to the taxation of banks and trust
companies in case existing statutes applicable
thereto are declared unconstitutional or inop-
ERATIVE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter three hundred and forty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended by striking
out section thirteen and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — ISectiun 13. If the provisions of section two of chap-
ter sixty-three of the General Laws, as appearing in section
one of this act, imposing a tax, are declared unconstitutional
or inoperative by a final judgment, order or decree of the

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 228. 205

supreme court of the United States or of the supreme ju- a tax thereon

are declared
uiiconstitu-

dicial court of the couimonwealtii, sections one to twelve,
inchisive, of this act, except section two thereof, shall be [,',"""' T
null and void, and all laws amended, repealed or made
inoperative by said sections one to twelve, inclusive, of this
act, except section two thereof, shall thereupon be revived
and become operative and shall be continued in full force and
eflect in their prior form, to the same extent as though said
sections had not been enacted. In such case, the commis- Notice by
sioner of corporations and taxation shall forthwith give writ- of cmpol'at'ions
ten notice to each bank, as defined in section one of said anti taxation
chapter sixty-three as appearing in section one of this act, etc. ^" '
which may be affected to exercise its election under the laws
revived, niade operative or continued in force within a
reasonable time to be stated in the notice, and as soon as Assessment of
may be after the expiration of the time stated in the notice law^revWe'^d
the commissioner or the local assessors, as the case may be, ''t^.
shall assess all taxes for the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-six and years subsequent thereto for which liability
has been incurred under such law's revived, made operative
or continued in force. The time for assessing such taxes Extension of
shall be extended for a period of one year from the date of assetsufg taxes
entry of such final judgment, order or decree, and for per- '^t^-
forming any duty subsequent to assessment the time shall
be extended for a further period after such assessment
commensurate with the period which would have obtained
under the laws revived, made operative or continued in
force. Privileges and rights granted shall be correspond-
ingly extended. Taxes invalid by reason of the foregoing Credit for
premises which were assessed on or after January first, tuxes'paid '''"^
nineteen hundred and twenty-six shall, to the extent that ^"'^
such taxes have been paid and are unrefunded, be credited
against the taxes assessed for the same period under the
laws revived, made operative or continued in force; pro- Proviso.
vided, that if such credit exceeds the taxes due the excess
shall be refunded upon warrant of the commissioner to the
state treasurer. There shall be no further or other recovery
of the amounts thus credited or refunded. If any part, Unconstitution-
section or subdivision of this act, other than the provisions ce' tain parts of
of section two of said chapter sixty-three, as appearing in affecf r "m"°i* -*^"
section one of this act, imposing a tax, shall be declared un- ing parts, etc.
constitutional or inoperative, the remaining parts of this act
shall not be affected thereby. Approved April 8, 1926.

An Act to authorize the waltham trust company to (^Jk^uj 923
maintain a branch office in the town of weston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Waltham Trust Company of Waltham Waitham
is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the board of pany^may""
bank incorporation, to maintain a branch office in the town P'^'"*^'"^

. '^ ' branch office

of VVeston. iiitownof

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. ^^^^^'

Approved April B, 192U.

206

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 224, 225.

C/ittP.224 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE PURCHASE BY THE WORCESTER
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY OF ALL THE PROPERTY AND
FRANCHISES OF THE WORCESTER GAS LIGHT COMPANY OR
THE CONSOLIDATION OF SAID COMPANIES.

Purchase by
The Worcester
Electric Light
Company of
property, etc.,
of VVorcester
Gas Light
Company or
consolidation
of said
companies.

Approval by
stockholders
and by

department of
public
utilities.

Change of
corporate
name.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Worcester Gas Light Company may sell
and convey and The Worcester Electric Light Company
may purchase all the property and franchises of the W orcester
Gas Light Company or the two companies may consolidate,
subject to the provisions of sections ninety-eight, ninety-
nine and one hundred and one of chapter one hundred and
sixty-four of the General Laws, to the same extent as if said
companies were both electric companies; but no such pur-
chase and sale or consolidation shall be valid or binding
until the terms thereof have been approved, at meetings
called therefor, by a vote of at least two thirds in interest
of the stockholders of each of the contracting companies,
and until the department of public utilities, after notice and
a public hearing, has determined that the facilities for fur-
nishing and distributing gas or electricity will not thereby
be diminished and that such purchase and sale or consolida-
tion and the terms thereof are consistent with public in-
terest.

Section 2. After purchase or consolidation, The Worces-
ter Electric Light Company may change its corporate name
to The W^orcester Electric Light and Gas Company.

Ajjproved April 9, 1926.

Ch(lV.225 ^^ ^^"^ RELATIVE TO THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY RE-
COVERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

G. L. 147, four
new sections
after § 6.

Disposition of
property
recovered by
department of
puDlic safety.

Sale at public
auction.

Notice of sale
and description
of property to
be pubhshed.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the General
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section six the
four following new sections: —

Section 6 A. If money, goods or other property which
has been stolen, lost, abandoned or taken from a person
under arrest comes into the possession of an officer or other
employee of the department by virtue of his office or em-
ployment, he shall deliver the same to the person designated
by the commissioner to receive the same and shall there-
upon be relieved from further responsibility therefor. If no
person proves ownership of such money, goods or other
property within six months, the commissioner may cause
the same, except money unclaimed, to be sold at public
auction at such place and time and by such person as the
commissioner may designate. Notice of the time and
place of such sale, with a description of the property, shall
be given by publishing the same once in a newspaper pub-
lished in the county where the property was found or taken
as aforesaid.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 226, 227. 207

Sedrnn 6B. Such property, if perishable or liable to Saieof
deteriorate greatly in vahie by keeping, or the value of eteTpropeVtv
which will probably be less than the expense of keeping, may
be sold at public auction at such place and at such time
within six months and by such person as the commissioner
may designate, such notice of the time and place of sale as
the commissioner may deem reasonable and proper first
being given.

Section GC . The proceeds of such sales, together with Proceeds of
such unclaimed money, after deducting all reasonable charges tfo^'e^Jf'"'^''
and expenses incurred on account of such property, shall be
accounted for and paid to the commonwealth.

Section 6D. If, within two years and six months after Money or
such money has come into the possession of an officer or other ^aS%ayment
employee of said department or within two years after any to owners, if,
such sale, the owner claims such property and proves owner-
ship to the satisfaction of the commissioner, the amount of
such unclaimed money or the proceeds of the sale of such
property, after deducting reasonable expenses, shall be paid
to him by the state treasurer. Approved April 9, 1926.

An Act to facilitate transfers of shares, bonds and

OTHER securities.

Chap. 22^

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and three of the General Laws is g. l. 203, § 21.
herebj- amended by striking out section twenty-one and in- ^'"ende*^-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 21. A com- Companies.
pany or corporation, public or private, or quasi corporation, unmcOT^'orated
or unincorporated association, or the managers of any trust, associations,
or any transfer agent, registrar or other agent of such com- agents%tc.,
pany, corporation, quasi corporation, unincorporated associ- se°e*to°exMu^ion
ation or managers, shall not be bound to see to the execution of trusts to
of any trust, express, implied or constructive, to which any Iha'resare''
of its shares, bonds or securities are subject, or to ascertain subject, etc
or inquire whether the trust authorizes a transfer thereof by
the holfjjpr, but this section shall not be a protection against
liability for participating with actual knowledge in a breach
of trust, and the fact that the trust is of record shall not
constitute such actual knowledge.

Approved April 9, 1926.

An Act authorizing amendments of indictments and ChctV -221
complaints in certain cases.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and seventy-seven of the General ^tkina^f'tw^
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section thirty- 5 35.
five the following new section: — Section 35 A. Upon motion Amendments
of the district attorney or prosecuting officer, the court may aid^^mpiirnts
order the complaint or indictment amended in relation to in certain
allegations or particulars as to which the defendant would *'*^^'
not be prejudiced in his defence. Approved April 9, 1926.

208

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 228, 229.

ChCip.228 ^^ ^^"^ PROVIDING THAT SPECIFIC CASES OF CRIME MAY
BE GIVEN PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER CASES ON THE TRIAL
LIST IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-four of chapter two hundred and twelve
of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — ; provided, that the court, on
motion of the district attorney, may order that the trial of
any specified case of crime shall take precedence over all
other cases, — so as to read as follows: — Section 24- At
a sitting of the court at which criminal business may be
transacted, cases arising under chapters two hundred and
forty-eight, one hundred and thirty-eight, one hundred and
thirty-nine and two hundred and seventy-three shall have
precedence in the order in which said chapters are herein
named, next after the cases of persons who are actually
confined in prison and awaiting trial; provided, that the
court, on motion of the district attorney, may order that the
trial of any specified case of crime shall take precedence over
all other cases. Approved April 9, 1926.

G. L. 212, § 24,
amended.

Precedence of
certain
prosecutions
in superior
court.

Proviso.

G. L. 123, § 33,
amended.

Chap.22Q ^^^ Act regulating the care and treatment of insane
persons and other mental defectives in private
houses.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-three of chapter one hundred
and twenty-three of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "institution" in the second line
the words: — or private house, — and by adding at the end
thereof the following new sentence: — All places required
by this and the following section to be in charge and under
the direct personal supervision of a licensee of the depart-
ment shall be subject to supervision and visitation by said
department, in so far as they are not already subje^ thereto
under any other provision of this chapter, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 33. The department may annually
license any suitable person to establish or have charge of an
institution or private house for the care and treatment of
the insane, epileptic, feeble minded, and persons addicted
to the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants, and may at
any time revoke the license. No such license shall be granted
for the care and treatment of insane or epileptic persons un-
less the said department is satisfied, after investigation, that
the person applying therefor is a duly qualified physician,
as provided in section fifty-three, and has had practical
experience in the care and treatment of such patients. No
such license shall be granted for the care and treatment of
persons addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or
stimulants unless the department is satisfied, after investi-
gation, that the person applying therefor is a physician who

Department
of mental
diseases may
license persons
to establish,
etc., institu-
tions or private
houses for
care and
treatment of
insane persons
and other
mental
defectives.
Qualifications
of licensees.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 230, 231. 209

is a graduate of a legally chartered medical scho(d or col-
lege, and that he has been in the actual practice of medicine
for the tliree years next preceding his application for a license;
nor unless his standing, character and professional knowl-
edge of inebriety are satisfactory to the department. Li- Expiration and
censes granted hereunder shall expire with the last day of [rcen^es.°
the year in which they are issued, but may be renewed. The Fees.
department may fix reasonable fees for said licenses and
renewals thereof. All places required by this and the fol- Suppryision
lowing section to be in charge and imder the direct personal orpilcesln""
supervision of a licensee of the department shall be subject i^gj,^""^
to supervision and visitation by said department, in so far
as they are not already subject thereto under any other
provision of this chapter.

Section 2. Section thirty-four of said chapter one g. l. 123, 1 34,
hundred and twenty-three is hereby amended by striking *™®" ^ '
out, in the first line, the word "described" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — or private house for the care or Penalty for
treatment of persons mentioned, — so as to read as follows: — tion'sl"etc.°'not^'
Section SJf. \Yhoever keeps or maintains an institution or jj^fipp^^^^^*'*^*
private house for the care or treatment of persons mentioned persons.
in the preceding section, unless the same is in charge of, and
under the direct personal supervision of, a person duly licensed
as provided therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars. Approved April 9, 1926.

Chap. 230

An Act relative to the punishment for non-appearance

OF A person duly SUMMONED AS A WITNESS IN A CRIMINAL
CASE.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the General G. L. 233, §5,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section five and ^™^"'^®'^-
inserting in place thereof the following: — Sec^iow 5. Such Non-attendance
failure to attend as a witness before a court, justice of the tobe^aco^n-
peace, master in chancery, master or auditor appointed by a tempt of court.
court, or the county commissioners, shall also be a con-
tempt of the court, and may be punished, in case of such punishment,
failure to attend as a witness in a criminal prosecution, by a c°ge8™'°^'
fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than one month or both, or, in case of in other cas3s.
any other such failure to attend as aforesaid, by a fine of
not more than twenty dollars. Approved April 9, 1926.
■ — ,

An Act relative to the qualifications of applicants nhnj) 231

FOR licenses as INSURANCE AGENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and sixty-three of chapter one hun- g l. its. 5 163.
dred and seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended by ^^'^- a™«nded.
section ten of chapter four hundred and fifty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended

210

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 232.

Licensing of

insurance

agents.

Fee.

Notice and
information
as to agents
appointed by
insurance
companies.

Revocation
or suspension
of license.

Expiration.

Renewal.

Companies to
be bound by
acts of agents.

Penalty.

by inserting after the word "suitable" in the fifth line the
words: — and competent,- — ^ so as to read as follows: —
Section 163. I^pon written notice by a company author-
ized to transact business in the commonwealth of its ap-
pointment of a person to act as its agent herein, the com-
missioner shall, if he is satisfied that the appointee is a
suitable and competent person of full age and intends to
hold himself out and carry on business in good faith as an
insurance agent and upon payment by the companj^ of the
fee prescribed by section fourteen, issue to him a license
which shall state in substance that the company is authorized
to do business in the commonwealth, and that the person
named therein is the constituted agent of the company in
the commonwealth for the transaction of such business as it
is authorized to transact therein. Such notice shall be upon
a form furnished by the commissioner, and shall be accom-
panied by a statement executed on oath by the appointee
which shall give his name, age, residence, present occupa-
tion, his occupation for the five years next preceding the date
of the notice, and such other information as the commissioner
may require upon a form furnished by him. The commis-
sioner may, except as provided in section five, at any time,
for cause shown and after a hearing, revoke the license or
suspend it for a period not exceeding the unexpired term
thereof, and may, for cause shown and after a hearing, re-
voke the license while so suspended, and shall notify both
the company and the agent in writing of such revocation or
suspension. A license issued hereunder shall expire on the
thirtieth day of June next after its issue, unless sooner
revoked or suspended as aforesaid, or unless the company,
by a written notice filed with the commissioner, cancels the
authority of the agent to act for it. Such license may, in
the discretion of the commissioner and upon payment by
the company of said fee, be renewed for any succeeding year
by a renewal certificate without requiring anew the detailed
information hereinbefore specified. Every company shall
be bound by the acts of the person named in the license
within the scope of his apparent authority as its acknowl-
edged agent while such license remains in force. Who-
ever, not being a duly licensed insurance broker or an officer
of a domestic company acting under section one hundred
and sixty-five, acts as an insurance agent as defined in the
preceding section, without such license or during a suspen-
sion of his license, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Approved April 9, 1926.

Chap.2d2 An Act validating certain betterment assessments or

THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Certain SECTION 1. The asscssmcuts of betterments laid by the

betterment i n i i i i i • •! i- i_ • *

assessments of board of aldermen and by the city council oi the city of

Acts, 1926. —Chap. 232. 211

Springfield by orders passed and approved by the mayor city of Spnng-
diiring the years nineteen hundred and twenty-one, nine- ^ vauate .
teen hundred and twenty-two, nineteen huncheii and twenty-
three, nineteen hundred and twenty-four and nim^teen hun-
dred and twenty-(ive, for benefits received, other than the
general advantage to the connnunity, from the laying out,
altering and widening of highways in siiid city and from the
construction thereof, and the commitments of the lists of
such assessments with the warrants of the board of alder-
men and of the city council to the city collector, and the ap-
portionments of such assessments by the board of alder-
men and by the city council and by the board of assessors,
are hereby severally confirmed and made valid to the same
extent as if the orders laying out, altering and widening
such highways, in respect of which said assessments were
made, and the orders laying such assessments and all pro-
ceedings in connection with or in relation to the orders
laying out, altering and widening said highways and the
orders laying such assessments, and the commitments and
the apportionments thereof, had been in all respects in con-
formity with the provisions of chapters seventy-nine, eighty
and eighty-two of the General Laws and all ordinances of the
city of Springfield from time to time applicable thereto; pro- Proviso.
vided, that this section shall not apply to any such assess-
ment on any parcel of real estate, the validity of which is in
question, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding pending in
any court on the effective date hereof.

Section 2. Within six months from the effective date New assess-
hereof, the city council of said city shall assess on any parcel ^rtahi'ianda
of land affected by the proviso in the foregoing section a to supersede

,(., «! , . " n and abate prior

proportionate snare of the cost oi the entire improvement tor assessments,
its share of which said land was originally assessed, including which waam"
all damages awarded on account thereof under said chapter question, etc.
seventy-nine, but no such assessment shall exceed the amount
of the adjudged benefit or advantage to said parcel. Such
assessment shall supersede and abate any prior assessment
on the same property on account of the same improvement.
All the provisions of said chapter eighty consistent with the
validity of any such new assessment shall be applicable
thereto.

Section 3. Nothing in this act contained shall be so Certain rights
construed as to limit or abridge in any way the rights relative o°abrfdged,
to abatement contained in sections five to eleven, inclusive, ^'^'=-
of said chapter eighty; and any proceedings under said
sections, or any of them, relative to assessments other than
such new assessments, the right to begin which has already
expired, may be begun within six months after the effective
date of this act, and shall thereafter proceed in accordance
with said sections.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 13, 1926.

212

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 233, 234.

Natick School
Loan, Act of
1926.

C/iap.233 An Act authorizing the town of natick to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Town of Natick SECTION 1. For tlie purposc of acquiring land for and
monevfor Constructing a junior high school building and originally

school purposes, equipping and furnishing said building, the town of Natick
may borrow, from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act^ such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, three hundred thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Natick School Loan, Act of
1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen
years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under
this act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten
per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same
purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when au-
thorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein pro-
vided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of said
chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take eft'ect upon its passage.

Approved April 13, 1926.

Chap. 234: An Act authorizing the town of spencer to borrow
money for town hall purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SpeMe^-^ma SECTION 1. For the purposc of acquiring land for and

borrow money Constructing a town hall and originally equipping and furnish-
ing the same, the town of Spencer may borrow from time to
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Spencer Town Hall Loan, Act of 1926. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such
authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised
by the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter
three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take eft'ect upon its passage.

Approved April 13, 19-26.

for town hall
purposes

Spencer Towb
Hall Loan,
Act of 1921).

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 235, 23G. 213

An Act authorizinc; the town of winchendon to bor- fjidj) 235

ROW ilONEY FOR TOWN HALL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of repairing and remodelling Town of
its town hall, and of refurnishing and reequipping the same, muy'' borrow
the town of Winehendon nuiy borrow from time to time, ^wn hiii'pur-
within a period of five years from the passage of this act, posea.
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, twenty-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Winehendon Town Hall Loan, Act of 1926. Each author- Winchendon
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans Lo^iilActoi
shall be paid in not more than ten years from their dates, '^-''•
but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum
equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such au-
thorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by
the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be within the statutory limit,
and shrill, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso in-
serted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three
hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 13, 19£G.

e/iap.236

An Act authorizing the city of new Bedford to bor-
row money for school purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of acquiring land for and B'^7f°^j^®^
constructing school buildings, including the cost of originally borrow money

" ' for school

purposes.

equipping and furnishing such buildings, or for the con- ^o'^'^'^^'^'
struction of additions to school buildings, such additions to
increase the floor space of such buildings, including the cost
of originally equipping and furnishing the same, the city of
New Bedford may borrow from time to time, within a period
of five years after the passage of this act, such sums as ma.y
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one million
two hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, New New Bedford
Bedford School Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue f^oimT'
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid
in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue
shall be authorized under this section unless a sum equal to
an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax
levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but
shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in

214

Acre, 192G. — Chaps. 237, 238.

section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 13, 1926.

Mount Hope
Finishing
Company
may engage
in business of
an electric com-
pany in part
of town uf
Dightou.

Chap.237 An Act to authorize the mount hope finishing com-
pany TO ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF AN ELECTRIC COM-
PANY in THE VILLAQE OF NORTH DIGHTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The Mount Hope Finishing Company is
hereby authorized to construct and operate lines for the
transmission of electricity for the purpose of furnishing light
and power upon and along the highways of that part of the
town of Dighton, and to the inhabitants thereof, included
within the following boundaries: beginning at a point on the
westerly bank of the Three Mile river on the boundary line
between the town of Dighton and the city of Taunton;
thence northwesterly by said boundary line to a stone post on
the westerly line of Williams street in said town of Digliton;
thence southerly by said westerly line of Williams street to
a point at its intersection with the southerly line of Tremont
street; thence southeasterly by said southerly line of Tremont
street to its intersection with the boundary line of the
Dighton electric light district; thence northerly by the
boundary line of said light district to the southeasterly
corner of the North Dighton Fire District in the town of
Dighton; thence northeasterly by the boundary line of said
fire district to the southwesterly bank of the Three Mile
river; thence following the bank of said river to the place of
beginning. Said company is hereby authorized to erect and
maintain upon said highways such posts and fixtures as may
be necessary to sustain the wires and other fixtures of its lines.

Section 2. In respect to said business, said Mount Hope
Finishing Company shall have all the powers and privileges,
and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, of
an electric company under all general laws now or hereafter
in force in relation thereto, so far as the same may be appli-
cable; and for the purposes of said business, the said com-
pany may continue to enjoy all of the property and locations
in said town of Dighton, now owned and used by it in the
distribution and sale of electricity to the said fire district and
its inhabitants.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 14, 1926.

May erect and
maintain posts
and fixtures,
etc.

To have
powers, etc.,
and be subject
to duties,
liabilities,
etc., of iti
electric
company, etc.

C^ap.238

Emergency
preamble.

An Act dissolving certain corporations.

Whereas, It is necessary that certain delinquent and other
corporations be dissolved before April first in the current
year, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency

Acts, 1026. — Chap. 238. 215

law, nroessnry for the iinTnediate preservation of the public
convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloirs:

Section 1. Such of the following named corporations as Certain
are not already legally dissolved are hereby dissolved, sub- db^iv^Jd""'
ject to the provisions of sections fifty-one and fifty-two of
chapter one hunch'ed and fiftv-five of the General I^aws: —

A. D. Windle Co., A. F. Heald Company, A. F. Ward
Machinery Co., The, A. H. Buswell Medicine Co., A. H.
Weeks & Company, Inc., A. H. Williams, Inc., A-I-D In-
corporated, A. J. Rogers Co., The, A. L. Lapidus Co., A. M.
Manning Co., A. S. Tucker Company, The, Abbott Street
Garage Inc., Abrahams & Shiffrin, Inc., Accessible Card
Company, Accessories Manufacturing Company, Acme Drug
Co., Acme Machine Company, Acme Nail Companj^, Inc.,
Acton Associates, Incorporated, Adamite Tan Company,
Adams & Powers, Inc., Adams Clothing Co., Adams Garage
Inc., Adams Sales Company, Addison Mills, Aero Corpora-
tion of Massachusetts, Aetna Products Company, Afco
Construction Company, Agawam Tobacco Company, Air
Toy Company, The, Aladdin Candy Shop Inc., Albany
Realty Company, Albermarle Mills, Incorporated, Alberta
Company Incorporated, Alexander C. Wolf Company,
Algonquin Stores Company, Alicia Corporation, Inc., All
American Brokers, Inc., Allen Engineering Company, Allen
Rubber Company of New England, Allen W. Phillips Smelt-
ing Company, Allied Consumers Co., The, Allied Mines Cor-
poration, Allston Public Market Inc., Alouette Oil Com-
pany, Alton Procpss Company, America Toy Company Inc.,
The, American Auto Livery Company, American Blacking
Company, American Canbec Company, American Coated
Paper Company, American Construction Company,
American Drug Company, Inc., American Electroplating
Works, Inc., American Food & Products Company, American
Fruit Growers of Palestine Inc., American Home Building
Association, Inc., American-Industrial Furnace Corporation,
American Mortgage Corporation, American Novelty Manu-
facturing Company, American Oxygen Corporation, American
Rayon Mills Inc., American Rotary Pump Co., American
Salt Co., American Sanitary Comb Company, American
Standard Lunch Company, American Table Company, Inc.,
American Turbomotor Company, American Web Company,
American Whaley Engine Company, American W^'ood Heel
Co., Inc., Amphy Radio Corporation, Anderson Motor Cor-
poration, Anderson-Owens Shoe Co., Andrews Construction
Co., Anne C. Morris, Inc., Anthony Aran and Company,
Incorporated, Anthony Company of New England, An-
thracite Mining Company, Apartment Sales Corporation,
Arcade Malleable Iron Company (1906), Arcadia Lumber
Company, Arco Tire Company, Inc., Arctic Sweetheart
Carton Company, Arey & Blount Electric Company, Argold
Manufacturing Company, Argument Publishing Co., The,

216 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

Certain Arlington Aniline Works, Inc., Arlin2;ton Lunch Co. Inc.,

corporations . . t> p o -n • • V-i * oi /~i

dissolved. Armstrong iJeei & rrovision Company, Arrow bhoe Co.,

Arthur's Smoke Shop, Ltd., Asbestos Covering & Supply
Company, Associated Authors Productions Inc., Associated
Laundries, Inc., Associated Mill Supplies Ltd., At-Last
Manufacturing Co., Atkins & Company, Inc., Atlantic
Carbonic & Chemical Corp., Atlantic Coast Hardware Co.,
Atlantic Construction Company, Atlantic Film Corporation
of New England, Atlantic Petroleum Company, Atlantic
Road Machinery Co., Atlas Appliance Corporation, Atlas
Trucking Company, Atwood & Gardiner, Inc., August Thiel
& Co., Inc., Auto & Accessories Co., The, Auto Sales Com-
pany, Auto Tire & Vulcanizing Co., Inc., Automatic Glove
Cleansing Co. Inc., Automatic Time Lighting Corp., Auto-
mobile Accessory Association, Inc., Automobile Dealers'
Exchange, Inc., Automobile Enameling Corporation, The,
Automobile Repairing Corporation, Automotive Clearing
House, Inc., Automotive Engineering Corporation, Auto-
motive Laboratories, Inc., Automotive Products Corporation,
Automotive Radiator Corporation, Avery Coat Co., Axle
Valve Company of Massachusetts, The, Ayers Shoe Com-
pany.

B. C. Libby Manufacturing Company, B. Grossman &
Co. Inc., Babson Can Co., Backus Heater & Foundry Co.,
Bacon-Taplin Company, Bailey Gas Appliance Co., The,
Baird Brothers Co., Inc., Baker Motor Sales Company,
Baker Rug & Carpet Cleaning Co., Baldridge Gear Com-
pany, Ballardvale Pure Food Company, Inc., Ballardvale
Springs Company, The, Bancroft Bookshop, Inc., Bancroft-
Hickey Sales Company, Bankers Exchange Corporation,
Barnstable County LTsed Car Exchange, Inc., Barrett Cor-
poration, The, Barrett Novelty Co. Inc., Barrett's Drug
Store, Incorporated, Barry-Brown Shoe Co., Bartol and
Healey Company, Barton and Ellis Company, Bates Products
Co., The, Bates Rubber Company, Battery Service Company
of New England, Bay State Amusement Co., Bay State
Brick Company of Indian Orchard, The, Bay State Car,
Incorporated, Bay State Cigar Company, Inc., Bay State
Clothing Company, Bay State Cooperage Co., Bay State
Corset Company, Bay State Flooring Company, Bay State
Grocery Company, Bay State Iron Works Company, Bay
State Naval Uniform Manufacturing Company, The, Bay
State Outdoor Service Company, Inc., Bay State Parcel
Checking Co., Bay State Ship Co., Bay State Shoe Mfg. Co.
Inc., Bay vState Specialty Company, Beacon Chocolate Cor-
poration, Beacon Credit Exchange, Incorporated, Beacon
Rectifier Company Inc., Beaver Products Company, Inc.,
The, Becker Milling Machine Company, Bedford Neckwear
Company, Bellows-McNear Inc., Bclvidere Garage Com-
pany, Beneficial Mortgage Company of Massachusetts,
Benny Gushing, Inc., Benoit-Bellenoit Co., Berkeley Studio
Inc., Berkshire Construction Company, Bermudez Company,
The, Berry Sales Co. Inc., The, Bert A. Spears Amusement

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238. 2l7

Attractions, Inc., Bert Richard Co., Inc., Best-Ford Tire & Certain
Rubber Company, The, Betty Standish Candy Shops, Inc., diiroTs^ed.
Bianchi Marbk' Company Inc. of America, Big Four Sales
Corporation, Bigeh)\v Garage, Inc., The, Bills, MacIIarg &
Company, Inc., Biltmore Cafeteria, Inc., Bishop-Babcock
Corporation, The, Bitzer & Mead, Inc., Bixler ik Vytal Com-
pany, Blakney & Wordell, Inc., Blue-Ben Novelty Company,
Blue Flame Oil Heating Company, Blue (irass Corporation,
The, Blue Hill Avenue Realty Co., Bluebird Cafe, Inc.,
Boilard & Bailey, Inc., Bond Shoe Manufacturing Co., Bond
Tire Company, Bospick Company, Boston-Alberta Oil Co.,
Boston Baggage Co., Boston Belting Sales Company of
Massachusetts, Boston Bo.x Company, Inc., Boston Chronicle
Co., Inc., Boston Color and Chemical Co., Boston Depart-
ment Store, Inc., Boston Distributing Corporation, Boston
Drilling Co., Boston Duck Company, Boston Egg Com-
pany, Inc., Boston Equipment & Supply Company, Boston
Food Shops Inc., Boston, Halifax and Newfoundland Steam-
ship Company, Boston Handle Company, Boston Hat Anchor
Company, Inc., The, Boston Hatters, Inc., Boston Index
Card Company, Boston Innersole Co., Boston Lace & Em-
broidery Works Inc., Boston-Mirando Company, The, Bos-
ton Motors Corporation, Boston Oakland Company, Inc.,
Boston Oil Drilling Syndicate, Inc., Boston Optical Com-
pany, Boston Photo Play Company, Boston Plastic Art
Company, Boston Press Inc., The, Boston Regalia Company,
The, Boston-St. Joe Shipping Company, Boston Talking
Machine Company, Boston-Texas Land Syndicate, Inc.,
Boston Textile Finishing Company, Inc., Boston Times
Company, The, Boston Wool Products Co., Boulevard
Pharmacy Inc., Bouton Engine Company, The, Bowes and
Jones, Inc., Bowker Company, Bowman Manufacturing
Company, Boylston Luggage Shop, Inc., Bradford Lumber
Company, The, Bradlee & Mcintosh Co., Brennan-Madden
Electrical Supply Company, Breslin & Campbell, Inc.,
Brickett Corporation, Bristol County Farm Bureau Co-
operative Exchange, Bristol Realty & Amusement Co.,
Brockton Brush Company, Brockton Duco and Paint Com-
pany, Brockton Hebrew Loan Corporation, The, Brockton-
Lowell Amusement Co., Brockton Moccasin Co. Inc., Brock-
ton Quality Shoe Co. Inc., Brockton Tobacco Co., Bromley
School, Inc., Brookdale Creamery of Mass. Inc., Brookline
Building Corporation, Brookline Thrift Corporation, Brown-
Beckwith Co., Brown Daisy Mop Company, Bryercliffe
Poultry Farm, Inc., Buckmans Shoe Store, Inc., Budgell
Harrigan Leather Co., Bunker Hill Shoe Company, Burley
Furniture Co., Burnham Marine Railways Company,
Burstein Woolen Co., Burton Steamship Company, Business
Management Corporation, The, Butterfly Novelties and
Jewelry Importing Corporation, By-Cla Companv, Inc.

C. Bonfanti & Co. Inc., C. D. Cobb & Bros. Inc., C. E.
Giles Co., C. G. Galbo & Co., Inc., C. H. Greenleaf Com-
pany, C. J. Bailey Company, Inc., C. L. Worden, Incor-

218 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

Certain porated, C. M, Brett Co., C. INI. S. Distributing Company,

dissoiv^ed. C. O. Morrill Company, The, C. R. Dean Co. Inc. of Taunton,

The, C. S. Stearns Shoe Co., Cabel Upholstering Company,
Caddy Electrical Equipment Company, California Carbon
Company, Cambridge Auto Renting Company, Cambridge
Construction Company, Cambridge Crucible Steel Casting
Co., Cambridge Factory Company, Cambridge Tobacco
Co., Cameo Manufacturing Co., Cammall-Crane Company,
Campello Theatre Co., Canadusa Company, Cape Battery
Co., Capital Heating & Contracting Co. Inc., Caribbean
Leather Company, The, Carlson Manufacturing Company,
Castle Kid Co., Inc., Central Lynn Collective Buying Ass'n,
Inc., Century Farm Inc., Chandler, Wilbor and Company
Incorporated, Charles B. Telless, Inc., Charles Cafe, Inc.,
Charles K. Fox Inc., Chas. N. Wales Co. Inc., Charles River
Cooperative Society, The, Charm Electric Co., Chase
Parker Leather Company, Chase Shoe Company, Chelsea
Feather Co., Inc., Cheney Paper Company, Chipman,
Harwood Company, Cho-lay Sales Corporation, Chris. F.
Callahan Company, Church Chemical Company, Cigar
Makers Co-operative Association, Citizens Co-operative
Union Laundry, Inc., City Brass Foundry, Inc., City Secur-
ities Company, Clapp Anderson Co., Clark Hunter Company,
Clark School of Business Administration, Clarke-Emerson
Manufacturing Co., Clarknit Mills, Inc., Clements Com-
pany, Cline's Drug Store, Inc., Clinton Drug Co., Inc.,
Clow and Field, Inc., Coburn-Knapp, Inc., Cogan Furniture
Company, Cohen and Haymond, Inc., Cohen-Sulkis Shoe
Co. Inc., Colcord & Walker, Incorporated, Coldak Company,
Cole's Inn Co., Inc., Collins & Co., Inc., Collins Motor Car
Company, Collis Leather Co. of Boston, The, Colonial Body
Co., Colonial Cork Company, Colonial Leather Goods
Company, Colonial Waist & Dress Company, Colony Court,
Inc., Colrain Fruit Growers Co-operative Association, The,
Columbia Shoe Co., Colytic Barber Shops, Inc., Combo
Manufacturing Company, Commercial Maritime Company,
Commonwealth Electric Co., Commonwealth Mattress
Filling Machine Co., Commonwealth Motor Mart, Inc.
(No. 1), Community Food Shop Inc., Community Realty
Company, Concrete Products Company, Inc., Confectioners
Supply Company, Incorporated, Consolidated Brick Com-
pany, Converters Paper Corporation, Convertible Auto
Body Company, Coolidge & Strauch, Incorporated, Coolidge
Shoe Co., Cooper & Katz Inc., Cooper Tire & Battery Corp.,
Copicut Warehouse Company, Copley Business Institute,
Inc., Corey Hill Garage, Inc., Corinthian Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Corliss Company, The, Corogo Tanning Co.,
Cosmo Drug Co., Cosmopolitan Cloak Co. Inc., Cosmo-
politan Express Company, The, Cosmopolitan Grand Opera
Co. Inc., Cosmopolitan Wholesale Grocery Company,
Costikyan Carpet Corporation, Cottage City Concrete
Company, Cotton Hoffman Company, Incorporated, Cotton
Motor Company, Cotuit Oyster Company, Country Club

Acts, 1020. — Chap. 238. 219

Garage, Inc., Cr;ifl<lock Drug Company, Craigulator Brock- Certain
ton Service Inc., Crane Audit & Accounting Co., Crawford dissoiv^ed""^
Sewing IMacliine Conijiany, Incorporated, Crescent Bag
Wood Co., Crissoro Loan Association, Inc., Crocker Pen
Company, Cronkhite Company, The, Crown China and
Silverware Co., Inc., Crown Flour Co., Cuddihy & Kenney,
Inc., Cuetara Brotliers Corporation, Cummings Co., Curtis
& Companv, Inc., Cutler-Ross Co., Cyrus Patch & Son
(Inc.).

D. Doherty Company, D. F. Tool Company Inc., D. J.
Foley Co.. Daitity Maid Co., Inc., Dalton Co., The, Dana
L. Fuller Co., Dasco Spring Cover Co., Davis Construction
Company, Dawieco Trading Company, De Luxe Beauty
Parlors, Inc., Tlie, De ^'ito-.Jannini Co., Inc., Dean-Spencer
Leather Co., Dean Thread Corporation, Delano, Bartlett &
Dexter, Incorporated, Dello Ink Sales Corporation of N. E.,
Des Brisay Hospital Inc., Desema Engineering Company,
Dexter, Cabot & Company, Inc., Diamond Brand Muslin
Underwear Company, Dickens Company, The, Dillon Com-
pany, Dima-Glare Corporation, Dobson Raft & Lifeboat
Corporation, Dodge, Stevens Company, Dog Shop, Inc.,
The, Dolan Drug Companj', Domestic Mills Company,
Donaldson-Orlick Shoe Co., Donarco Specialties, Inc.,
Donnelly Iron Works, Double Spring Unit & Frame Ex-
tension Co., Inc., Douglas Saw & Machinery Co., Dow-
Walen Company, Downing Block, Dreayer Bros. Inc.,
Dunbar-Kerr Companj', The, Dunn Green Corporation, The,
Dunne and Smith, Inc., Duval County Traction Company,
Dyar Supply Company, The.

E. and M. Laundrv Corporation, E. G. Otto Electric Co.,
E. H. Tilton Inc., E. Howard George & Co., Inc., E. J. Kehoe
Co. Inc., The, E. J. Michaud Company, E. L. Glennon Shoe
Co., E. L. Sargent Company, E. L. Thompson Company,
E. M. Lyman and Son, Incorporated, E. M. Swett Com-
pany, E-Zee Vulc Company, The, Eagle Dry Goods Co. Inc.,
Fames Drug Co., Eastern Athletic Association, Inc., Eastern
Chair Company, Eastern Confection Co., Inc., Eastern
Creamery Co., P^astern Feature Film Company, Inc.,
Eastern Hide and By-Products Company, Eastern Importing
and Exporting Co., Inc., Eastern Merchandising Company,
Eastern Mortgage Corporation, Eastern Reed & Cane Co.,
Eastern Road Machinery Company, Eastern Screen and
Shade Company, Eastern Sugar and Products Company,
Eastern Textile Co. Inc., Eastman Clock Manufacturing
Company, Eastman Marble Company, The, Economy Light,
Heat and Power Company, Economy Manufacturing Co.,
Edgar H. Burman and Company Inc., Edgerly Shoe Cor-
poration, Pklmester Rubber Company, Educo Film Com-
pany, Edward Radding Construction Co., Edwards Con-
struction Company, Inc., The, Edwin Adams, Inc., Efficiency
Engineering Company, Inc., Elcar Company of Boston,
Electric Appliance Company, Incorporated, Electric En-
gineering Corporation, Electric Service and Radio Shop,

220 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

ccf/^orations Incorporated, Electrica] Contracts Corporation (1924),
dissolved. Electro-Moulded Products Corporation, Elite Garage, Inc.,

Elm Amusement Company of Fitchburg, Elm Hill Auto
Supply and Garage Company, Inc., Elm Park Motor Co.,
The, Elmstrom Leather Company, Emerson Company,
Emery Pharmacy, Inc., The, Emor Co., The, Empire Knit-
ting Mills, Inc., Empire Pictures Corp., Endicott, Weld &
Company, Inc., Enterprise Shoe & Leather Co., Enter-
tainers' Club Incorporated, The, Epicurean Dairy Company,
Equity Finance Corp., Ervine Underwriters, Inc., Essandell
Tire Co., Essex Amusement Company, Essex County
Manufacturers Warehouse, Inc., Essex Fibre Board Com-
pany, Essex Heel Co., Inc., Essex Loan Co. Inc., Essex Ready
to Wear Shops, Inc., Essex Specialty Paper Company,
Estabrook-Green, Inc., Ethiopian Grocery Company, Eu-
reka Family Laundry Company, Eureka Farm Company,
The, Eustace Shoe Company, Inc., Evans & Pierce Con-
struction Co., Evans Motor Car Company, Everett Electrical
Co., Everett Motor Sales Inc., Everett Motor Trucking Co.,
Everett Realty Company, Inc., Everett Shoe Mfg. Co., Inc.,
Everlast Company, Evertite Products Company, Inc.,
Everton Pharmacy, Inc., Excelsior Drug and Chemical
Company, Excelsior Umbrella Manufacturing Company,
Exchange Foundry Company.

F. A. Putnam Mfg. Co., F, L and R Sj'ndicate, Inc.,
F. S. Williams Manufacturing Co. Inc., F. W. Gardner &
Co. Inc., Fairbury Produce Co. Inc., Fairmont Shoe Com-
pany, Incorporated, Fall River Manufacturing Corporation,
Farlow Company, The, Farmacia Napoli, Inc., Farnsworth,
Hoyt Company, Farnum's Stage Lines, Inc. (4-25-24),
Farrand Manufacturing Co., Farrelly X-Ray Corporation,
Federal Biscuit Co., Federal Chemical Co., Federal Garage
Company, Federal Paint & Varnish Co., Federal Radiator
Company, Federal Sign Co., Federal Telephone Manufac-
turing Corporation, Ferguson Bros. Company, Feri Weiss
Detective Bureau, Inc., Field & Nealy, Inc., Fifth Ward
Market Company, Financial News Incorporated, Financiers'
Associates, Inc., The, Finnish Building and Trading Asso-
ciation, Inc., Fiola Automobile Sales Corporation, First
Swedish Co-operative Store Company of Quinsigamond,
Worcester, Mass., Fish Separator Company, The, Fisher-
man's Purchasing Company, The, Fitch & Fitch Co. Inc.,
Fitchburg Flint Co., Fitchburg Music Shop, Inc., Flax Fiber
Company, Fletcher's Footwear, Inc., Flexner-Taylor Com-
pany, Flexotile Construction Co., Flint Furniture Com-
pany, Florida Enterprise Corporation 9-23-25, Flower
Shop, Inc., The, Footograph Company, The, Forbes-Perkins
Corporation, Foreign & Domestic Acceptance Corporation,
Forest River Drug Co., Foss-Hughes Company, Fracto,
Incorporated, Framingham Reo Company, Francis J.
Sullivan, Inc., Franck Costume Company, Franco-Boston
Navigation Company, Frank Cousins Art Company, Frank
De Cesare Banker Incorporated, Frank E. Wing, Inc.,

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238. 221

Frnnk X. Olicrlr Company, Franklin County Tobacco Certain
Growers Incorporated, Franklin Holyoke Corporation, dtlwived""^
Franklin-Legro Motor Sales Co., Franklin Men's Shop, Inc.,
Franklin Sales &: Service Co., Frankwill Creameries Com-
pany, Fred Rueping Leather Corporation, Freedenberg &
Olgin, Inc., Freeman Brick Cleaning: Machine Company,
Freeman Drug Co., PVeeman Sheet Metal Works, French
Manufacturing Company, French Thread Mills, Fruit Nut
Products Corporation, Fuller and Lavertue Company, In-
corporated, The.

G. & H. Burner Inc., G and S Realty Co., Inc., The, G. F.
Peratta Corporation, G. L. Metcalf Box Company, G. M.
Leghorn Co., G-N-M Chocolate & Machinery Co., Inc.,
G. W. Bailey Company, G. W. Laythe Shoe Company,
Galassi Company, Gale Box Machinery Company, Gallup,
Stockwell Company, Garage Heater Companj^ Gardner Bon
Ton Lunch, Inc., Gardner Garage Company, Gardner Iron
& Metal Company, Gardner Tool & Toy Co., Gardner
Trust Corporation, Garrison, Harris & Co., Inc., Garte-
Antin Turning "Works Co., Gem Stamped-Steel Company,
Gemco Products Company, Gendall Equipment Corporation
of Massachusetts, General Appliance Corporation, General
Auto Specialty Company, General Color & Chemical Works,
General Engineering Corporation, General Investment Cor-
poration, General Publicity Corporation, General Realty
Corporation, General Wholesale Company, Gene's Grill Inc.,
Genuine and Original Thrift Club, Incorporated, of America,
George A. Straub & Company Incorporated, Geo. H. Adams
Co., George H. Blackwell, Inc., George H. Woodman, In-
corporated, George Harvey Bowles, Incorporated, George
L. Ware Corporation, The, Georgia Pulp Company, Gerald
B. Coleman Co., Giant Safety Appliance, Inc., The, Gibson
& Company, Inc., Giles-Tobey Company, Gilson and Lipof,
Inc., Globe Auto Co., The, Globe Auto Service, Inc., Globe
Doll & Specialty Mfg. Co., Gloucester Lumber and Trading
Company, Gloucester Oiled Clothing Co., Golbe Shoe Stores,
Inc., Gold Medal Bottling Company, Inc., Gold Tip Oil
Burner Corporation, Goldsmith-Stockwell Co., Good wear
Shoe Company, Inc., Gordon-Baldwin Company, The,
Gordon's Women's Shop of Maiden, Inc., Gore, Inc., Gor-
man-Brown Engineering Corporation, Gottfried & Co. Inc.,
Gould-Hartwell Company, Inc., Grace Manufacturing Co.,
Grafton Countj^ Dairy Company, Grand Fish Company, Inc.,
Grandchild's Construction Co., Granite State Lumber Co.,
Grattan Associates, Inc., The, Graves Hotel Companj^ Inc.,
The, Great Eastern Chemical Co., Great River Milling Com-
pany, Great Western Mining and Smelting Company, Green
and Hickey Leather Company, Green Bros. Shoe Co.,
Greenberg's Inc., Greenfield Franklin Automobile Co., Inc.,
Greenfield Motor Service and Supply Company, Inc.,
Greenleaf Creamery Co., Green's Drug Stores, Inc., Green-
wich Hotel Incorporated, Greenwood Drug Co., Inc., The,
Greylock Grocery Company, Griffin Mfg. Co., The, Griffin-

222 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

coroorations Rush Company, Grocers Bread Company of Hartford,
dissolved. Grocers Bread Company of Springfield, Grocers Bread Com-

pany of Waterbury, Grodberg, Kulvin Co. Inc., Grotto, Inc.,
The, Grove Hall Creamery & Grocery Co., Guadalupe
Associates, Inc., Guarantee Shoe Co. Inc., Guy A. Merrill
Corporation.

H. A. Bodkins Co., H. A. Thompson Co. Inc., H. B. Aborn
Company, H. C. Freeman Company, H. G. Webb Co., The,
H. J. Stein Co., H. T. Giblin Co., Haigh Converting Co., Inc.,
Hallett-Grant Construction Company, Hampden Appliance
Corporation, Hampden Garage, Inc., Hampden Knitting
Company, Hampshire Electric Appliance Corporation, Han-
cock Company, The, Hancock Perfecting Lineup Machine
Co., The, Har-Bob Coat Companj^ Harold L. Crump Co.,
Harpswell Concrete Supply Co., Harringford Manufacturing
Company, Harrison Engineering Corporation, Harrison
System, Inc., Harry Rubin Loan Asso. Inc., Harry S. Lord
Company, Hart Manufacturing Co., Hartford Brick Com-
pany, Hartley J. McCullough Company, Harvard Chemical
Company, Haug Paper Machinery Co., Haverhill Con-
struction Co., Haverhill Co-operative League Inc., Tfie,
Haverhill Shoe Company, Inc., Haverhill Shoe Lining Com-
pany Inc., Haverhill Wood Heel Co., Hawkes, Geiler & Com-
pany, Inc., Hawthorne Sj'stem, Inc. (1923), Hearwell Radio,
Incorporated, Hellenic Realty Company, Inc., Henry A.
Steeves Inc., Henry C. Hunt Company, Henry D. Murray
Co., Henry E. Pinkham Company, Inc., Henry I. Tobin Inc.,
Henry Rose Company, Herald Thread Works, Inc., Hercules
House Cleaning and Spraying Co. Inc., The, Hercules
Moulding Sand Company, Inc., Hevy Realty Company,
Hibel-Hoffman Co., Highland Contracting Company, High-
land Ice Service, Incorporated, Highland Sand & Gravel
Company, Hinckley Advertising Company, Hinsdale Woolen
Mills, Hipco Manufacturing Company, Hires Bottling
Company, Hoehle & Johnson, Incorporated, Holbrook-
Roakes, Inc., Holden Woolen Coinpany, Holding Company,
The, Holiday's Furniture Co., Hollander & Morrill, Incor-
porated, Holliston Woolen Mills Company, Holtz-O'Connell
Shoe Co., Holyoke Braiding Company, Holyoke Housing
Corporation, Holyoke Truck Company, Home Construction
Company, Inc., Home Fabrics Inc., Home Realty and
Mortgage Company, Inc., Home Stores, Inc., The, Hopkins
& Ellis, Inc., Horrocks Piano Company, Horticulture Pub-
lishing Company, Hotel and Steamship Laundry Co., Hotel
Bridgway Corporation, Hotel Osborne, Incorporated, Hotel
Plaza Company, Houser Bates Company, Howard Coal Co.,
Inc., Howell & Corvin, Inc., Howell Talking Machine Co.
Inc., Hub .Tewelry Manufacturing Corporation, Hub Radio
Products, Incorporated, Hudson Tannery Company, Hull
Cement Compunj^ Inc., Humphry and Reed, Inc., Hunt-
ington Manufacturing Company, Hurlcroft Pharmacy Com-
pany, Hurlev Tire Companv, The, Hyannis Galleries, Inc.,
The.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238. 223

1. Clierney Co. Inc., T. H. Morse Silk Shoppes Inc., I. Sfrp"^atiou8
Mi.selnian Company, Inc., Ice-Poles, Inc., Ideal Advertising dissolved.
Company, The, Idral Amusement Company, Inc., Ideal
Bag & Suit Case Co., Ideal Block Shaping & Trimming Ma-
chine Company, Idt-al Healing & Plumhing Co., Ideal
Markt^t, Inc., The, Ideal Shoe Company, Inc., Ignition Parts
Co., Inc., The, Ihcram, Inc., Imperial Cleaning & Dyeing
Corporation, Imperial Taxi Company, Import Model Co.
Inc., Independent Chain Stores Inc., Independent Real
Estate and Mortgage Corporation, Independent Realty
Corporation, Industrial Display, Inc., Industrial Service and
Engineering Company, Industrial Utility Corporation, In-
stitute of Physio Therapy, Inc., The, Inter-State Hotel
Company, Inter-State Signal Manufacturing Company,
International Engineering and Chemical Corporation, Inter-
national Exchange and Underwriting Company, The,
International Investigator's Service, Inc., International
Manufacturing and Mining Company, International Spurr
Veneer Company, The, International Valet System, Inc.,
Interstate Drug Co., Interstate Motor Transportation Com-
pany, The, Interstate Realty Corporation, Inventors Lab-
oratory Company, Investment Realty Co., Investors' Realty
Company, Iris Film Corporation, Irish Film Company of
America, The, Irving, Rohrbacher Company, Irwin Mot(jr
Car Exchange Inc., Italian Boston Fish Company, Inc.,
Italian Trade and Exchange Corporation, Ives Furniture
Co., Inc.

J. H. Conant Company, J. H. Loudon Woolen Mills, In-
corporated, J. H. Murray Company, J. H. Nangle Machine
Company, J. L. Stern & Co. Inc., J. Lacher Company, In-
corporated, J. Leo McKenna System, Inc., J. Lerner & Com-
pany Incorporated, J. Maro Harriman Drug Company, J.
S. Hartley, Inc., J. T. B. Motor Company, J. Titiev Drug
Co., Inc., J. W. Reardon & Son Inc., Jackson Diving & Con-
struction Co., Jacksons, Inc., Jacob Radding Co., Jaffe's
Dry Goods Company Inc., Jamcap Rim Tool Corporation,
The, James H. Fitzpatrick & Co. Inc., James L. Bryant
Company, James M. Abbott & Co., Incorporated, James
Whitin, Inc., Jameson Boynton Co., The, Jarny Machine
& Tool Co., Jarvis Brush Co. Inc., Java Refining Company,
Jelet Sales Corporation of New England, Jelly-Delaney Shoe
Co., John B. Mahoney, Inc., John E. O'Neil, Inc., John F.
Harrington Clothing Co., John F. O'Hara, Inc., John Farrell
Company, John G. Mitchell, Inc., John J. McGrath Shoe
Company, John Quigley's Theatrical Agency (Inc.), Johnson
& Bryden, Incorporated, Johnston Manufacturing Company
(1917), Jopson Manufacturing Company, Joseph Gerte
Company, Joseph Goldin Company, The.

K-W Glare Shield Co., of Mass. Inc., Kallman-Newcomb
Company, Kan-Go Manufacturing Co., Inc., Kangaroo
Polish Company, Kaplan Realty Corporation, Kaplan's
Bath, Inc., Katz's, Inc., Kearnkrete Products Company,
Kelleher Insurance Agency, Inc., Kelsey Lunch System, Inc.,

2^4 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

Sr/^rations Kenney & Greenwood, Inc., Kent Company, The, Kenwood
dissolved. Shoe Company, Keramite Products Corporation, The,

Kerrigan, Ross Inc., Keystone Sales Corporation, Kimball's
Inc., King Philip IVIotors, Inc., Kingman Mfg. Co., Kingston
Mills, Kittredge Lunch Company, Kleena-Pad Company,
Inc., Klip-Lox Box Fastener Company, Incorporated,
Knickerbocker Realty Company, Inc., Knight and Co., Inc.,
Knight Bros. Inc., Knight-Chase Company, Knowles Free-
man Fish Company, Knox Lumber Company, Koen's
Theatre of Newton, Inc., Koen's Theatre of Somerville, Inc.,
Kolman Fleisher Co., Koskey's Garage, Inc., Kraft, Bates
and Spencer, Incorporated, " Kromene Tanning Company"
of Peabody.

L. A. Clark, Incorporated, L. & C. Manufacturing Co.,
L. B. Wade Co., L C-M C Clothing Mfg. Co., L. E. Mitchell
& Company, Inc., L. G. Shattuck Company, L. H. Parcher
Company, L. H. Spaulding Company, L. J. Foss Company,
Lafayette-Nash Sales Company, Lake Shore Realty Com-
pany, Landor Storage & Warehouse Company, Lappin Shoe
Company, Latham Motor Sales, Inc., Laura Jackson Home-
spuns, Inc., Lauretta Candies (Inc.), Lawrence Belting &
Supply Company, Inc., Lawrence Cereal Company, Inc.,
The, Lawrence Rialto Theatre, Inc., Le Francis Cigar Com-
pany, Le Franco Americain Publishing Company, Le Seur
T. Collins Co., Leather Manufacturers' Shoe Company,
Leatherette Doll Co., Lee Brothers Shoe Co., Lefebvre
Manufacturing Co., Inc., The, Legal Business Corporation,
Leominster Brush Corporation, Leon F. Seserman Com-
pany, Leonard Watch Company, Lester Heilbronner Co.,
Lewis Hotel Company, Lewis Optical Co. Inc., Lewis Se-
curities Corporation, Libby Ice Cream Company, Liberal
Credit Clothing Company, Liberty Drug Company Inc.,
The, Liberty Drug Company of Boston, Liberty Heel Cor-
poration, Liberty Mica Company, Liberty Motors of Bos-
ton Inc., Liberty Pants Manufacturing Company, Liberty
Tree Candy Company, Life Guard Vehicle Corporation,
Liggett's International, Ltd., Inc., Lima-Fisk, Inc., Lime-
stone Brick Company, Lincoln-Blizard Company, The,
Lincoln Hide & Leather Co., Lionne Company, The, Lith-
uanian Home Builders Company, Incorporated, Little
Giant Tool Box Company, Inc., Littleton Unit Brick and
Tile Company, Incorporated, Lockwood-Goss Co., Lom-
bard Company, The, London Steam Turbine Company of
Troy, N. Y., Lorite, Inc., Louis Green Company, Lowell
Mirror & Moulding Corporation, Lowrey Milling Company,
Lubell, The Furrier, Inc., Ludlow Co-Operative Union,
Lund-Bradley Construction Co., Lunn Trading Company,
Luxcraft Studios, inc., The, Lynch Shoe Company, Incor-
porated, Lynn Bowling Company, Inc., Lynn Chocolate
Company, Lynn Ice Company, Lynn Motor Co., Lynn
Paper Stock Co., The, Lynn Shore, Inc., Lynn Wood Heel
Co., Lynn Workers Co-operative Society Inc., The.

Acts, 1920. — Chap. 23S. 22^

M. C. Bouve Conipanv, M. C. Spark Plug Corporation, Certain
M. Crehore Company, M. E. Hall Co., M. E. Trott Com- Sv^ed""
pany, M. Mishel & Co. Inc., M. Pliskin & Co., Inc., M. S.
Gibson & Co. Inc., M. T. Smythe Leather Company,
MacDonakl, Orcutt and MacDonakl, Inc., MacLennan
Auto Company, MacXeil Company Inc., The, Macdale
Warehouse Co., Mack Supply Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
The, Macy Realty Co. Inc., Madigan Last Co., Inc., The,
Magnesite Stucco Company, Inc., Magnetic Drink-Mixer
Company, Main North Garage, Inc., Main Street Garage
Corporation, Maine Lumber Company, Majestic Theatre
Company of Pittsfield, Malcolm Bullivant Co., Maiden
Paper Stock Co., Inc., Maiden Slipper Company, Malone
Hardware Company, Manes Fishing Company, The, Man-
hattan Millinery Corporation of Boston, Mann Corporation,
The, Mann Motors, Inc., Mansfield Amusement Company,
Mansfield-Kilton Company, Mansfield Leather Goods Co.,
Inc., Manuel Gross Co., Inc., Maple Bed Spring & Mattress
Co., Inc., Marathon Sea Grill, Inc., Marcelle Laboratories,
Inc., Marcus &- Rogers, Inc., Margery's Pharmacy Inc.,
Marine Finance Corporation, Maritime Service Corporation,
Martha Sweets Confectionery Co., Martin and Johnson
Inc., Mason Kimball Corp., Mason System, Inc., Masonic
Building Corporation of Northampton, The, Massachusetts
Avenue Garage, Inc., Massachusetts Ave. Loan Co., Massa-
chusetts Credit Service, Inc., Mass. Electric Laboratories
Co., Massachusetts Ice Company, Massachusetts Institute
of Insurance, Inc., Massachusetts Investment Corporation,
Massachusetts Malt Products Company, Massachusetts
Painting and Decorating Co. Inc., Massachusetts Retail
Grocers and Provision Dealers Food Fair Association Inc.,
Massachusetts Spring Water Company, Inc., Master Music
Company of New England, The, Master Sales Co. Inc.,
Matson Lace and Braid Co., Matson Lace Tipping Machine
Co., Maverick Shoe Company, Maxam Radio Company,
The, Mayflower Manufacturing Co., Mayflower Textile
Corporation, Maynard Mfg. Co., Mayo Automobile Safety
Device Company, The, Maywood Garage Service Company,
McClellan Box Toe Inc., McCormack and Erpenbeck Inc.,
McCormick Company, Inc., McKay Publishing Company,
McKean Turbine Company, McKee Stores Company,
McKinnon Vacuum Trolley Harp Company, McLaughlin
& Martin Inc., McManus, Douglass & Mullane, Inc.,
Mechanical Development Company, Mechanical Rubber
Manufacturing Co., Medford Motor Sales Inc., Meigs &
Co. Incorporated, Melrose Associates, Inc., Melville Ice
Company, Mendelsohn Jewelry Co., Inc., Mendlik Co.,
Inc., Merchants Delivery Co., Merchants Legal Stamp Com-
pany, Merchants Trading Stamp Company, Merrill and
Rideout, Inc., Merrill Manufacturing Company, Merrimack
Agricultural Associates, Inc., Metals Exploration and
Finance Company, Metals Refining and Production Com-

226 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

Certain pany, Metropolitan Ice Company (1912), Metz Sales

dtssoiv^ed^"^ Corporation, Miano and Diliherto, Inc., Middlebury Marble
Company, Middlesex Brick & Tile Co., Middlesex Finance
Company, Middlesex Motor Service Inc., Middlesex Supply
Company, Mills & Co., Inc., Minsk and Rankin Inc.,
Mirolite Products Co., Mitchell-WisAvell Heel Company,
Modern Dye House, Incorporated, The, Modern Furniture
Company, Modern Leather Goods Co., The, Modern Wet
Wash Laundry, Inc., The, Mohawk Shoe Company, The,
Mohawk Spa System Inc., Monahan-Kneeland, Inc.,
Monarch Cigar Company, Monarch Coat Co., Inc., Mon-
golian Trading Corporation of Massachusetts, Montello
Co-operative Association, Montello Grocery Company,
Montello Rubber Co., Monument Square Market, Inc.,
Morantine Products Co., Inc., Morrill-Mascott Co., Morrison
Shoe Company, Inc., Morrison's Women's Shop, Inc.,
Mortgage Indemnity Corporation, Morwood Lake Ice
Company, Motor Coach Limited, Inc., Motor Economizer,
Inc., Motor Sales Service Co. Inc., Motor Traffic Corpo-
ration, The, Motor Truck and Steamship Service Company,
Mt. Pleasant Contracting Company, MU-RO-Company,
The, Murphy Tire & Rubber Company, Murray's Garage,
Inc., Mutual Motor Sales Company, Mutual Realty Com-
pany, The.

N. A, Davis & Son, Inc., Najarian Incorporated, Napier
Saw Works, Inc., Nathan and White Shoe Company,
Nathan Carman Inc., Natick Shoe Company, National
Box & Lumber Company, National Candy Stores, Inc.,
National Clothing Corporation, National Electric Cor-
poration, National Extract and Chemical Company, National
Motor Club, Inc., National Packing & Preserving Co.,
National Paint Works, Inc., National Principal Protection
Corporation, National Producing Co., National Sign Co.,
National Simbroco Corporation, National Tire & Rubber
Company, National Tool & Machine Corporation, National
Twine Yarn & Cordage Company, National Window Clean-
ing Co., Nemrow System Tobacco Co. Inc., Neu Scientific
Products Co., New Bedford Foundry and Machine Com-
pany, New Bedford Hotel Co., New Bedford Tile Products
Co., New England Agency Company, Inc., New England
Auto Distributing Company, New England Biscuit Com-
pany, New England Bowling Supplies Company, New
England Bus Lines Inc., New England-California Corpo-
ration, The, New England Cold Storage Company, New
England Distributing Corporation, New England Drug
Company, New England Engine and Boat Association,
Incorporated, New England Fuel and Supply Company,
New England Home Construction Company, Incorporated,
The, New England Lace and Braid Company, New England
Mahogany Corporation, New England Mercer Company,
New England Moon Co., Inc., New England Motor Truck-
ing Company, New England Playing Card Co., Inc., New
England Propeller Company, Inc., New England Radio

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238. 227

Manufacturing Company, New England Signal Reflector Certain
Company, New England Smoked Fish Company, New a'Ad*!""
England Steel Castings Company, New England Veneer &
Panel Co., New England Wool Stock Company, New Eng-
land Woolen Company, New Idol Manufacturing Co., The,
New North End Pul)lic Market, Incorporated, The, New
Ocean House Annex Incorporated, New-Wood Manu-
facturing Corporation, Newhur^^ Realty Company, New-
bury Street Pharmacy, Inc., Newman Welding Company,
Newton Oil Co., Nielsen Glove Company, North Adams
Manufacturing Company, North American Products Cor-
poration, North American Shoe Company, North Chelmsford
Machine and Supply Company, North Shore Appliance Co.,
North Shore Machine Co., North Shore Shoe Trimming
Co. Inc., North Star Chemical Works, Incorporated, North-
ern Fruit Company, Norton Leather Company, Norwood
Construction Company, Inc., Norwood Foundry Company,
Norwood Furniture Company, Noshake Grate and Heating
Company, The, Noyes Paper Company, The, Noyes Paper
Co., Inc., The.

O. A. Kelley Company, Oak Grove Garage Inc., O'Brien
Bros. Co., O'Brien Lathing and Plastering Company,
O'Connell Pianos, Inc., Oestrum Confectionery Company,
Inc., Oil Heating Equipment Company, Oil-0-Matic Fuel
Burner Company, Oil Wells Renewal Company, O'Keeffe
& Lynch, Inc., Old Colony Chemical Company, Inc., Old
Colony Finance Company, Old Colony Machine Company,
The, Old Colony Tool Company, Old South Diamond &
Optical Company, Inc., Oliver Oil Gas Burner Company
of New Bedford, Incorporated, Olmstead-Quaboag Corset
Company, Olney Woolen Mills, Olsen Coal Company, Inc.,
Olympia Shoe Company, Inc., Onset Drug Co., Orient
Heights Company Incorporated, Orlim Mfg. Co., Orloff &
Goldberg, Inc., O'Rourke Perfect Arch Support Inc., The,
Osborne Office Furniture Company, Outlet Store of Win-
chester Inc., Overall Dry Cleaning Company, Owen Com-
pany, The, Owen Manufacturing Company, Inc., Owl
Supply Company.

P. R. Glass Company, Packard Cars Renting Company,
Pageant of Lexington, Incorporated, Pageant of Lexington
Incorporated, Palmer Construction Company, Panartos
Candy Company, Inc., Paramount Realty Company, Parent
Machine & Screw Co. Inc., The, Park Avenue & 54th
Street Corporation, Park Mailing Company, Inc., Park
Theatre Company of Boston, Parker & Parker, Inc., Parker
Braid Company, Parker, Weatherill & Patch, Inc., Parsons
Brothers Incorporated, Parsons Machinery Company, Part-
ridge Furniture Company, Patents Holding Company,
Patriot Publishing Company, Patterson Auto Company,
Payne Office Equipment Co., Peerless Baking Equipment
Company, Peerless Cake Company, Inc., Peerless Fire-
works Company, Peerless Pompon Company, Incorporated,
Pelton-O'Heir Company, Penny Sales Corporation, Peo-

228 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

Certain ples Drug Store Inc., People's Motion Picture Finance

STved°°' Corporation, Peoples Outlet, Inc., Perfex Manufacturing
Company, The, Perkins & Rollins Co., Perkins Music Com-
pany, Inc., Perron Improvement & Building Co., Perry-
Elliott-Tigner Company, Perry Yarn Mills, Pete the Tailor,
Inc., Peterborough Realty Holding Co., The, Petroleum
Distributing Company, Pharmaceutical Supply Company,
Phelps & Bradley Company, Phenix Rubber Stamp Com-
pany, Philip Katz Corporation, Phillips-Mercer Company,
Phipps, Ball, Burnham Co., Physicians and Surgeons Ex-
change, Inc., Piercy Heel-Shape Rand Company, Pierson
Shoe Company, The, Pilgrim Machine Company, Pilgrim
Talking INIachine Company, Pinckney Brothers Produce
Company, Pioneer Athletic Club, Inc., Pistorino & Yunes,
Bankers, Inc., Pittsfield Aero Company, Pittsfield Auto
Garage Company, Pledger Acceleratoi- Company, Plenum
Economic, Inc., Plymouth Company, Inc., The, Plymouth
County Realty Company, Plymouth Creamery System, Inc.,
Plymouth Rand Company, Inc., Plymouth Self Driving
Auto Service, Inc., Pneumatic Cushion Inner Tube Com-
pany, Point Breeze Company, Polan Corporation, Polep
Tobacco Co., Polish American Co-operative Profit Asso-
ciation, Inc., Polish-American Textile Association Inc.,
Polish Co-operative Association of Easthampton, Popular
Film Co., Popular Shoe Store, Inc., Porter, Sveden Shoe
Co, Inc., Portsmouth Auto Body Company, Portuguese-
American Grocery And Provision Company Co-operative,
of New Bedford Massachusetts, The, Portuguese Com-
mercial Corporation, Portuguese Enterprise of Sports,
Inc., Potter and Watkins, Inc., Powdrell Importing Com-
pany, Inc., Price & Shepherd, Inc., Priscilla Cleansing Co.,
Profit-Sharing Coal, Wood and Supply Company, The,
Progress Wholesale Grocery Co., Provincetown Amusement
Company, Provincetown Inn, Inc., Public Market, Inc.,
Purdy Tow & Water Boat Company, Puritan Construction
Company, Puritan Dye and Chemical Company, Puritan
Fish Freezing Co., Puritan Fruit Company, Puritan Gela-
tine Company, Puritan Witch Hazel Company, Purity
Brand Distributing Company.

Quarrey Floral Company, Quincy Adams Granite Com-
pany, Quincy Amusement Company, Quinebaug Valley Shoe
Company of Southbridge, Mass., Inc., The, Quotation Com-
pany, The.

R. A. Daly & Company Incorporated, R & V Motors of
New England, R. D. Marson Attraction Company, R. L.
Merrill Company, Incorporated, R. W. Smith, Inc., Raderoid
Manufacturing Co., Radio & Novelty Mfg. Co., Radio-Lite,
Inc., Ralph Tilton Company, Ramsdell Specialty Company,
Inc., Rand Bakeries, Inc., Randall-Dodge Co., Inc., Raylite
Paint Co., Raymond, Swig, Malloy Company, Read-Shaw
Agency Inc., Reading Garage Inc., Reading Shoe Company,
Ready-To-Wear Co., The, Realty Cori)oration, The, Red
Rock^ Incorporated, Reed Manufacturing Company, The,

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238. 229

Reed Motor Car Company, Regan & Co. Inc., Reid Brothers Certain
Company, Rcither & Foster, Inc., Reliable Baking Com- Sh^Jd""'
pany. Incorporated, Reliable Products Company, The,
Reliance Furniture Company, Rely-On Laundry, Inc.,
Remington Radio Corporation, Removable Ring Watch
Corporation, ]{endle-Kenney Dredging and Contracting
Company, Rendle-Stoddard Company, Resilient Mat Co.,
The, Restaurant Securities Co., Revere Development As-
sociation Inc., The, I^evere Drop Forge Company, Revere
Public Market, Inc., Reynolds, Drake and Gabell Company,
Rhines Motor Sales, Inc., Rice, Stowell & Campbell, In-
corporated, Richard Preston Company, Inc., Richard
Webster, Inc., Richards & Co. Incorporated, Richards
Holding Company, Richmond Drug Company, Richmond
Products Co. Inc., Rindgehurst Farm Inc., Ring & Vernet,
Inc., Robbins Electric Company, Robert Jenkins Corpora-
tion, Roberts, Holmes Company, Robinson Advertising
Service, Inc., Robinson Transfer Co., Rockland Lunch, Inc.,
Rodger Narrow Fabric Mills, Roger H. Smith, Inc., Roger
Sherman Company, Rollins Shoe Company, Roma Bakery
Inc., Romany Mills, Incorporated, Romer Motor Sales
Corporation, Rose Manufacturing Co. Inc., Rose-Monde
Shops Inc., The, Rose Trading Company, Inc., Roslinoid
Manufacturing Company, Rousseau Baking Corporation,
Rowell, Dodge & Co. Inc., Royal Company, Incorporated,
Royal Supply Company, Ruggles, Incorporated, Rulatex
Corporation of New England.

S. A. G. Wholesale Fruit Company, S. A. Smith Manu-
facturing Company, S & K Manufacturing Company, S.
and N. Trucking Company, Inc., S. & S. AVoolen Company,
S. F. and M. Co., Inc., S. Rabinowitz, Inc., Sachem Manu-
facturing Company, Inc., Saeger Cut Sole Company, Safety
Steering Gear Company, Saginuey Trading Company, St.
Claire Motor Company, St. Ritz, Inc., Salem Fibre Products
Company, Sales Expansion Company, Sally Lunn Food
Shops, Inc., Samuel H. Stone Company (Inc.), Samuel S.
Gardner, Inc., San Jose Mining Company, Sandberg-Shep-
pard Company, Sanitary Bandage Devices Corporation,
Savage Poultry & Pigeon Supply Company, Inc., The,
Saving Spring Company, The, Sayles and Jenks Manufac-
turing Company, Scandia Trading Company, Inc., Scenic
Art & Portrait Company, Inc., The, Schmelzer and Arthur
Manufacturing Company, Sea Products Company, The,
Seaboard Flour Inc., Seaboard Mercantile Corporation,
Sears-Milk St. Garage, Inc., Sears Patent Cloth Company,
Inc., Securities Syndicate Corporation, Security Sales Cor-
poration, Seelye, Wood and Company, Inc., Seibert- Young,
Inc., Selden Truck Service Company, Seneca Realty Cor-
poration, Sethford Manufacturing Corporation, Seymour
Avenue Garage, Inc., Shapiro Shoe Co., Sharp Rotary
Ash Receiver Corporation, Shaw Fish Company, The,
Shawmut Construction Co., Inc., Shawmut Drug and
Chemical Co., Shawmut Paper Box Company, Shawmut

230 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

S-porationa Pictures, Incorporated, Shawsheen Supply Company, Sheafe
dissolved. Dancing Schools, Inc., Sheaff-Deuschle-Mills, Inc., Sher-

burne Looms Company, Sherwood Paper Company, Shikes
& Long, Inc., Silent Guide Corp. of America, Silvertown
Cycle ]\Ianufacturing Company, The, Simbroco Stone Com-
pany (1919), Simmons & Langlois Company, Simplex
Pneumatic Tire Company, Simpson, Husband & Co. Inc.,
Simpson Leather Company, Sippican Construction Com-
pany, Slade Manufacturing Company, Smith, Fitzmaurice
Co., Inc., Smith-Freid-Ogden Co., Smith Process Co., The,
Snappy Confections Company, Snow & Co., Inc., Snow
Cloud Ammonia Company, Soilproof Fabric Coat Company,
Soldier Boy Candy Company, Sole White Leather Com-
pany, South End Russian & Turkish Baths, Inc., South
Manchester Amusement Company, South Shore Laundry,
Inc., Southampton Street Storage Company, Sparrow &
Merckens Incorporated, Spaulding's Cafe Incorporated,
Specialty Paper Manufacturing Company, Spencer Turbine
Cleaner Company of Massachusetts, Sphinx Shoe Company,
Spicket Company, Springdale Market Inc., Springer's Hair
Growing Preparation (Incorporated), Springfield Anderson
Motor Sales Co., Springfield Bird & Pet Store, Inc., Spring-
field Coach Works, Springfield Malleable Iron Companj^,
Springfield Mica Products Co., Springfield Paper Specialties
Company, Springfield Peerless Co., Springfield Wills Sainte
Claire Company, Stackhouse & Thoren, Inc., Stable Flex-
Hub Wheel Company, Stanchfield Hardware Corporation,
Standal Manufacturing Company, The, Standard Analysis
Bureau, Incorporated, Standard Cheese & Specialties Co.,
Standard Dyewood & Extract Company, Standard Enamel-
ing Co., Standard Export Company, Inc., Standard Fish
Company, Standard Leather and Findings Company, Inc.,
Standard Mirror Signal Company Inc., Standard Realty
Company, Standard Service Pipe Cleaning Company,
Standard Shoe Making Co., Standard Steel Motor Car Com-
pany, Stanford Hotels Company, Stanley-Griffin Company,
Star Bag Co. Inc., The, Star Lunch and Restaurant Com-
pany, Star Lunch Inc., Star Oilless Bearing Co., Star Products
Company, Starbestos Textile Company, State Bankers Cor-
. poration. State Lunch, Inc., State Publishing Company,
State Specialty Co., State Street Realty Corporation, Steel
Equipment Co. of New England, Steel's Department Stores,
Inc., Stein-Roth Clothing Company of Boston, Sterling Brass
Products Company, Sterling Chemical Company, Sterling
Service Corporation, Stier's Corporation of New England,
The, Stockholders Protective Association Inc., Stockholders'
Service Corporation, Stoncham Manufacturing Company,
Stone's Pharmacy, Inc., Stop Spot Banding Company, Strand
Theatre Company of Lawrence, Mass., The, Strandway
Realty Co., Strathcona Hall Company, Stubenrauch's Inc.,
Suburban Construction Company, Suffolk Chocolate Com-
pany, Suffolk Cotton Company, Suffolk Export Company,
The, Suffolk Leather Company, Inc., Sugden Automati*

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 238. 231

Autoiiuihilt' Coinpaiiy, The, Sullivan Pliarinacy Co. Inc., Cwtain
SinnuKT Street CJarage Inc., Sun Heater Company, Sunbeam dissolved'*"*
Distributing Co., Sunburst Pictures Corporation, Sunset
Confectionery Company, Inc., Sunset Roofing Co., Inc.,
Supercide Company, The, Superior Braid Works, Superior
Paint & Varnish Co., Superior Shoe Company, Swallow &
Fales Company, Swartz's Bakery, Inc., Sweeney & Thomp-
son Inc., Sweeper Vac Appliance Co., Swift, McNutt & Fair-
child, Inc., Symes Company, Inc., The, Symphony Talking
Machine Shop, Inc., Synthoid Company, Inc., The.

T and C Products Company, The, T. E. Lee Pharmacy,
Inc., T. H. Gray & Company, Incorporated, Talmud
Literature Society, Inc., The, Tate, Fisher & Rice Co.,
Taunton Electric Company, Taunton Palace Theatre
Corporation, Taunton Tool Company, The, Tavern Com-
pany, The, Taylor-Rolyat Corporation, Temple Associates,
Inc., Tenants Home Corporation, Terminal Drug Store,
Inc., Terminal Lunch System Inc., Textile Chemical En-
gineers, Inc., The, Textile City Theatres, Inc., Textile Realty
Corporation, Thewlis & Co., Inc., Thomas A. Elston Com-
pany, Thomas E. Reed Company, Thomas J. Kenny, Inc.,
Thomas Warren & Company, Inc., Thompson Real Estate
Company, Thorn & Company, Incorporated, Three Fields
Pharmacy, Inc., Timson Bros. Inc., Tire Service Company,
Topsail Company, Inc., Torsion Nut-Lock and Washer Com-
pany, The, Totem Die Company, Tower Intensifier Co.,
Trade Shoe Company, Tremont Auto Supply Company,
Inc., Tremont Plan Inc., The, Triad Tower Company,
Inc., Trimount Optical Company, Trinity Products, Inc.,
Triumph Bed Company, Triumph Motor Sales Company of
Massachusetts, The, Tropic Fruit Company, Inc., The,
Tropical Lumber Co. Inc., Trotter Shoe Co., Trubilt Shoe
Co., Inc., Tucker Waterproofing & Insulating Co., Turin
Motors, Incorporated, Turner-Blodgett Company, Turner
Publishing Company, Inc., The, Twentieth Century Chem-
ical Company, The, Tyrrell Motors, Inc., Tyson, Locke &
Kakas, Inc.

U-Drive Auto Company, U. S. Laboratories, Inc., U. S.
Motor Transportation Co., U. S. National Munson Army
Shoe Company, U. S. Paper Plouse Co., U. S. Paper
House, Inc., U. S. Peat Products Corporation, Ultramar
Manufacturing and Trading Co., Union Amusement Com-
pany, Union Avenue Hospital, Incorporated, Union Chemical
Company, Union Finance & Realty Co. Inc., Union Metal
Products Company, Union Oil Company, Inc., Union
Plumbing, Heating & Ventilating Co., Union Rubber &
Metal Co., Unique Feature Service, Inc., Unique Petticoat
Company, Unit Steam Drive Corporation, United Auto
Parts Co., United Commercial Mailing Corporation, United
Co-operative Society, United Eagle Shoe Co., United Flour
Company, United Grocers Wholesale Company of Cam-
bridge, United Grocers Wholesale Company of New England,
United Hosiery Company, United Irishman Publishing

232 Acts, 192G. — Chap. 238.

cOTporations Company, United Leather & Rubber Corporation, United
dissolved. Packing Company, United Real Estate Company, United

States Film Corporation, United States Grocery Company,
United States Refractories Company, Inc., United States
Security Corporation, United States Service, Inc., United
States Steel Wool Company, The, United Tailors Associa-
tion, Inc., United Typewriter P^xchange Co., Universal Box
Toe Co. Inc., Universal Cotton Waste Co., Universal Garage
Corporation, Universal Importing Co. Inc., Universal Kitchen
Machine, Inc., Universal Oil Corporation, Universal Psy-
chology Institute, Inc., University Crushed Fruit Inc.,
University Dress and Rompers Company, Up-To-Date
Waist Co. Inc., Upham's Corner Plumbing Co., Uphams
Corner Spa, Inc.

V. H. Fowler Company, Velso Selling Corporation,
Vend-Ads Company, Vendome News Company, Venezuela
Oil Corporation, Verdugo Realty Company, Vermont
Products Exchange Inc., Victor Radio Corporation, Victor
Shoe, Inc., Victory Cloak & Suit Manufacturing Company,
Victory Conveyor Corporation, Vogue Clothing Company,
Inc., The, Voice Publishing Company, Volin Merchandise
Co., Vytautas Building and Construction Company.

W. C. Welsh, Incorporated, W. D. Kendall Company,
W. E. Davis Companv, W. F. Kearns Company, W. F.
Loud & Sons Co., W. F. Whitmarsh, Inc., W. G.' & H. C.
Russell Co., W. H. Bradley Productions Inc., W. H. C.
Aircraft Co., The, W. H. Connor and Son Company, W. H.
Holbrook Company, W. H. Simpson Company, W. H.
True Co. Inc., W. J. Barry Shoe Company, W. J. Freeman,
Inc., W. J. Sullivan Co., The, W. L. Prowse, Inc., W. N.
Wright Company, Inc., W. W. Ballard, Inc., Waban Garage,
Inc., Waban Rose Conservatories, Wachusett Shoe Co.,
Waite-Wild Asbestos Company, Waitt & Bond, Inc., Wake-
field Slipper Company, Walter A. Parrish Audit Company,
Incorporated, Walter B. Fogg Corporation, Walter E.
Sargent Shoe Company, Walter Rapp Company, Walter
Reid Company, Waltham Auto Electric Co., Inc., Waltham
Housing Corporation, Waltham Laundry Company, Wal-
tham Motor Manufacturers, Inc., Waltham Spaghetti
Manufacturing Co., Ware Transportation Company, War-
field Shoe Company, Inc., Warren Tanning Company, The,
Washburn-Skilton Company, Washington Apron Manu-
facturing Co., Inc., Washington Heights Building Corpo-
ration, W^ashington-Idaho Water, Light & Power Company,
Waterbury Last Block Company, Wateree Mills, Water-
proof Cushion Sole Co., Inc., Wayside Fruit & Produce
Co., Weatherill Drug Co., Webber Company, The, Webber
Shoe Company, Webster Spinning Company, Weco Manu-
facturing Company, Weeks & Scott Inc., Weeweeantic
Barrel Company, Incorporated, Wehar System, Inc., Weinz
Trimming Company, The, Weiss Shoe Store Inc., Wellesley
Textile Company, Wenham Lake Ice Corporation, West
Stockbridge Box Company, Western Crockery Co., The,

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238. 233

Wev^^tern Reed Company, Inc., Wcstficld Afjricultural and co^porationB
Athletic Company, Westficld Cooperative Store, Inc., West- dissolved.
land Hand Laundry Co. Inc., Westmills Inc., Wheeler &
Hudson, Incorporated, Wheeler Refrigerator Company,
Whistle Bottling Company, Whitcomb-Blaisdell Machine
Tool Company, White Kagle Cooperative Association of
Cambridge, White* Fashion Shop, Inc., The, White Marhle
and Terrazzo Com[)any, The, White Star Shoe Dressing Co.
Inc., Whitney-Kelley Farm Co., Whitney Lumber Company,
The, Whitney's Specialty Shop, Inc., Wholesale Distribution
Stores, Incorporated, Wilcox Company, The, Wilgus-Good
Company, Willard-Savage Engineering Company, William
A. Duhaime & Co., Inc., Wm. B. Scaife & Sons Company,
William H. Burns Company, Wm. H. Hodgkin Inc., Wm. J.
Champion & Co., Incorjiorated, William J. Ellis, Inc.,
William J. Haire Company (1911), William S. Thompson &
Co., Inc., William W. Edelstone Fabric Co., W'ills-Sainte
Claire Company of Essex County, Winchester Brick Corpora-
tion, Winnisimmet Company, Winter Hill Amusement Com-
pany, Wire Hardware Company, The, Wiscasset Feldspar
Corporation, Witham Brothers Incorporated, Wollaston
Foundry Company, Wolverine Motor Company, Inc.,
Wonder Garter Company, Woodenware Manufacturing Co.,
Woods-Sherwood Company, The, Woodward and Cochey,
Incorporated, Woodward Company, The, Woodward Wrench
Company, Worcester & Paxton Motor Company, Worcester
Automatic Sprinkler Company, Worcester Cabinet Com-
pany, Worcester Last Company, Worcester Lithographing
Companj", Worcester Store Inc., The, Worcester Telegram
Publishing Co., World Famous Shows, Inc., Wren Textile
Supply, Inc., Wuntslip or Lose Manufacturing Co.

Yarnall Tanning Company, Yates Sales Corporation, Ye
Fabric Shoppe, Inc., Ye Fabrick Shoppe of M. B. Gay, Inc.,
York Beach Hotel, Inc., Young and Company Incorporated,
Young Men's Shop, Inc., The.

Z. B. Davis Corporation.

Charitable and Other Corporations.

Acushnet Social Club. Certain

Berkshire Music Colony, Incorporated. charitable

Corps 35, Volunteer Life Saving Service. corporations

Dorchester Relief Society. dissolved.

East End Social Club, Elks Building Association of
Maiden.

Fairhaven Country Club.

Federated Massachusetts Beekeepers' Association, Incor-
porated, The, Franklin County Young Men's Christian
Association, Inc., The, Free Home for Consumptives, in the
City of Boston, The.

Groton Charitable Recreation Committee Inc.

Holy Child Day Nursery, The.

Leominster Athletic Association, The, Little Building

234

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 238.

Certain
charitable
and other
corporations
dissolved.

Benefit Association, Lowell Community Service (Incor-
porated).

Massachusetts State Employees' Benefit Association, The,
Medford Scholarship of Harvard University, Incorporated,
The Trustees of the.

New England Swedish Baptist Sunday School Union and
Bethel Beach Summer Assembly.

Phil Sheridan Camp Association, Polish National Alliance
Immigration Aid Society, Pulse Club Inc., The.

St. Mark's Community House Inc., wSeraphic Institute
Inc. of Boston, Mass., Stamp Savings Society of Boston,
Syrian National Society, The.

United Brotherhood of Maiden, Inc.

"Waltham Canoe Club, West Roxbury Congregational
Society, Winthrop Community Hospital, Woodside Athletic
Association, Inc.

Certain public
service
corporations
dissolved.

Pending
suits not
affected, etc.

Proceedings in
suits upon
choses in action,
how brought,
etc.

No relief from
obligation to
file tax return,
etc.

Effective date.

Public Service Corporations.

INIansfield Board of Trade, The.
Onset Water Company.

vSection 2. Nothing in this act shall *be construed to
affect any suit now pending by or against any corporation
mentioned herein, or any suit now pending or hereafter
brought for any liability now existing against the stock-
holders or officers of any such corporation, or to revive
any charter previously annulled or any corporation pre-
viously dissolved, or to make valid any defective organi-
zation of any of the supposed corporations mentioned
herein.

Section .3. Suits upon choses in action arising out of
contracts sold or assigned by any corporation dissolved
by this act may be brought or prosecuted in the name of
the purchaser or assignee. The fact of sale or assignment
and of purchase by the plaintiff shall be set forth in the
writ or other process; and the defendant may avail him-
self of any matter of defence of which he might have availed
himself in a suit upon the claim by the corporation, had it
not been dissolved by this act.

Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
relieve the last person who was the treasurer or assistant
treasurer, or, in their absence or incapacity, who was any
other principal officer, of each of the corporations named in
this act, from the obligation to make a tax return as of
April first following the date of dissolution and swear to
the same as required by section thirty-five of chapter sixty-
three of the General Laws. The tax liability of each of
the corporations named in this act shall be determined in
accordance with the existing laws of this commonwealth.

Section 5. This act shall take effect as of March
thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 14, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 239, 240. 235

An A( T RELATIVK TO THE ISSUE OF CAPITAL STOCK A(;AINST CJiaj) 239
SURPLUS BY TRUST COMPANIES.

Be it tuudcd, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the General Laws «• L- i72, § is,
is hereby amended by striking out section eighteen and
inserting in phice thereof the following: — Section 18. The Capital stock
capital stock of such corporation shall be not less than two hun- companies,
dred thousand dollars, except that in a city or town whose 'ii"ou"t, etc
population numbers not more than one hundred thousand
the capital stock may be not less than one hundred thou-
sand dollars, divided into shares of the par value of one
hundred dollars each; and except also that in towns whose
population is not more than ten thousand the capital stock
may be not less than fifty thousand dollars divided into
shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each; and no Payment, etc.,
business shall be transacted by the corporation until the transacting
whole amount of its capital stock is subscribed for and act- business.
ually paid in. Any such corporation may, subject to the increase.
approval of the commissioner, increase its capital stock in the
manner provided by sections forty-one and forty-four of
chapter one hundred and fifty-six. No stock shall be issued ^^*"® regulated.
by any such corporation under this section until the par value
thereof shall be fully paid in in cash or is in its possession
as surplus; provided, that no stock shall be issued against Proviso.
surplus unless the surplus remaining after such issue shall
amount to at least fifty per cent of the total capital stock
of such corporation after such increase. Any such corpora- Decrease.
tion may, subject to the approval of the commissioner, de-
crease its capital stock in the manner provided by said section
forty-one and- the first sentence of section forty-five of said
chapter; provided, that the capital stock as so reduced shall ^'^^v'^"-
not be less than the amount required by this section.

Approved April I4, 1926.

An Act to provide for removing or placing under- (^Jkijj 240
ground certain wires and electrical appliances in - ' "^

the CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In the month of January in the year nineteen Removal or
hundred and twenty-seven, and in said month in each year Snderground
thereafter, to and including the year nineteen hundred and ^^^^^''^^^5
thirty-one, the fire commissioner of the city of Boston shall electrical
prescribe and give public notice thereof in at least two daily cSy Jff'fioston.
newspapers in said city, by advertisement therein, twice a
week for two weeks in succession, of not more than four miles
of streets in any one year, from which poles shall be removed
and the wires buried underground, except such poles and wires
as are excepted in chapter three hundred and sixty-four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven.

236

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 241.

Certain
powers and
duties of
tire comniis-
eioner of city
of Boston.

Section 2. The powers conferred and the duties imposed
upon the officer mentioned in said chapter tliree hundred and
sixty-four, and other acts mentioned in said chapter, are
hereby extended and said powers shall be exercised and said
duties performed by said fire commissioner in each of the
years nineteen hundred and twenty-seven to nineteen hun-
dred and thirty-one, inclusive. Approved April 14, 192G.

Chav.24:l An Act relative to the approval and payment of ac-
counts AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH ON ACCOUNT OF
STATE PAUPERS AND OTHER POOR PERSONS, MOTHERS WITH
DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND PERSONS INFECTED WITH DIS-
EASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new section: — Section 4--^. All ac-
counts against the commonwealth for allowances to coun-
ties, cities and towns on account of moneys paid for which
they are entitled to reimbursement by the commonwealth
under the provisions of section five of chapter one hundred
and two, section one hundred and sixteen of chapter one
hundred and eleven, sections seventeen and eighteen of
chapter one hundred and seventeen, section six of chapter
one hundred and eighteen and sections twelve, fifteen and
eighteen of chapter one hundred and twenty-two shall be
rendered to the department on or before the first day of
October annually, and shall be for the twelve months end-
ing on the thirtieth day of June preceding, and, if rendered as
aforesaid, approved by the department and certified by the
comptroller but not otherwise, shall be paid by the com-
monwealth; provided, however, that such accounts may be
allowed and paid for any period subsequent to said thirtieth
day of June upon approval by the department and certifica-
tion by the comptroller. Failure to comply with the rules
and regulations of the department shall be ground for
disapproval of any account.

Section 2. Section five of chapter one hundred and two
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
the word " commonwealth", in the seventh line, the words: —
, subject otherwise to the provisions of section forty-
two of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 6. Overseers of the poor of towns
may provide transportation to destitute shipwrecked sea-
men from one place to another within the commonwealth,
and such other assistance while they are awaiting trans-
portation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person, as the
said overseers deem necessary, A detailed statement of
expenses so incurred shall be rendered to the department
of public welfare, and, after approval by it, such expenses
shall be paid by the commonwealth, subject otherwise to
the provisions of section forty-two of chapter one hundred

G. L. 121, new
section at end
thereof.
Approval and
payment of
accounts
against com-
monwealth on
account of
state paupers
and other poor
persona,
mothers with
dependent
children and
persons
infected with
diseases
dangerous to
public liealth.

Proviso.

Disapproval of
accounts.

G. L. 102, § 5,
amended.

Relief and
transportation
of shipwrecked
seamen by
overseers of the
poor.

Expenses,
payment by
commonwealth
etc.

Acts, 1026. — Chap. 241. 237

and twenty-one, from tlie appropriation for the temporary
support of state paupers, without reference to tlie legal
settlement of such seamen.

Section 3. Section one hundred and sixteen of chapter a. l. in, § lie,
one hundred and eleven of the General Laws is hereby *'"*'* " "
amended by ackiing at the end thereof the following new
sentence: — Reimbursement by the commonwealth under
the provisions hereof shall be subject to the provisions of
section forty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 116. Reasonable ex- Expenses
penses incurred by boards of health or by the commonwealth boaldrof"^^
in making the provision required by law^ for persons infected I'eaithorby

. , ,, '^ , ,. ^ . ^ \ I !• 1 I 1 commoiiweulth

With smallpox or other disease dangerous to the public health on account ot

shall be paid by such person or his parents, if he or they be wltrSfseasls*^'^

able to pay, otherwise by the town where he has a legal d^ingerousto

settlement, upon the approval of the bill by the board of payment, etc!

health of such town or by the department of public welfare.

Such settlement shall be determined by the overseers of the

poor, and by the department of public welfare in cases cared

for by the commonwealth. If the person has no settlement. Payment by

such expense shall be paid by the commonwealth, upon the f^lferson hTs

approval of bills therefor by the department of public wel- no settlement.

fare. In all cases of persons having settlements, a written Procedure in

notice, sent within the time required in the case of aid given pttlons having

to paupers, shall be sent by the board of health of the town settlements.

where the person is sick to the board of health of the tow^n

where such person has a settlement, who shall forthwith

transmit a copy thereof to the overseers of the poor of the

place of settlement. If the person has no settlement, such in cases of

notice shall be given to the department as provided in uo'setttementa,

section one hundred and twelve; and also, in any case liable *'''•

to be maintained by the commonwealth when public aid

has been rendered to such sick person, a written notice shall

be sent to the department of public welfare, containing such

information as will show that the person named therein is a

proper charge to the commonwealth, and reimbursement Reimbursement

, , by coiuuion-

shall be made for reasonable expenses incurred within five wealth.
days next before such notice is mailed, and thereafter until
such sick person is removed under section twelve of chapter
one hundred and twenty-one, or is able to be so removed with-
out endangering his or the public health. Reimbursement
by the commonwealth under the provisions hereof shall be
subject to the provisions of section forty-two of chapter one
hundred and twenty-one.

Section 4. Section seventeen of chapter one hundred ^^ ^amendy^
and seventeen of the General Laws, as amended by chapter
two hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "commonwealth" in the fourteenth
line the words: — subject to the provisions of section forty-
two of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 17. The overseers of each town Support and
shall also relieve and support and may employ all poor per- inTgent '''*'"'^'^'°

persons.

238

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 241.

Expense,
recovery of
kindred, etc.

State

allowance for
funeral expenses
of certain
paupers.

Provisos.

G. L. 117, § 18.
etc., amended.

Cities and
towns may
furnish aid to
certain state
paupers, etc.

Removal to
state infirmary,
etc.

Expenses.

Proceedings
upon refusal
to submit to
removal, etc.

sons residing or found therein, having no lawful settlements
within the commonwealth, until their removal to the state
infirmary, and if they die shall decently bury them. They
shall also decently bury all deceased persons who, although
without means of support while living, did not apply for
public relief, and all unknown persons found dead. The
expense thereof may be recovered of their kindred, if any,
chargeable by law for their support in the manner provided
in this chapter; and if the expense of their burial is not
paid by such kindred, an amount not exceeding forty dollars
for the funeral expenses of each pauper over twelve years of
age, and not exceeding twenty dollars for the funeral ex-
penses of each pauper under that age, shall be paid by the
commonwealth subject to the provisions of section forty-
two of chapter one hundred and twenty-one; provided, that
the overseers shall file with each claim an affidavit of the
undertaker stating the total amount of his bill, the amount
received from the town and the amount received from all
other sources; and provided, further, that if the total ex-
pense of the burial, by whomsoever incurred, shall exceed the
sum of one hundred dollars, no payment therefor shall be
made by the commonwealth.

Section 5. Section eighteen of said chapter one hun-
dred and seventeen, as amended by chapter two hundred
and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new sentence: — Reimbursement by the com-
monwealth under the provisions hereof shall be subject to
the provisions of section forty-two of chapter one hundred
and twenty-one, — so as to read as follows:- — Section 18.
A town may furnish temporary aid to poor persons found
therein, having no lawful settlements within the common-
wealth, if the overseers consider it for the public interest;
and the overseers shall in every case give written notice
within five days to the department of public welfare, which
shall examine the case and order such aid as it deems ex-
pedient. If it directs a discontinuance of such aid, it shall
remove such persons to the state infirmary or to any state
or place where they belong, if their necessities or the public
interests require it, and the superintendent of said infirmary
shall receive the persons removed thereto as if they were
sent there in accordance with section seven of chapter one
hundred and twenty-two. A detailed statement of ex-
penses so incurred shall be rendered, and after approval by
the department such expenses shall be paid by the common-
wealth. If any such person refuses to submit to removal,
the department or any of its officers or agents may apply to
the district court of the district where such person resides,
for an order directing that such removal be made. Upon
such application the court shall forthwith cause a summons
to be served upon the person so refusing, and, if he be a
minor, upon his parent or guardian, requiring the attendance

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 241. 239

of the person so suininnned at a time and plaee appointed
therein for hearing:;; and at such time and place shall hear
and examine upon oath such person or persons, and shall
hear such other evidence as may he material. If upon
hearing it appears that the person sought to be removed is
witliout a legal settlement in this commonwealth and is
unable to support himself, and that his necessities or the
public interests require his removal, the court shall issue an Court order
order in writing, directed to a duly constituted officer or ^"0.'^^'"°^^''
agent of the department, reciting that such person appears to
be a state pauper, and that his necessities or the public in-
terests require his removal, and commanding such officer or
agent to remove him to the state infirmary or to any other
state institution designated by the department, and such
officer or agent shall thereupon make the removal as ordered.
After the removal is made such officer or agent shall file such
order, with his return thereon, with the clerk of the court
from which it was issued. In every case where a removal is Expenses,
ordered a detailed statement of the expense incurred by payment by
any town for the support of the person so removed while commonwealth.
application for his removal was pending before the court
shall be rendered, and after approval by the department
shall be paid by the commonwealth. Reimbursement by
the commonwealth under the provisions hereof shall be
subject to the provisions of section forty-two of chapter
one hundred and twenty-one.

Section 6. Section six of chapter one hundred and ^m^nded! ^ ^'
eighteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "welfare" in the third line, the
words: — and subject otherwise to the provisions of section
forty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 6. In respect to all mothers in state reim-
receipt of aid under this chapter the town rendering the aid cities and
shall, after approval of the bills by the department of public tC^others"^
welfare, and subject otherwise to the provisions of section withjdepondent
forty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, be reim-
bursed by the commonwealth for one third of the amount of
the aid given, or, if the mother so aided has no settlement,
for the total amount thereof. If the mother so aided has a
legal settlement in another town two thirds of the amount
of such aid given may be recovered in contract against the
town liable therefor in accordance with chapter one hundred
and seventeen.

Section 7. Section fifteen of chapter one hundred and ^c.^'amended."
twenty-two of the General Laws, as amended by chapter
one hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "department", in the sixth line, the
words: — and subject otherwise to the provisions of section
forty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 15. Towns may at their own Sending of
expense send to the state infirmary, to be maintained at to state in-

240

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 241.

firmary by
cities and
towns.
State reim-
bursement for
transportation
expenses, etc.

G. L. 122, I 18,
amended.

Slate reim-
bursement of
cities and
towns for care
of certain sick
poor, etc.

Conditions and
limitations
of such
'eimbursement

G.L. 122, §19.
etc., repealed.

Effective date.

the public charge, all paupers falling into distress therein
and having no settlement within the commonwealth. The
town shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth, upon bills
approved by the department and subject otherwise to the
provisions of section forty-two of chapter one hundred and
twenty-one, for the expense of transportation of each state
pauper so sent, for the excess over thirty miles by the usual
route, at a rate not exceeding twelve cents a mile.

Section 8. Section eighteen of said chapter one hundred
and twenty-two is hereby amended hy adding at the end
thereof the following new sentence: — Reimbursement by
the commonwealth under the provisions hereof shall be
subject to the provisions of section forty-two of chapter
one hundred and twenty-one, — so as to read as follows: —
Section IS. Reasonable expenses incurred by a town under
the preceding section within five days next before notice
has been given as therein required and also after the giving of
such notice and until said sick person is able to be removed
to the state infirmary shall be reimbursed by the common-
wealth. If the department, after investigation, deems it
expedient as an economy in expenditure and in the interest
of the patient's health, it may authorize reimbursement for
aid rendered after the patient has become able to be so re-
moved, and, in its discretion, until the patient is able to be
discharged. If the department considers it expedient to
order the removal to the state infirmary of a person whose
physical condition is such as to require attendance, reason-
able expenses incurred for such attendance as directed by the
department shall also be reimbursed by the commonwealth.
Bills for such support shall not be allowed unless endorsed
with the declaration that, after full investigation, no kindred
able to pay the amount charged have been found, and that
the amount has actually been paid from the town treasury,
nor unless they are approved by the department or by a
person designated by it; and not more than ten dollars and
fifty cents a week shall be allowed for the support of a
person in a town hospital, and no charges of whatever
nature in excess of the .'^aid ten dollars and fifty cents a
week shall be allowed. Reimbursement by the common-
wealth under the provisions hereof shall be subject to the
provisions of section forty-two of chapter one hundred and
twenty-one.

Section 9. Section nineteen of said chapter one hundred
and twenty-two, as amended by section seventy-three of
chapter three hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, is hereby repealed.

Section 10. This act shall take effect on December
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

A 2^ proved April 14, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 242, 243. 241

An Act relative to the licensing of undertakers. C'/iap.242
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fourteen of the o.l. 114. §49.
General Laws is hcrehy amended by striking out section
forty-nine and inserting in phice thereof the following: —

Sectioji 49. Boards of health shall annually, on or before Mcensingof
May first, license a suitable number of undertakers Avho can "" ^^^^ ^"^^^
read and write the English language and who are qualified
as hereinafter provided. Each license hereunder shall be Termsand
issued upon such terms and conditions as the board of fiJenses'"^ °^
health issuing it may prescribe and may be revoked at any Revocation.
time by such board if any of its terms and conditions or any
requirement of law relative thereto has been violated by the
licensee. An undertaker so licensed may act in any town. Scope.
Before issuance of such a license or of a renewal thereof, Quaiifioations
there shall be presented to the board of health by the appli- etc.
cant for such license satisfactory evidence that he is a citizen
of the United States of good moral character and is compe-
tent to prepare such death certificates and other documents
as are required in the ordinary course of his business, and is
familiar with the precautions to be taken by an undertaker
to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and is con-
versant with the laws of the United States and of this com-
monwealth relative to the custody of dead bodies, the
preparation of such bodies for burial, cremation and ship-
ment and relative to their burial, cremation and shipment.
An undertaker licensed as aforesaid shall maintain within Maintenance
the commonwealth an undertaking establishment so located, establishment^
constructed and equipped as to permit the decent and «''^thin state,
sanitary handling of dead bodies and shall maintain therein
suitable equipment for such handling.

Whoever, not being licensed hereunder, shall, by himself Penalty iov

' , 1 • , 1 • 1 ■ engaging in

or by an agent or servant who is not so licensed, engage in business of

the business of an undertaker shall be punished by a fine of wHhout license,

not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for ^tc

nt)t more than two months, or both; but this section shall

not prohibit the employment of apprentices or assistants

under the personal supervision of an undertaker licensed

under this section.

Section 2. This act shall not apply to the issuance of ^°*gnewau^
any renewal of a license of an undertaker in effect prior to its of certain
efi^ective date. Approved April I4, 1926. ''''^°'^^-

An Act relative to death certificates, burial per- CJiqiy) 243

MITS AND CERTAIN SEPULTURAL RECORDS AFFECTING
VETERANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as jolloics:

Section 1. Chapter forty-six of the General Laws is g. l. 46, j 10.
hereby amended by striking out section ten and inserting *'"*'"^®'^-

242

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 243.

Death

certificates of
war veterans
to state
causes of
death, etc.

Penalty.

Word "war,"
what to
include.

G. L. 114. §4.'>.
etc., amended.

Permits for
burial, etc.,
of human
bodies.

Permits for
exhumation,
etc., of
human bodies.

Written
statement of
certain facts,
to precede
issuance of
permit.

Certificate of
attending
physician, etc.

in place thereof the following: — Srctinii. 10. A physician
or officer furnishing a certificate of death as required hy
the preceding section or by section forty-five of chap-
ter one hundred and fourteen, shall, if the deceased, to
the best of his knowledge and belief, served in the army,
navy or marine corps of the United States in any war
in which it has been engaged, insert in the certificate a
recital to that effect, specifying the war, and shall also
certify in such certificate both the primary and the secondary
or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the
same. For neglect to comply with any provision of this
section, such physician or officer shall forfeit ten dollars. For
the purposes of this section and of sections forty-five, forty-
six and forty-seven of said chapter one hundred and fourteen,
the word "war" shall include the China relief expedition and
the Philippine insurrection, which shall, for said purposes,
be deemed to have taken place between February fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and July fourth, nineteen
hundred and two, and the Mexican border service of nineteen
hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventeen.

Sfxtion 2. Section forty-five of chapter one hundred
and fourteen of the General Laws, as amended by section one
of chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "certificate" in the twenty-sixth
line, the words: — If the death certificate contains a recital,
as required by section ten of chapter forty-six, that the
deceased served in the army, navy or marine corps of the
United States in any war in which it has been engaged,
such recital shall appear upon the permit, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 45. Except as provided in sections
forty-four and forty-six, no undertaker or other person shall
bury or otherwise dispose of a human body in a town, or
remove therefrom a human body w^hich has not been buried,
until he has received a permit from the board of health or its
agent appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such
board, from the clerk of the town where the person died;
and no undertaker or other person shall exhume a human
body and remove it from a tow-n, or from one cemetery to
another, until he has received a permit from the board of health
or its agent aforesaid or from the clerk of the town where
the body is buried. No such permit shall be issued until
there shall have been delivered to such board, agent or clerk,
as the case may be, a satisfactory written statement con-
taining the facts required by law to be returned and recorded,
which shall be accompanied, in case of an original interment,
by a satisfactory certificate of the attending physician, if
any, as required by law, or in lieu thereof a certificate as
hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or
if, for sufficient reasons, his certificate cannot be obtained
early enough for the purpose, or is insufficient, a physician
who is a member of the board of health, or employed by it or
by the selectmen for the purpose, shall upon application

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 243. 243

make the certificate required of tlie atteiuling physician.
If death is caused by violence, the medical examiner shall jg^tlfhy * ''
make such certificate. If the death certificate contains a violence,
recital, as required hy section ten of chapter forty-six, that J^f^gerv^iciof
the deceased served in the army, navy or marine corps of the deceased to
United States in any war in which it has been engaged, such penulL"^'""
recital shall appear upon the permit. The board of health Countersigning

. !■ i^i i 1 j."r»j. and registratiou

or its agent, upon receipt ot such statement and certincate, of suitement
shall forthwith countersign it and transmit it to the clerk of '"'^ certificate.
the town for registration. The person to whom the permit Furnishing of
is so given and the physician certifying the cause of death fnformrtton aa
shall thereafter furnish for registration any other necessary to^deceased,
information which can be obtained as to the deceased, or as
to the manner or cause of the death, which the clerk or regis-
trar may require.

Section 3. Section forty-six of said chapter one hundred ^^^J^^^^' ^*^'
and fourteen is hereby amended by inserting after the word
" diligence" in the sixteenth and seventeenth lines, the words:
— , including, in case the deceased served in the army, navy
or marine corps of the United States in any war in which it
has been engaged, a recital to that effect, specifying the war,
• — so as to read as follows: — Section ^6'. No undertaker or Permits for
other person shall bury a human body or the ashes thereof hunfan^bodies
which have been brought into the commonwealth until he ^rou^ht into*^^
has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its conunouweaitu.
agent appointed to issue such permits, or if there is no such
board, from the clerk of the town where the body is to be
buried or the funeral is to be held, or from a person appointed
to have the care of the cemetery or burial ground in which the
interment is made, if a record is kept of the names of all
persons buried therein, or from a duly appointed superin-
tendent of burials in such town who keeps a record of inter-
ments. Such permit shall not be issued until the under- ^^^:^l^^ll°^
taker or other person has delivered a certificate to said to precede
board, agent, clerk, superintendent or person having such p|"n,"t.*°'
care, giving the name of the deceased, his age as nearly as
can be ascertained, the cause of death, the name of the town
where he last resided or from which the body was brought,
or, if the death occurred at sea, the name of the vessel upon
which it occurred, and any other facts required for record
which could be obtained with reasonable diligence, including,
in case the deceased served in the army, navy or marine Recital as to
corps of the United States in any war in which it has been otd^Hsld.
engaged, a recital to that effect, specifying the war.

The board of health or its agent, or the superintendent Countersigning

, . , , ,,° • ^ p 1 j.-n and recording

or person having sucli care, shall, upon receipt ot sucli certih- of certificate.
cate, forthwith countersign and transmit it to the town clerk;
and if the deceased was a resident of said tow^n, the clerk
shall record the same in the books kept for recording deaths;
but if the deceased was at his death a resident of any other
town within the commonwealth said clerk shall forthwith
forward to the clerk thereof a copy of such certificate, who
shall record the same.

244

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 244.

G.L. 114, §47.
etc., amended.

Duties of
cemetery or
crematory
officers as to
burial, removal
or cremation of
bodies.

Proviso.

Section 4. Section forty-seven of said chapter one
hundred and fourteen, as amended by chapter three hundred
and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by striking out the second
paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Upon the burial, removal, or cremation of a body, the super-
intendent or other officer in charge of the cemetery or
crematory shall indorse upon the coupon accompanying the
permit the fact of such burial, removal or cremation, with
the date thereof, shall make and preserve in the files of the
cemetery or crematory a record of such burial, removal or
cremation, including any recital in the burial permit relative
to service of the deceased in any war in which the United
States has been engaged, and also the location of the grave
or other receptacle of the body or ashes of the deceased, and
shall forthwith return the coupon to the office issuing the
same; provided, that if there is no officer in charge of the
cemetery or crematory, such duties shall be performed by
the undertaker. Approved April 14, 1926.

Chap.2U

G. L. 90, §33,
etc., amended.

Fees for
registration
of certain
motor trucks,
motor buses,
etc.

Proviso.

An Act relative to the fees for the registration of
certain motor buses used for the transportation of

persons to and FROM CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL
SERVICES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-three of chapter ninety of the General
Laws, as amended by section two of chapter four hundred
and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, by section nine of chapter four hundred and sixty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three and
by section one of chapter three hundred and forty-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
further amended by adding after the word "dollars" in the
ninth line the following: — ; provided, that any such motor
bus not municipally owned may also be used for the trans-
portation of persons to and from church and Sunday school
services without the payment of additional registration
fee, — so that the paragraph included in lines four to nine,
inclusive, will read as follows: — For the registration of every
motor truck, motor bus, trailer and semi-trailer unit owned
by a city or town in the commonwealth, and used solely for
municipal business, and for the registration of any motor bus
not so owned but used exclusively under contract for the
transportation of school children, two dollars; provided,
that any such motor bus not municipally owned may al^o be
used for the transportation of persons to and from church
and Sunday school services without the payment of ad-
ditional registration fee. Approved April 14, 1926.

Acts, 1920. — Ctiaps. 245, 246, 247. 245

An Act to expedite sentence in tertain r riminal cases, (JJiq^j) 245

Be it euucfi'cl, etc., an fulloivs:

Chapter two huiulreil and seventy-nine of the General ^tkjnaae/*
Laws is liereby anieniletl by inserting after section three the §3.
following new section: — Section .)A. Not later than seven Expedition of
days after a pica of guilty or after a verdict of guilty and in certaincrixuinai
any event before adjournment of the sitting at which such '^*^'*'*
plea or verdict has been taken and recorded in a case of
felony not punishable by death wherein no question of law
has been reported for decision by the supreme judicial court,
the district attorney shall move for sentence.

Approved April l^, 1920.

ChapMQ

An Act authorizing the town of webster to borrow
money for certain municipal building purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In order to meet the cost of constructing a Town of
new building or buildings for a town hall, a junior high school borrow n™ney
and an auditorium, and for remodelling the present high for certain
school building, and for the purpose of originally equipping building
and furnishing said new building or buildings, the town of p^^'p^^^^^-
Webster may borrow from time to time, within a period of
five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Webster Municipal ^unlctpai
Buildings Loan, Act of 192G. Each authorized issue shall Buildings
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in 1926"' *
not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue
shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an
amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue
is voted for the same purpose to be raised by tax levy of the
year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section
seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April I4, 1926.

An Act requiring written consent for change of n},n^ 947
location within a town by any corporation organ- ^"^

IZED FOR athletic, SOCIAL OR OTHER CLUB PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and eighty of the General Laws is g. l. 180, § 26,
hereby amended by striking out section twenty-six and ain^oded.

246

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 248.

Written consent
required for
change of
location of
corporations
organized for
athletic,
social or other
club purposed.

Copy of
consent to be
filed with state
secretary.

Revocation of
charter for non-
compliance, etc.

Inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 26. No
corporation organized under general laws for the purpose of
fostering, encouraging or engaging in athletic exercises or
for the establishment and maintenance of places for reading
rooms, libraries or social meetings shall change its location
from the town where it is located to another town within
the commonwealth, nor change its location within any
town, until written consent therefor has been obtained
from the police commissioner in Boston, the aldermen in
any other city or the selectmen in the town where the
corporation proposes to acquire a new location. Such
consent shall not take effect until a copy thereof, duly
attested by the clerk or secretary of the board or officer
consenting thereto, has been filed in the office of the state
secretary. A change of location by a corporation contrary
to this section shall be sufficient cause for the revocation
of its charter by the state secretary.

Approved April 15, 1920.

Chap. 24:S '^^ '^^"^' RELATIVE TO THE PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS
OF THE LAWS RELATIVE TO MUNICIPAL FINANCE.

G. L. 44, §62,
etc., amended.

Penalties for
certain
violations of
laws relative
to municipal
finance.

Reporting of
violations to
district
attorney, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section sixty-two of chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, inserted by chapter two hundred and fifty-three of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby
amended by striking out, in the third line, the word "shall"
and inserting in place thereof the following: — , or any
other provision of general law relating to the incurring of
liability or expenditure of public funds on account of any
city, town or district, or any provision of special law relating
to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds as
aforesaid, shall, except as otherwise provided, — and by
striking out, in the fourth line, the words "hundred dollars"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — thousand dollars
or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 62. Any city, town or
district officer who knowingly violates, or authorizes or
directs any official or employee to violate, any provision
of this chapter, or any other provision of general law rela-
ting to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public
funds on account of any city, town or district, or any pro-
vision of special law relating to the incurring of liability
or expenditure of public funds as aforesaid, shall, except
as otherwise provided, be punished by a fine of not more
than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not
more than one year, or both; and the mayor, selectmen,
prudential committee, or commissioners, shall, and five tax-
payers may, report such violation to the district attorney
who shall investigate and prosecute the same.

Approved April 15, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 249, 250. 247

An Act attthorizing the city of quincy to borrow ('lum.249

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Bf it cnnctrd, dr., n,i follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of purchasing a grammar Cityof Quinry
school building now situated in the city of Quincy and money'fnr""
owned hy the United States government, and for the purpose ^'^^'^^ purposes.
of originally equipping and furnishing said building, the
city of Quincy may borrow from time to time, within a
period of five years from the passage of this act, such s'ums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Quincy Quinry school
School Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall jgTg"' ^'' °^
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in
not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue
shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an
amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue
is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy
of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in
section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 16, 1926.

An Act authorizing the city of leominster to borrow QJkii) 250
money for school purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1 . For the purpose of constructing a new school ^po^°ns^pr
building and for the purpose of constructing additions to niay borrow
existing school buildings, which additions increase the floor ^hod purposes.
space thereof, and of originally equipping and furnishing
the said new building and additions, the city of Leominster
may borrow from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Leominster School Loan, Act of 1926. Each Leominster
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans Act°o°f 1926.°'
shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates,
but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless a sum
equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such author-
ized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the
tax levy of the year when authorized. Lidebtedness in-
curred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit,
but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter

248

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 251, 252.

forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso
inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three
hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 16, 1926.

Chap. 251 An Act authorizing the unionville fire and water

DISTRICT TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL WATER LOAN.

Unionville Fire
and Water Dis-
trict may make
an additional
water loan.

Unionville Fire
and Water Dis-
trict Water
Loan, Act of
1926.

Payment of
loan, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUou's:

Section 1. For the purpose of extending its water mains
and improving its water distribution facilities, the Union-
ville Fire and Water District may from time to time borrow
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, five thousand dollars, in addition to any sums hereto-
fore authorized for water purposes, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Unionville Fire and Water District Water Loan, Act of 1926.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be payable in not more than ten years from
their dates. Any indebtedness incurred under this act shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws.

Section 2. The district shall at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans provide for the payment thereof in accord-
ance with section one; and when a vote to that effect has
been passed a sum which, with the income derived from water
rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating
its water works and the interest as it accrues on the bonds
or notes issued as aforesaid, and to make such payments on
the principal as may be required by this act, shall, without
further vote, be certified to the assessors of the town of Easton
and shall annually thereafter be assessed, collected, and
paid over to the district treasurer, in the same manner as is
provided by law in the case of fire district taxes, until the
debt incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 16, 1926.

Chap.252 An Act relative to the grounding of certain poles

AND STRUCTURES USED TO SUPPORT LINES FOR ELECTRIC
STREET LIGHTING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and sixt.f-six of the General Laws
is hereliy amended by striking out section thirty-four and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 34- Poles
and other structures used to support lines for the transmis-
sion of electricity shall be insulated in such manner as to
protect employees and other persons from accidents. If
such poles an(l other structures are of any material except
wood, and support lines which arc operated at a voltage

G. L. 166, § 34,
amended.

Poles, etc., used
to support
lines for trans-
mission of elec-
tricity to be
insulated, etc.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 253. 249

In excess of two tlumsantl volts, they shall be plainly and
conspifuoiisly marked "Dangerous. Keep Awa,y"; pro- Proviso,
vided, that if siuh j)oles or structures are used solely to
support lines for the transmission of electricity for street
lighting and are operated at a voltage of not over ten thou-
sand volts the same need not be so marked if those parts
thereof which are accessible to the public are solidly con-
nected to a permanent ground having a resistance of not more
than two ohms and if the service wires conducting the cur-
rent to such poles or structures are placed in underground
conduits. The inspector of wires designated or appointed Duties, etc. of
under the authority of section thirty-two, or, in Boston, the wires and
fire commissioner, shall enforce this section, and he shall be commissioner.
the sole judge of what constitutes a proper insulation or
marking as hereinbefore required. Any owner of poles or Penalty.
other structures, used for the transmission of electricity,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars for each pole or structure left un-
insulated, ungrounded or unmarked in violation of this
section for an unreasonable time after a request by said
inspector or commissioner that the same be properly in-
sulated, grounded or marked as herein required. For the Words "in-
purposes of this section, the words "inspector of wires" or mres''''^or "in-
^inspector" shall, in any town having no such inspector, ^n^n^aeiellmen
mean the selectmen. Approved April 16, 1926. in certain

^^ ^ towns.

An Act making knowledge a necessary element in the Chav.253

OFFENCE OF USING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT AUTHORITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-four of chapter ninety of the General ^^ ^amended
Laws, as amended by cliapter one hundred and eightj^-three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and by
section three of chapter two hundred and one and section
one of chapter two hundred and ninety-seven, both of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "authority" in the
eleventh line the words: — knowing that such use is un-
authorized, — so as to read as follows: — Section 24. Who- Penalty for
ever upon any way operates a motor vehicle recklessly, or vehkles?Mk-*^°'
while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or so that lessiy or while

, , . „ PI 1 1 • -111' I under innuence

the lives or safety oi the public might be endangered, or of intoxicating
upon a bet or wager or in a race, or whoever operates a *'*"'"^' ^*'^'
motor vehicle for the purpose of making a record and thereby
violates any provision of section seventeen or any regulation
under section eighteen, or whoever without stopping and
making known his name, residence and the number of his
motor vehicle goes away after knowingly colliding with or
otherwise causing injury to any other vehicle or property,
or whoever uses a motor vehicle without authority knowing For unauthor-
that such use is unauthorized, or whoever loans or knowingly motorveWcies.
permits his license to operate motor vehicles to be used by For fraud in
another person, or whoever makes false statements in an ap- licenses.'"" ^'^'^

250

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 253.

For second or
subsequent
oflfenees of op-
erating motor
vehicles while
under influence
of intoxicating
liquor.

Investigation,
etc., as to
previous con-
viction of like
offence, etc.,
when person
charged with
having oper-
ated motor
vehicle while
under influence
of intoxicating
liquor.

Penalty for not
stopping, etc.,
after collision,
etc.

Revocation of
license upon
conviction, etc.

Issuance of new
license, when.

Proviso.

plication for such a license or falsely impersonates the person
named in such an application, or procures such false imper-
sonation, whether of himself or of another, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than two hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not less than two weeks nor
more than two years, or both; except that for an offence
of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor committed within a period of six years
immediately following his final conviction of a like offence
by a court or magistrate of the commonwealth, a person shall
be punished by imprisonment for not less than one month
nor more than two years. Before a magistrate or other
officer authorized to receive complaints in criminal cases re-
duces a complaint to writing, or before a prosecuting officer
presents evidence to the grand jury, cliarging a person with
having operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, he shall communicate with the office of
the registrar, and shall inquire as to whether there is in said
office any record or other information tending to show that
such person has been finally convicted of a like offence by a
court or magistrate of the commonwealth witbin a period of
six years immediately preceding the commission of the
offence with which he is charged, and if it shall appear to
such magistrate or other officer, or to the grand jury, as the
case may be, that such person lias so been convicted, the
complaint or indictment shall contain an averment to that
eft'ect which shall specify such court or magistrate and the
date of such conviction. Any person who operates a motor
vehicle upon any way and who, without stopping and mak-
ing known his name, residence and the number of his motor
vehicle, goes away after knowingly colliding with or other-
wise causing injury to any person, shall be punished by
imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than
two years. A conviction of a violation of this section shall
be reported forthwith by the court or magistrate to the
registrar, who may in any event and shall, unless the court
or magistrate recommends otherwise, revoke immediately
the license of the person so convicted, and no appeal from
the judgment shall operate to stay the revocation of the
license. If it appears by the records of the registrar that
the person so convicted is the owner of a motor vehicle or
has exclusive control of any motor vehicle as a manufacturer
or dealer, the registrar may revoke the certificate of registra-
tion of any or all motor vehicles so owned or exclusively con-
trolled. The registrar in his discretion may issue a new
license to any person acquitted in the appellate court, or
after an investigation or upon hearing may issue a new
license to a person convicted in any court; provided, that no
new license shall be issued by the registrar to any person
convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the in-
fluence of intoxicating liquor until one year after the date
of final conviction, If for a first offence, or five years after any
subsequent conviction, and to any person convicted of

Acts, 1026. — Chaps. 254, 255. 251

^•iolating any other provision of this section until sixty days

after the date of final conviction, if for a first offence, or one

year after the date of any subsequent conviction. The Prosecutions for

prosecution of any person for operating a motor vehicle while vehide^whne**"^

under the influence of intoxicating liquor, if the offence is under influence

, . , . • I c • • !• 1 i» 11 of intoxicating

committed within a period oi six years immediately follow- liquor, if second
ing his final conviction of a like offence by a court or magis- offenceretcT*^
trate of the commonwealth, shall not in any event be placed disposition, etc.
on file or otherwise disposed of except by trial, judgment
and sentence according to the regular course of criminal pro-
ceedings, nor shall the execution of the sentence for such
later offence be suspended under section one of chapter two
hundred and seventy-nine. The prosecution for the viola- Prosecutions for
tion of any other provision of this section, if a second or °/slcoT!d or'°"^'
subsequent offence, shall not, unless the interests of iustice subsequent of-

. II- • • 11 1 r>i 1 • 1- fence, disposi-

require such disposition, be placed on hie or otherwise dis- tion, etc.
posed of except by trial, judgment and sentence according
to the regular course of criminal proceedings; and such a
prosecution shall be otherwise disposed of only on motion
in writing, stating specifically the reasons therefor, and veri-
fied by affidavit if facts are relied on. If the court or magis-
trate certifies in writing that he is satisfied that the reasons
relied upon are sufficient and that the interests of justice re-
quire the allowance of the motion, the motion shall be al-
lowed, and the certificate shall be filed in the case. A copy
of the motion and certificate shall be sent by the court or
magistrate forthwith to the registrar.

Approved April 16, 1026.

An Act relative to the removal of overhead wires (Jfiav 254

AND construction IN THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Chapter three hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nine- '91'*. 335, 5 2,
teen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by striking ^™^"
out section two and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Section 2. The provisions of this act shall applv to all ^'^"\?^?J "^h „„

, ,. , , • I • 1 • p -vT T-. Iff ' overhead Wires,

public waj's and places within the city of New Bedford. etc . in New

Approved April 16, 1926.

An Act relative to service of process against certain (JJiqj) 255

DOMESTIC corporations.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoxos:

Section thirty-seven of chapter two hundred and twenty- g. l. 223, § 37,
three of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting *™^°
after the word "the" in the thirteenth line the words: —
president, treasurer, — so as to read as follows: — Section 37. Service of
In an action against a county, city, town, parish or religious count1es'!^cTt?w,
society, or against the proprietors of wharves, general fields t"wns, parishes,
or real estate lying in common, who are incorporated,
service shall be made upon the treasurer thereof, or if no

252

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 256.

G. L. 164, § 72,
etc., amended.

treasurer is found, upon one of the county commissioners,
the city clerk or one of the aldermen, the town clerk or one
of the selectmen, upon one of the assessors or standing com-
mittee of the parish or religious society, or upon one of the
proprietors of such land or other estate, as the case may be.
If there are no such officers as are mentioned in this section,
service shall be made upon one of the inhabitants of the
county, city or town, or upon one of the members of the
Against certain corporation. In an action against a domestic corporation
poratfons.'^"'^ Other than those mentioned heretofore in this section,
service shall be made upon the president, treasurer, clerk,
cashier, secretary, agent or other officer in charge of its
business, or, if no such officer is found within the county,
upon any member of the corporation.

Approved April 16, 1926.

Chap.256 ^^ ^^^"^ relative to land takings within railroad,

ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND STREET RAILWAY LOCATIONS FOR
electric TRANSMISSION LINES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seventy-two of chapter one hundred and sixty-
four of the General LaAvs, as amended by chapter four
hundred and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four and by chapter ninety-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "company" in the fifty-sixth
line the words: — except with the consent of such company
and on such terms and conditions as it may impose, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 72. An electric company
may petition the department for authority to construct and
use or to continue to use as constructed or with altered con-
struction a line for the transmission of electricity for dis-
tribution in some definite area or for supplying electricity
to itself or to another electric company or to a municipal
lighting plant for distribution and sale, or to a railroad,
street railway or electric railroad, for the purpose of operating
it, and shall represent that such line will or does serve the
public convenience and is consistent with the public interest.
The company shall file with such petition a general descrip-
tion of such transmission line and a map or plan showing the
towns through which the line will or does pass and its general
location. The company shall also furnish an estimate show-
ing in reasonable detail the cost of the line and such addi-
tional maps and information as the department requires.
The department, after notice and a public hearing in one or
more of the towns afi"ected, may determine that said line is
necessary for the purpose alleged, and will serve the public
convenience and is consistent with the pul)lic interest. If
the company shall file with the department a map or plan
of the transmission line showing the towns through which it
will or does pass, the public ways, railroads, railways,
navigable streams and tide waters in the town named in

Taking of land
by electric
companies for
transmission
lines, petition
to department
of public
utilities, etc.

Department
may determine
that line is
necessary, etc.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 257. 253

said petition which it will cross, and the extent to which it

will be located upon private land or upon, under or along

public ways aufl places, the department, after such notice

as it may direct, shall give a public hearing; or hearings in Public hearings

one or more of the toAvns through which the line passes or is affected^

intended to pass and may by cirder authorize the company

to take bv eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine such Eminenf do-

II " 1 • 1 . p • 1 • xi f ii main takinRs.

lands, or such rights of way or wideiungs tJiereot. or other
easements therein necessary for the construction and use or
continued use as constructed or with altered construction of
such line along the route prescribed in the order of the de-
partment. The department shall transmit a certified copy Department to
of its order to the company and the clerk of each such town, ororder, etc!^
The company may at any time before such hearing change Change of route
or modify the whole or a part of the route of said line, either °f ''"e. etc.
of its own motion or at the instance of the department or
otherwise, and, in such case, shall file Avith the department
maps, plans and estimates as aforesaid showing such changes.
If the department dismisses the petition at any stage in said Dismissal of

T /•! • 1111 11 1 petition.

proceedings, no further action shall be taken thereon, but

the company may file a new petition after the expiration New petition.

of a 3'ear from such dismissal. When a taking under this Procedure upon

section is efTccted, the company may forthwith, except as *^ '°^^'

hereinafter provided, proceed to erect, maintain and

operate thereon said line. If the company shall not enter Right to cease

upon and construct such line upon the land so taken within ' • ® "•

one year thereafter, its right under such taking shall cease

and determine. No lands or rights of way or other ease- Restrictions as

ments therein shall be taken by eminent domain under *°** "^®' *'*"'

the provisions of this section in any public way, public place,

park or reservation, or Avithin the location of any railroad, ^"[1^"^^ piec-*"

electric railroad or street railway company except with the trie railroad

consent of such company and on such terms and conditions way locations'

as it may impose; and no electricity shall be transmitted Acquisition of

over any land, right of way or other easement taken by bSoVe"eii^tri^-

eminent domain as herein provided until the electric com- '"*L'j*'''i'!®'

•li 11 ii>ii muted, etc.

pany shall have acquired from the board of aldermen or
selectmen or from such other authorities as may have
jurisdiction all necessary rights in the public ways or public
places in the town or towns, or in any park or reservation,
through which the line will or does pass.

Approved April 16, 1926.

An Act rel.\tive to electric transmission lines and nji^jj 257

GAS PIPES pR MAINS OVER OR UNDER CERTAIN RAILROAD
AND OTHER LOCATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws G. L. 164.
is hereby amended by striking out section seventy-three and -amen
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 73. A Eiectnc trans-

. . 1-1 1 1 • • mission lines

corporation subject to this chapter, to the extent that it is and gas pipes
authorized to make, sell or distribute gas or electricity or over or^acrosa^'^'

254

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 258.

cprtain railroad,
etc., locations.

Consent
required.

Department of
public utilities
may specify
changes, etc.

both, may, for the purposes of sucli sale or distribution, lay,
erect and maintain pipes, mains, wires and conduits under,
over or across the location on private land of any railroad,
electric railroad or street railway corporation at such places,
in such manner and on such terms and conditions as it may
agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of failure so
to agree, then with the consent of the department and at
such places, in such manner, with such safeguards, and upon
such terms and conditions as it may specify; but no pole,
tower or similar structure shall be located within the loca-
tion of any such railroad, electric railroad or street railway
corporation without its consent. The department may,
from time to time, specify such changes in the manner of
laying, erecting and maintaining such pipes, mains, wires
and conduits and in the terms and conditions thereof as it
deems advisable. Ajyproved April 16, 1926.

G. L. 181. § 3,
amended.

Registration of
certain foreign
corporations.

Chap .258 An Act relative to the registration of certain foreign

CORPORATIONS OWNING REAL PROPERTY IN THE COMMON-
WEALTH OR ENGAGED IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter one hundred and eighty-one of
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "or" in the second line the words: — owns real prop-
erty therein without having such a usual place of business,
or, — and by inserting after the word "kind" in the fifth
line the words: — , or in the construction or repair of roads
or highways, — so as to read as follows: — Section 3. Every
foreign corporation, which has a usual place of business in
this commonwealth, or owns real property therein without
having such a usual place of business, or which is engaged
therein, permanently or temporarily, and with or without
a usual place of business therein, in the construction, erec-
tion, alteration or repair of a building, bridge, railroad, rail-
way or structure of any kind, or in the construction or repair
of roads or highways, shall, before doing business in this
commonwealth, in writing appoint the commissioner and
his successor in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon
whom all lawful processes in any action or proceeding against
it may be served, and in such writing shall agree that any
lawful process against it which is served on said attorney shall
be of the same legal force and validity as if served on the
corporation, and that the authority shall continue in force
so long as any liability remains outstanding against the cor-
poration in this commonwealth. The power of attorney and
a copy of the vote authorizing its execution, duly certified
and authenticated, shall be filed in the office of the com-
missioner, and copies certified by him shall be sufficient
evidence thereof. Service of such process shall be made
by leaving a copy of the process with a fee of two dollars in
the hands of the commissioner, or of his deputy or second

Appointment
of commissioner
as attorney for
service of
process, etc.

Power of at-
torney, etc., to
he filed.

Service of such

Crocess, how to
e made, etc.

Acts, U)1>(). -(^haps. 259, 260. 255

clej)uty when actinjj under section six of eliupter fourteen,
or in the office of the coniniissioner, and such service shall be
sufficient service upon the corporation.

Approved April 10, 192G.

An Act authorizing the city of boston to borrow CJian.259

MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A PUMPING ^'

STATION AND OUTLET FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN EAST
BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as fulluirs:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a pumping city of Boston
station and Porter street outlet for sewage disposal in East monoy^for'^on-
Boston, the city of Boston may borrow outside the statutory structing a

... /..Ill . • • • 1 • ■ ^ a pumping sta-

limit oi indebtedness from time to time, within a period oi tion and outlet

five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be dilpSIn East

necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, six hundred and Boston.

fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,

which shall bear on their face the words. East Boston Pump- Fast Boston

ing Station and Outlet Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized ^o^rrnd^OuUet

issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be ^'^^^•'^°^'^^

paid in not more than twenty years from their dates, but no

loan shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal

to not less than ten per cent of the loan so authorized is voted

for the same purpose to be provided from taxes or other

sources of revenue. Any such sum to be raised by taxation Any sum to be

shall be outside the tax limit as fixed for said city in the year tforfto beout-

in w hich the loan is authorized. Except as herein provided, |'^"^e tax Umit,

indebtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to the

laws relative to the incurring of debt by said city.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- etc^*'^"'^"'
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs Proviso,
during the current year. Approved April 16, 1926.

An Act relative to the reconstruction by the city of nhn^ 9AQ

BOSTON OF river STREET IN THE HYDE PARK AND MATTA- """^

pan districts and the rebuilding of a bridge over a
railroad location.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of street commissioners of the city Laying out,
of Boston, with the approval of the mayor, may lay out, of River street
widen and reconstruct River street in the city of Boston and^Mlttapau
from Everett square to Mattapan square to a width of not districts of
less than fifty feet, and may also alter and reconstruct the ing rebuilding
bridge over the tracks of the Midland division of the New "^raiirold''''"
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the approaches location.
thereto at or near the River street station, so-called, of said
railroad. The said widening and reconstruction of River
street and the assessment of betterments therefor shall be

256

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 261,

Expense, pay-
ment, etc.

City of Boston
may borrow
money, etc.

River Street
Reconstruction
Loan, Act of
1926.

Any sum to be
raised by taxa-
tion to be out-
side tax limit.

Submission to
city council,
etc.

Proviso.

in accordance with the provi.sions of chapter three hundred
and ninety-three of tlie acts of nineteen hundred and six, as
amended by chapter five hundred and thirty-six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirteen and chapters seventy-nine
and eighty of the General Laws.

Section 2. The expense of such alteration and recon-
struction of said bridge and approaches thereto shall be
paid in accordance with any existing or future decrees re-
lating thereto, and all reimbursements received by the city
on account of such alteration and reconstruction shall be
applied to the payment of indebtedness issued under au-
thority of this act.

Section 3. For the purpose of meeting the expense of
the work authorized under section one, the city of Boston
may borrow, outside the statutory limit of indebtedness,
from time to time within a period of five years from the ef-
fective date of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding in the aggregate, two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words. River Street Reconstruction
Loan, Act of 192G. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
ten years from their dates, but no loan shall be authorized
under this section unless a sum equal to ten per cent of the
loan so authorized is voted for the same purpose to be pro-
vided from taxes or other sources of revenue. Any sum to
be raised by taxation shall be outside the tax limit as fixed
for the city in the year in which the loan is authorized. Ex-
cept as herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of
debt by said city.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
during the current year. Approved April 16, 1926.

Chap.2Ql An Act prohibiting the sale and use of silencers for

firearms.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ws:

Chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section ten the follow-
ing new section: — Section 10 A. Whoever sells or keeps for
sale, or ofTers, or gives or disposes of, or uses, any instru-
ment, attachment, weapon or appliance for causing the firing
of any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm to be silent or
intended to lessen or muffie the noise of the firing of any
gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm shall be punished by im-
prisonment for not more than five years in the state prison
or for not more than two and one half years in a jail or house
of correction. Approved April 16, 1926.

G. L. 269, new
section after
§ 10.

Sale and use of
silencers for
firearms pro-
hibited.

Penalty.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 202, 263. 257

An Act extending the time within which the Harwich (JJiaj) 262

WATER COMPANY SHALL COMMENCE OPERATIONS UNDER
ITS CHARTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ws:

Section 1, Section ten of chapter four hundred and i923, 490 § lo.

, ., ... 1111 1 • a'uended.

ninety of tiie acts 01 nineteen hundred and twenty-three is

hereby amended by striking out, in the third line, the word

"three" and inserting in place thereof the word: — six, —

so as to read as follows: — Section 10. This act shall take Time extended

effect upon its passage, but any action thereunder shall be ment'of'opera-

void unless water is actually withdrawn or diverted under H°°'* \^\ ^ ,

, . , ».,..'' ,. , , ... Harwich Water

authority thereof within six years from the date of its Compauy.
passage.

Section 2. This act shall take eflFect upon its passage.

Approved April 20, 192G.

An Act relative to improving the surface and ground Phnjj 953

DRAINAGE IN THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON AND IN ADJOIN- *"'

ING TOWNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows: *

Section 1. The town of Lexington, for the purposes of To\vnof
surface and ground drainage and the protection of the public improve surface
health in said town, may, by its board of selectmen, from drainlgeTn
time to time improve the brooks, streams and water courses ^^^'^ '"^^'*-
in said town by removing obstructions in or over the same,
by widening or deepening the channels or by constructing
new channels, by diverting the water, by altering the courses,
by converting, wholly or in part, any such brook, stream or
water course, whether in its original channel or after the
alteration of the course of the same, into a covered conduit,
or in any other manner; may conduct the water of any
such brook, stream or water course through pipes, covered
conduits or open channels; may, by the construction of
drains or otherwise, divert any surface or ground water into
any brook, stream, pipe, conduit or channel; may conduct
any brook, stream or drain across, along or under any
railroad or street railway location, or across, along or under
any way, without unnecessarily obstructing the same; and, of^take^kads!
for the purposes aforesaid, may from time to time purchase «tc.
or take, in fee simple or otherwise, land or any right or ease-
ment in land, including any brook, stream, pond or water
course, or any part thereof; may lay out and construct such May construct
walks or ways thereon or in connection therewith as the Ttc. '^ "'^ ^'*^^'
selectmen may deem necessary or desirable for the public
convenience; may, from time to time, with or without the May enter
permission of the owner and with or without first making a aS"m^ke^8ur-
taking of the right so to do, enter upon any land and make ^^y^- ^^''■
surveys or tests, or clear of obstructions any brook, stream
or water course, which the selectmen may deem necessary

258

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 263.

May enter into
contracts, etc.

Brooks, etc.,
sometimes dry
not excepted,
etc.

May exercise
powers in other
cities or towns.

Proviso.

Proceedings for
taking of land,
recovery of
damages, etc.

Assessment of
betterments.

Appropriation
before purchase
or taking of
land, etc.

Sale, etc., of
land easements,
etc., no longer
necessary, etc.

Proviso.

Penalty for
disturbing, etc.
work of town,
for polluting
waters, etc.

Submission to
voters, etc.

or desirable for said purposes; and, for the purposes of this
act, may enter into any contracts or agrtements with any
person or corporation. The fact that a brook, stream or
water course is dry for a portion or portions of a given year
shall not operate to remove it from the operation of this
section.

Section 2. Said town, for the purposes and in the
manner provided in section one, may exercise in any other
town or city with respect to a brook, stream or water course
which flows therein from or to the town of Lexington, and
with respect to the waters thereof, any or all of the powers
which said section one confers with regard to operations in
the town of Lexington; provided, that before taking such
action it shall obtain the consent of such other town or of
the mayor and aldermen of any such city.

Section 3. The proceedings under the provisions of the
preceding sections for the taking of any land, easement or
right shall be had, and all claims for damages sustained by
any such taking or by any other act done under authority
hereof shall be ascertained and recovered from said town of
Lexington, as provided in chapter seventy-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws.

Section 4. Betterments for any public improvement
hereunder may be assessed in accordance with chapter eighty
of the General Laws.

Section 5. No land, water rights or other rights shall be
purchased or taken as herein authorized until an appropri-
ation has been made sufficient in amount to cover the esti-
mated cost thereof.

Section 6. If, in the opinion of the selectmen of said
town, it is at any time not necessary for the town to retain
the whole of the land easements or water rights which may
in any given case have been purchased or taken for the
purposes of this act, so much of said land easements or
water rights as in their opinion are no longer necessary for
the town to retain may be sold and conveyed by the town;
provided, that such sale is authorized by vote of a majority
of the voters of the town present and voting thereon at a
town meeting duly called for the purpose.

Section 7. No person shall, without lawful authority,
disturb, injure or destroy any work of said town constructed
or maintained for the purposes of this act, nor pollute the
waters of any brook, stream, water course, drain, conduit or
channel in said town, nor put or maintain any obstruction
therein. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall
be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not
more than three months, or both.

Section 8. For the purpose of submission to the voters
of said town, this act shall take effect upon its passage, and
it shall take full effect upon its acceptance by vote of a
majority of the voters of said town present and voting
thereon at a town meeting. Approved April 20, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 264. 259

An Act to make the law concerning the grading and rjhn'n 964

PACKING OF APPLES UNIFORM WITH LAWS ON THE SAME ^'

SUBJECT IN THE OTHER STATES OF NEW ENGLAND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is g. l. 94. § 101,
hereby amended by striking out section one hundred and ^'"^'^^^'^•
one and inserting in place thereof the following: — Sfc- standard
tion 10]. The standard grades of apples when packed Ipples.'*^
or repacked in closed packages within the commonwealth
shall be as follows: "Massachusetts Standard Fancy" q^^dard"^^"*
shall include only apples of one variety which are well Fancy".
matured specimens, hand picked, above medium color for
the variety, normal shape, of good and reasonably uniform
size, sound, free from dirt, disease, insect and fungous in-
jury, bruises and any other defects except such as are
necessarily caused in the operation of packing, and shall be
packed properly in clean, strong packages; provided, that Proviso.
apples of one variety not more than three per cent of which
are below the foregoing specifications may be graded as
"Massachusetts Standard Fancy".

"Massachusetts Standard A" shall include only apples "Massachusetts
of one variety which are well matured specimens, hand ®*^°*^*"* ^ '■
picked except as to any variety which may from time to
time be exempted by order of the commissioner of agricul-
ture, properly packed, of medium color for the variety,
normal shape, sound, practically free from dirt, disease,
insect and fungous injury, bruises and other defects except
such as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing;
provided, that apples of one variety not more than five per Fro\-iso.
cent of which are below the foregoing specifications may be
graded as "Massachusetts Standard A".

"Massachusetts Standard B" shall include only apples of ;;Massachusett8

, . , „ , 11 Standard B .

one variety, which are well matured, properly packed, prac-
tically normal shape, practically free from dirt, disease,
insect and fungous injury or any other defect which ma-
terially injures the appearance or useful quality of the
apples, but they may be less than medium color for the
variety; provided, that apples of one variety not more Proviso.
than ten per cent of which are below the foregoing specifica-
tions may be graded as "Massachusetts Standard B".

Apples not conforming to the foregoing specifications of u'lJcfaTs'ified^"^.
grade, or, if conforming, not branded in accordance there-
with, shall be classed as unclassified, and branded " Massa-
chusetts Unclassified".

Section 2. Section one hundred and three of said ^n^dld.^ "'^'
chapter ninetj'-four is hereby amended by striking out, in
the second line, the word "ungraded" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — unclassified, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 103. The minimum size of all apples in all grades, Minimum size
including unclassified apples as defined in section one hun- markm^'upon
dred and one, shall be marked upon the package, and shall be ^Ynatfon^etc."^"

260

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 264.

G. L. 94, § 1(W.
etc., amended.

Branding or
marking of
barrels of
apples.

Of other pack-
ages.

G. L. 94, 5 106,
etc., struck
out.

G. L. 94, § 111,
amended.

Hearings to
precede pros-
ecutions for
certain viola-
tions.

G. L. 94, 5 112,
etc., amended.

Penalty for
violations in
connection with
branding, pack-
ing, etc., of
apples.

determined by taking the transverse diameter of the smallest
fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and blossom
end. Minimum sizes shall be stated in variations of one
quarter of an inch, such as two inches, two and one quarter
inches, and so forth, in accordance with the facts. Min-
imum sizes may be designated by figures instead of words.
The word "minimum" may be designated by using the
abbreviation "min".

Section 3. Section one hundred and five of said chapter
ninetj'-four, as amended by section four of chapter one
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
the fourth line, the words "of a size", and by striking out,
in the fifth line, the words "thirty-six point Gothic" and
inserting in place thereof the words:- — one half inch in
height, — so as to read as follows: — Section 105. The
branding or marking of barrels under sections one hundred
and one to one hundred and seven, inclusive, and one hun-
dred and twelve shall be in block letters and figures not less
than one half inch in height. The commissioner of agri-
culture shall prescribe rules and regulations as to the lettering
to be used in branding or marking other packages.

Section 4. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further
amended bj' striking out section one hundred and six, as
amended by section five of chapter one hundred and nine-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Section 5. Section one hundred and eleven of said
chapter ninety-four is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — Before any prosecution is
begun by the commissioner of agriculture or any of his duly
authorized assistants the parties concerned shall be given
an opportunity to be heard before the said commissioner or
a person designated by him for such purpose. The parties
concerned shall be given reasonable notice of the hearing,
specifying the day, hour and place thereof and accompanied
by a description of the alleged violation. Such hearings
shall be governed by rules and regulations prescribed by
said commissioner.

Section 6. Said chapter ninety-four, as amended in
section one hundred and twelve by chapter thirty-five of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section one hundred
and twelve and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 112. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent,
misbrands apples within the meaning of section one hundred
and seven, or packs, repacks, sells, distribtites or ofi"ers or
exposes for sale or distribution apples which are misbranded,
or apples in closed or open packages so packed or repacked
that the faced or shown surface gives a false representation
of the contents of the package, or packs, repacks, sells,
di^stributes, offers or exposes for sale or distribution apples
otherwise in violation of any provision of sections one
hundred and one to one hundred and twelve, inclusive, or

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 265. 261

wilfully alters, efTaces or removes, or causes to be altered,
effaced or removed, wholly or partly, any brands or marks
put upon any package of apples under authority of said
sections, shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of
not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by
a fine of not more than two hundred dollars. Whoever Penalty for
obstructs or hinders the commissioner of agriculture or any etc.^'^comnfis-
of his assistants in the performance of his duties under sec- sioner of agri-

, , , , "^ . 1111 • culture, etc.

tions one hundred and one to one hundred and seven, in-
clusive, and one hundred and nine to one hundred and
eleven, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 7. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further g. l. 04, 5 113.
amended by striking oiit section one hundred and thirteen ^"^^^'^^d-
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 113. Certain exemp-
No person who sells or distributes or offers or exposes penalties in
for sale or distribution apples misbranded within the mean- brand^ng,"pack^
ing of section one hundred and seven, or apples in closed ing, etc., of
or open packages so packed or repacked that the faced or
shown surface gives a false representation of the contents
of the package, shall be deemed to have violated the pro-
visions of sections one hundred and one to one hundred and
twelve, inclusive, relative thereto, if it appears that he acted
in good faith solely as a distributor and that he was not a
party to the packing and grading of the apples in question, or
if he furnishes a guaranty signed by the person from whom he
received the apples, together with the address of such per-
son, that the apples are not misbranded within the meaning
of said section one hundred and seven and that they are not
so packed or repacked that the faced or shown surface gives
a false representation of the contents of the package. In Liability for
such case, the person from whom the distributor received tHbu'tor in cer-
the apples shall be liable for the acts of the distributor, if he tain cases.
relied upon the guaranty, to the same extent that the dis-
tributor would have been liable under said sections one
hundred and one to one hundred and thirteen, inclusive.

Apinoved April 20, 1926.

An Act providing for certain improvements at the nhnrx ofi^

BARNSTABLE COUNTY SANATORIUM AND ENLARGING THE ^'

PURPOSES OF SAID SANATORIUM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of Barnstable
Barnstable may expend a sum not exceeding twenty-five missioners may
thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing, equipping ISfprovlme'iUa
and furnishing additions to the Barnstable county sanatorium. »* Barnstable

,, , . ,. . ^ 1 11 • (. 1 !• • 1 • 1- county

Such additions shall consist 01 an addition to the existing sanatorium,
hospital building, to be used for hospital X-ray purposes,
the erection of a separate building for a children's unit and
other hospital purposes, and the erection of a cottage for the
residence of the superintendent of the sanatorium.

262

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 266.

May borrow
money, etc.

Barnstable
County
Sanatorium
Loan, Act of
1926.

Additional
purposes of
said sanato-
rium.

Cancer, etc.,
patients.

Submission to
county com-
missioners.
Proviso.

Section 2. For the purpose of paying the necessary
expenses to be incurred under section one, said county com-
missioners may borrow from time to time, on the credit of
the county, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding
in the aggregate twenty-five thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Barnstable County Sanatorium
Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more
than five years from their dates. Such bonds or notes shall
be signed by the treasurer of the county and countersigned
by a majority of the county commissioners. The county
may sell the said securities at public or private sale upon
such terms and conditions as the county commissioners may
deem proper, but not for less than their par value. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General
Laws.

Section 3. The purposes of said Barnstable county
sanatorium, established and maintained under chapter one
hundred and fifty-three of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and fifteen, as amended by chapter one hundred and
thirty-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen, chapter three hundred and seventy-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty and chapter seventy-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and as
affected by chapter thirty-one of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and seventeen and chapter two hundred and
twenty-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen, shall, in addition to the care and treatment of
persons ill with tuberculosis and other contagious diseases,
include the care and treatment of persons ill with cancer
and other chronic diseases except mental diseases.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by the county commissioners of said county; provided,
that such acceptance occurs during the current year.

Approved April 20, 1926.

Chap.2QQ An Act kelative to the arrest of persons while on

probation.

G. L. 279. § 3.
amended.

Arrest of per-
sons while on
probation.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:

Section three of chapter two himdred and seventy-nine
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "may" in the third line the words: — , and shall
if he has been convicted of any offence, other than drunken-
ness by the voluntary use of intoxicating liquor, since being
placed on probation in such case, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 3. At any time before final disposition of the
case of a person placed on probation in the custody of a pro-
bation officer, the probation officer may, and shall if he has
been convicted of any offence, other than drunkenness by
the voluntary use of intoxicating liquor, since being placed

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 207. 263

on probation in snch case, arrest him without a warrant and

take him before the court, or the court may issue a warrant

for his arrest. When taken before the court, it may, if he Disposition of

has not been sentenced, sentence him or make any other l^^ ^^ '^°""'

lawful disposition of the case, and if he has been sentenced,

it may continue or revoke the suspension of the execution

of his sentence. If such suspension is revoked, the sentence

shall be in full force and effect.

Approved April 20, 192G.

An Act rp:lative to the punishment of certain motor
vehicle crimes.

Chap.2Q7

Be it enacted, etc., as foUows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and sixty-six of the g. l 26g, § 28,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
twenty-eight and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Section 28. Whoever steals an automobile or motor Penalty for

1 . I j_ 1 ■! i 1 theft, etc., of

cycle, or receives or buys an automobile or motor cycle motor vehicles.
knowing the same to have been stolen, or conceals any
automobile or motor cycle thief knowing him to be such, or
conceals any automobile or motor cycle knowing the same
to have been stolen, or takes an automobile or motor cycle For taking
without the authority of the owner and steals from it any of witiwut mlufor-
its parts or accessories, or without the authority of the ttfertfrom"''''"^
owner operates an automobile or motor cycle after his right parts, etc.
to operate without a license has been suspended or after his nj'J^toi^ "ehjcila
license to operate has been suspended or revoked and prior without author-
to the restoration of such right or license to operate or to ai^er suIpM-
the issuance to him of a new license to operate, shall be lic^jsf'etc"^
punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more
than ten years or imprisonment in jail or house of correc-
tion for not more than two and one half years.

Section 2. Section twenty-three of chapter ninet}' of ^c ^amended.
the General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by
section two of chapter two hundred and one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in the sixth and seventh lines, the words
"during the period of such suspension or revocation" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — prior to the restora-
tion of such license or right to operate or to the issuance to
him of a new license to operate, — by striking out, in the
tenth and eleventh lines, the words "during the period of
such suspension or revocation" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — prior to the restoration of such regis-
tration or to the issuance of a new certificate of registration
for such vehicle, — and by inserting after the word "shall"
in the eleventh line the words: — , except as provided by
section twenty-eight of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 23. Any person con- Penalty for
victed of operating a motor vehicle after his license to vehicles Iftei °'
operate has been suspended or revoked or after notice of the '"^ense to oper-

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ate has been
suspended or
revoked, etc.

Penalty for
operating, etc.,
motor vehicles
after certificate
of registration
has been sus-
pended or re-
voked, etc.

Penalty for
certain viola-
tions as to
number plates
on motor
vehicles.

suspension of his right to operate a motor vehicle without a
license has been Issued by the registrar and received by such
person or by his agent or employer and prior to the restora-
tion of such license or right to operate or to the issuance to
him of a new license to operate, and any person convicted
of operating or causing or permitting any other person to
operate a motor vehicle after the certificate of registration for
such vehicle has been suspended or revoked and prior to the
restoration of such registration or to the issuance of a new
certificate of registration for such vehicle, shall, except as
provided by section twenty-eight of chapter two hundred
and sixty-six, be punished for a first ofi'ence by a fine of not
less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than ten days, or both, and for
any subsequent ofi'ence by Imprisonment for not less than ten
days nor more than one year, and any person who attaches
or permits to be attached to a motor vehicle a number plate
assigned by the registrar to another vehicle, or who obscures
or permits to be obscui-ed the figures on any number plate
attached to any motor vehicle, or who fails to display on a
motor vehicle the number plate and the register number duly
issued therefor, with intent to conceal the Identity of such
motor vehicle, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
ten days, or both. Approved April 21, 1926.

Chap.26S An Act establishing the salary of the present as-
sistant CLERK OF THE SENATE.

Salary of assist-
ant clerk of
senate.
When to take
effect.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. The salary of Irving N. Hayden as assistant
clerk of the senate shall be thirty-five hundred dollars.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient
appropriation therefor Is made by the general court and
then as of April first in the current year.

Approved April 23, 1926.

Chap

G. L. 60, § 3,
etc., amended

Notice of local
taxes, mailing,
etc.

.269 An Act relative to the designation of the payee in

CERTAIN payments TO CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section three of chapter sixty of the General
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter seventy-one of
the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: —
The tax notice and bill shall state that all checks, drafts or
money orders shall be made payable to or to the order of
the city, town or district and not to or to the order of any
officer, board or commission, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 3. The collector shall forthwith, after receiving a
tax list and warrant, send notice to each person assessed,
resident or non-resident, of the amount of his tax; If mailed,
it shall be postpaid and directed to the town where the

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 269. 265

assessed person resided on April first of the year in which
the tax was assessed, and, if he resides in a city, it shall, if
possible, be directed to the street and number of his residence.
If he is assessed for a poll tax only, the notice shall be sent
on or before September second of the year in which the tax
is assessed. An omission to send the notice shall not affect Omission to
the validity either of a tax or of the proceedings for its col- ^""'^ °°^"'^-
lection. All tax bills or notices issued pursuant to this Tax bills or
section shall be dated April f^rst of the year to which the tax ^°J'*=^' ^^^'°s.
relates. The tax notice and bill shall state that all checks, To contain
drafts or money orders shall be made payable to or to the deSa^lon of"
order of the city, town or district and not to or to the order payee, etc.
of any officer, board or commission.

Section 2. Section fifty-seven of chapter fifty-nine of ^j^- 1- '"'P' 5 57,
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
twenty-ninth line, the words "date of the bill" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — day upon which said bill is
sent out, — so as to read as follows: — Section 57. Taxes Local taxes.
shall be payable in every city, town and district in which the where payable,
same are assessed, and bills for the same shall be sent out, Bills therefor,
not later than October fifteenth of each year, unless by etc."*'"^ °"*'
ordinance, by-law or vote of the city, town or district, an
earlier date of payment is fixed. On all taxes remaining interest on un-
unpaid after the expiration of seventeen days from said ^^'"^ '^*''^^-
October fifteenth, or after such longer time as may be fixed
by any city, town or district which fixes an earlier date for
payment, but not exceeding thirty days from such earlier
date, interest shall be paid at the following rates computed Rates, com-
from the date on which the taxes become payable: at the ''^ '°°' ^
rate of six per cent per annum on all taxes and, by way of
penalty, at the additional rate of two per cent per annum
on the amount of all taxes in excess of two hundred dollars
assessed to any taxpayer, in any one city or town, if such
taxes remain unpaid after the expiration of three months
from the date on which they became payable, but if, in any
case, the tax bill is sent out later than the day prescribed,
interest shall be computed only from the expiration of
such seventeen days or said longer time. In no case shall
interest be added to taxes paid prior to the expiration of
seventeen days from the 4ate when they are payable, nor
shall any city or town so fix an earlier date of payment and
longer time within which taxes may be paid without interest
as would permit the payment of any taxes without interest
after November first of the year in which they are due.
Bills for taxes assessed under section seventy-five shall be BiUsfor
sent out not later than December twenty-sixth, and such omitted assess-
taxes shall be payable not later than December thirty-first.
If they remain unpaid after that date, interest shall be paid interest, pay-
at the rates above specified, computed from December thirty-
first until the day of payment, but if, in any case, the tax
bill is sent out later than December twenty-sixth, said taxes
shall be payable not later than ten days from the day upon
which said bill is sent out, and interest shall be computed

266

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G. L. 41, § 38A,
etc., amended.

Collection of
accounts due
to cities and
towns.

Bills to con-
tain statement
as to designa-
tion of payee,
etc.

from the fifteenth day following the date when the tax be-
comes due. In all cases where interest is payable it shall be
added to and become a part of the tax.

Section 3. Section thirty-eight A of chapter forty-one
of the General Laws, inserted by chapter sixteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: — All
bills for accounts due the city or town shall state that all
checks, drafts or money orders shall be made payable to or
to the order of the city or town and not to or to the order
of any officer, board or commission, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 38 A . A city or town may by ordinance
or by-law, notwithstanding any charter provision, provide
that the collector of taxes shall collect, under the title of
city or town collector, all accounts due the city or tow^n,
and may in like manner define his powers and duties in
relation to the collection of such accounts. This section
shall not apply to the collection of interest on investments of
sinking or trust funds. All bills for accounts due the city
or town shall state that all checks, drafts or money orders
shall be made payable to or to the order of the city or town
and not to or to the order of any officer, board or commis-
sion. Approved April 23, 1926.

Chap.270 An Act relative to the color of avarning signs where

PUBLIC WAYS cross THE TRACKS OF RAILROAD CORPORA-
TIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and forty-tw^o of chapter one hun-
dred and sixty of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out, in the seventh line, the word "white" and
inserting in place thereof the word : — yellow, — and by
striking out, in the ninth line, the word "black" and in-
serting in place thereof the word : — yellow*, — so as to read
as foUow^s: — Section 142. Every county, city and town
shall, except as hereinafter provided, and the department of
public works shall, unless in any case it deems it unnecessary
or impracticable so to do, place and maintain w-arning signs
on every public w^ay subject to its jurisdiction, where the way
crosses the tracks of a railroad at grade. The signs shall
consist of a metal disc twenty-four inches in diameter, the
field thereof to be enamelled yellowy with an enamelled
black border line one inch wide, and with an enamelled black
perpendicular and horizontal crossline two and one half inches
wide; the reverse side of the disc to be colored yellow. In
each of the upper quarterings shall appear, in black enamel,
the letter "R", five inches high, three and three quarter
inches wide, the lines to be of one inch stroke. The said
signs shall be placed in conspicuous situations beside the
public way, on each side of the crossing, and at a distance
of not less than three hundred feet from the nearest rail of
the crossing. Approved April 23, 1926.

G. L. 160, § 142,
amended.

Warning signs
where public
ways cross
tracks of rail-
road corpora-
tions.

Size, color, de-
sign, etc.

Where to be
placed.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 271. 267

An Act relative to probation, suspended sentences (JJmrf 271

AND FILING OF COMPLAINTS IN DISTRICT COURTS. ^

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section eighty-seven of chapter two hun- cj. l. 276, § 87,
dred and seventy-six of the General Laws is hereby amended ^'»e'"i'^^-
by adding at the end thereof the following: — ; provided,
that no person convicted of a felony by a district court shall
be placed on probation by said court in such case if it shall
appear that he has been previously convicted of any felony,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 87. The superior court Court may
may place upon probation under any of its probation officers pe*soM hr'care
any person before it charged with crime and any court may ofH^^^g"*'''"
place any person convicted before it in the care of its pro-
bation officer for such time and upon such conditions as it
deems proper; provided, that no person convicted of a Proviao.
felony by a district court shall be placed on probation by
said court in such case if it shall appear that he has been
previously convicted of any felony.

Section 2. Section one of chapter two hundred and ^- ^- ^^Q, § i,

. ,_ '^ 111 • etc., amended.

seventy-nme oi the Creneral Laws, as amended by section
one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four and by section two of
chapter two hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twentj^-five, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the following: — , or of a person
convicted of a felony if it shall appear that he has been
previously convicted of any felony, — so that the paragraph
added by section two of said chapter two hundred and
ninety-seven will read as follows : — The provisions of this Suspension of
section shall not permit the suspension of the execution of lentence'of cer-
the sentence of a person convicted of operating a motor p'^rsoiis'^pro-'^'^
vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor if hibited if, etc.
such offence was committed within a period of six years
immediately following his final conviction of a like oifence
by a court or magistrate of the commonwealth, or of a per-
son convicted of a felony if it shall appear that he has been
previously convicted of any felony.

Section 3. Section one A of said chapter two hundred ^c^amenLd^'
and seventy-nine, inserted by section two of said chapter
one hundred and seventy-five, is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the following new sentence: — This sec- Suspension of
tion shall not permit the suspension of the execution of the se^encTof cer-
sentence of any person convicted of a felony if it shall appear t**^'" convicted

iiii •! •!(• (*i pel sons not pBr*

that he has been previously convicted or any leiony. mitted if, etc.

Section 4. Section thirty-eight of chapter two hundred ^^^jg'f' ^ ^^'
and eighteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out all after the word "court" in the eighth line and
inserting in place thereof the following new sentence : — Sub-
ject to any other provisions of law relative to the filing of
complaints for particular crimes, district courts may place
on file any complaint in a criminal case other than a com-

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Acts, 1926. — Chap. 272.

District courts,
always open,
etc.

Sittings, where
and wneu held.

Adjournment
of sittings, con-
tinuance of
cases, etc.

Placing of cer-
tain complaints
on file, etc.

plaint for the commission of a felony issued against a person
who appears previously to have been convicted of a felony
or previously to have had a complaint for felony placed
on file, — so as to read as follows: — Section 38. District
courts shall always be open and business may be transacted
at any time, except as provided in section six of chapter
two hundred and twenty. Sittings of the courts shall be
held in the court houses or other places provided therefor
by the county, at the times and in the towns fixed by law;
but if the times are not established by law they shall be fixed
by the courts by general rule. Sittings may be adjourned
from time to time as occasion requires, and cases, civil or
criminal, may be continued to any future day fixed for the
sitting of the court. Subject to any other provisions of law
relative to the filing of complaints for particular crimes,
district courts may place on file any complaint in a criminal
case other than a complaint for the commission of a felony
issued against a person who appears previously to have been
convicted of a felony or previously to have had a complaint
for felony placed on file. Approved April 23, 1926.

G. L. 26, § 8A,
etc., amended.

Chap.272 An Act to authorize the board of appeal on motor

VEHICLE LIABILITY POLICIES AND BONDS TO APPOINT A
SECRETARY AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eight A of chapter twenty-six of the General Laws,
inserted by section three of chapter three hundred and
forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "board" the
first time it occurs in the twelfth line the following new
sentence: — With the approval of the governor and council,
the board may appoint and remove a secretary and such
clerical and other assistants as its work may require, and fix
their compensation. All expenditures incurred under this
section shall be paid from the highway fund. The secretary
shall keep a record of all proceedings before the board, and
he and such clerical and other assistants shall perform such
duties as the board may direct, — and by striking out, in the
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth lines, the words ", and the
board may employ a stenographer ", - — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 8 A . There shall be a board of appeal on motor
vehicle liability policies and bonds serving in the division of
insurance and consisting of the commissioner of insurance
or a representative to be designated by him, the registrar
of motor vehicles or a representative to be designated by
the commissioner of public works, and an assistant attorney
general to be designated by the attorney general. The com-
pensation of such a representative, if not an employee of the
commonwealth, shall be fixed by the board, subject to the
approval of the governor and council. The commissioner of
insurance or his representative shall be the chairman of the
board. With the approval of the governor and council, the
board may appoint and remove a secretary and such clerical

Board of appeal
on motor
vehicle liability

Eolicies and
onds, estab-
lishment, com-
position, etc.

Chairman.

Secretary and
clerical, etc.,
assistants.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 273. 269

and otlier assistants as its work may require, and fix their
compensation. All expenditures incurred under this section Payments from
shall be paid from the highway fund. The secretary shall '"^^'""^ '""^
keep a record of all proceedings before the board, and lie Duties of sec-
and sucli clerical and other assistants shall perform such ^'^^^y- '*^«-
duties as the board may direct. Any member of the board Summoning,
shall have power to summon and compel the attendance and etc^.^of'^wU-
testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records "®^"'*^' ^'^<=-
and documents and nuiy administer oaths. Sections nine
and eleven of chapter two hundred and thirty-three shall
apply to the board and witnesses summoned before it. The Witness feea.
fees of witnesses before, the board for attendance and travel
shall be the same as for witnesses before the superior court
in civil cases and need not be paid nor tendered to them prior
to their attendance, and shall be paid by the common-
wealtJi upon the certificate of the board or a member thereof
filed with the comptroller. An office and a room for hearings Office, he.<inng
shall be provided by the commonwealth, to be assigned by '^°°'"' **''•
the governor and council. The board, with the approval Huleaand
of the governor and council, may make and amend reason-
able rules and regulations to expedite and regulate hearings
and the procedure before it. Approved April 23, 1926.

An Act to amend the laws relative to credit unions. Qhav 273

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws, as amended in chapter one g. l., new
hundred and seventy-one by chapter one hundred and forty- ^'/chapter uT^
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and
by chapters thirty-eight, fifty-four, fifty-five, one hundred
and forty-three and two hundred and ninety-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby further
amended by striking out all of said chapter one hundred
and seventy-one and inserting in place thereof the
following: —

Chapter 171.

Credit Unions.

name, definition.

Section 1. A corporation organized under this chapter credit Unions,
shall include in its corporate name the words "credit union". Corporate
Other distinguishing words may be used. The words ^^^J^ ..^ j;^
"credit union" shall mean a corporation organized under union", de-
this chapter or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and,
unless the context otherwise requires, the word " commis- "Commis-
sioner" shall mean the commissioner of banks. Ined!^"' ^^

incorporation, etc.

Section 3. Twenty or more persons, resident in this incorporation,
commonwealth, who have associated themselves by a ®*°-
written agreement with the intention of forming a corpora-
tion for the purpose of accumulating and investing the sav-

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Consent of
board of bank
incorporation.

Organization
and commence-
ment of busi-
ness.

Resumation of
business under
certain inactive
charters, ap-
proval, etc.

ings of its members and making loans to them for provident
purposes, may, with the consent of the board of bank in-
corporation, become such a corporation upon complying
with the following section. Said board may grant such
consent when satisfied that the proposed field of operation
is favorable to the success of such corporation, and that the
standing of the proposed incorporators is such as to give
assurance that its affairs will be administered in accordance
with the spirit of this chapter. A credit union shall organize
and commence business within six months from the date of
its incorporation, otherwise its charter shall become void;
and no credit union shall resume business under a charter
which was outstanding and inactive on July first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, except with the written approval
of said board.

LAW APPLICABLE TO CREDIT UNIONS.

Law under
which to be or-

Section 3. Credit unions shall be organized under the
provisions, so far as applicable, of sections seven to eleven,
inclusive, of chapter one hundred and seventy-two, except
that the fee for filing and recording the articles of organ-
ization, including the issuing by the state secretary of the
Supervision by Certificate of incorporation, shall be five dollars. So much of
chapter one hundred and sixty-seven as relates to super-
vision by the commissioner shall apply to credit unions so
far as applicable.

Fihng fee.

commissioner
of banks

Credit union
banking re-
stricted.

Penalty.

CREDIT UNION BANKING RESTRICTED.

Section 4- No person, partnership or association, and no
corporation, except one incorporated under this chapter or
corresponding provisions of earlier laws, shall hereafter
receive payments on shares or deposits from its members
and loan such payments on shares and deposits in the man-
ner of a credit union or transact business under any name
or title containing the words "credit union". Whoever
violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and the supreme
judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity,
by any appropriate process to enforce the provisions of this
section.

Fraternal or-
ganizations,
voluntary
associations,
partnerships
and corpora-
tions as limited
members.

Restrictions as
to loans to or
payments by
such members.

FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS, PART-
NERSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS AS LIMITED MEMBERS.

Section 5. Any fraternal organization, voluntary associ-
ation, partnership or corporation, having a usual place of
business within the commonwealth and composed principally
of individual members or stockholders who are themselves
eligible to membership in a credit union, may become a
member of a credit union, but, except with the consent of
the commissioner, a credit union shall make no loan to such
a member in excess of the total of its shares and deposits

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 273. 271

therein; nor shall a credit union receive from any such
member money in payment for shares or on deposit to such
an amount that the total of such payments by all members
of the class described in this section shall exceed at any
time twenty-five per cent of the assets of the credit union.

DEPOSITS AND LOANS.

Section 6. Subject to section five, a credit union may Deposits and
receive savings of its members in payment for shares or on °*'^"
deposit or may lend to its members at reasonable rates or
invest, as hereinafter provided, the funds so accumulated.
It may undertake such other activities relating to the pur- other activities.
pose of the association as its by-laws may authorize.

BY-LAWS.

Section 7. The shareholders of every such corporation By-iaws, adop-
shall make and adopt by-laws, consistent with law, for the pro^viji'forf^tc.
government of its affairs. The by-laws shall provide for and
determine —

(a) The name of the corporation.

(6) The purposes for which it is formed.

{d) The conditions on which shares may be paid in, trans-
feried and withdrawn.

{e) The conditions on which deposits may be received and
withdrawn.

(/) The method of receipting for money paid on account
of shares or deposits or repaid on loans.

{g) The number of directors and the number of members
of the credit committee.

{h) The time of holding regular meetings of the board of
directors, the credit committee and the auditing committee.

(i) The duties of the several officers.

0) The entrance fees, if any, to be charged.

{k) The fines, if any, to be charged for failure to meet
obligations to the corporation punctually.

(/) The date of the annual meeting and the manner in
which members shall be notified of all meetings.

{m) The number of members who shall constitute a
quorum at all meetings.

(n) Such other regulations as may be deemed to be
necessary.

AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS.

Section 8. Subject to section nine, the by-laws may be Amendment to
amended at any annual meeting or at a special meeting, '^y'l^'*^-
called for the purpose, by a three fourths vote of all the
members present and entitled to vote; provided, that a copy Proviso.
of the proposed amendment, together with a written notice
of the meeting, shall have been sent to each member or
handed to him in person at least seven days prior to said
meeting.

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Commissioner
to approve by-
laws and
amendments
thereto.

APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER.

Section 9. No credit union shall receive any deposits or
payments on account of shares, or make any loans, until its
by-laws have been approved in writing by the commissioner,
nor shall any amendments to its by-laAvs become operative
until they have been so approved.

Capital un-
limited.
Shares, sub-
scription for,
etc.

Proviso as to
par value.
Interest on de-
posits, etc.

Limitations as
t<5 shares and
deposits.

Provisos.

Notice of in-
tention to with-
draw shares or
deposits.

Joint deposits.

CAPITAL.

Section 10. The capital of a credit union shall be unlimited
in amount and shall consist of shares and deposits. Shares of
capital stock may be subscribed for and paid for in such
manner as the by-laws shall prescribe; provided, that the
par value of the shares shall be five dollars. Section six-
teen of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven shall also apply
to credit unions, subject to the limitations as regards shares
and deposits herein provided. A shareholder may pur-
chase and hold not exceeding four hundred shares in a credit
union and may also make deposits in such credit union to
an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars, which
deposits, together with the addition of interest thereon and
dividends on shares, may accumulate to an amount not
exceeding three thousand dollars; provided, that the total
amount of shares and deposits held by any one member in
any one credit union, including the aforesaid accumulations,
shall not exceed four thousand dollars in the aggregate; and
provided further, that in the event that the by-laws of a
credit union do not provide for the receipt of deposits, a
shareholder may purchase not exceeding eight hundred
shares in such credit union. A credit union may require
from a member ninety days' notice of his intention to with-
draw any or all of his shares and sixty days' notice of his
intention to withdraw any or all of his deposits. Section
fourteen of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven shall apply
to credit unions.

Shares issued
and deposits
received in
names of
minors, etc.

No voting by
certain mmore.

SHARES MAY BE ISSUED TO MINORS, ETC.

Section 11. Shares may be issued and deposits received
in the name of a minor, and such shares and deposits may, in
the discretion of the directors, be withdrawn by such minor
or by his parent or guardian, and in either case payments
made on such withdrawals shall be valid and shall release
the corporation from liability to the minor, parent or guardian
in respect of such shares and deposits. A minor under
eighteen shall not have the right to vote.

Fiscal year.

FISCAL YEAR.

Section 12. The fiscal year of every credit union shall
end at the close of business on the last business day of
October.

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MEETINGS.

Section IS. The annual meeting of the corporation shall Annual meet-
be held at such time and place as the by-laws prescribe, but '"^^'
not later than thirty days after the close of the fiscal year.
Special meetings may be called at any time by a majority Spociai meet-
of the directors and shall be called by the clerk upon written '""^^
application of ten or more members entitled to vote. Notice Notice of
of all meetings of the corporation and of all meetings of the '"^'^^^'"es.
board of directors and of committees shall be given in the
manner prescribed in the by-laws. No member shall be voting powers
entitled to vote by proxy or have more than one vote, and, tions!^^*"*^
after a credit union has been incorporated for one year, no
member thereof shall be entitled to vote until he has been
a member for more than three months.

A fraternal organization, voluntary association, partner- Voting by
ship, or corporation, having membership in a credit union ga^nrzTuons,
may cast one vote at any of its meetings by a duly delegated ^^^^ ^ ™^'°'
agent.

The members at each annual meeting shall fix the maximum Maximum
amount to be loaned to any one member and, upon recom- divMuaHoan's.
mendation of the board of directors, may declare dividends Dividends.
in accordance Avith section twentv-five.

DIRECTORS.

SectioJi 14- The business and affairs of a credit union Directors,
shall be managed by a board of not less than eleven directors number, etc.
unless the number of members of such union is less than
eleven. The directors shall be elected at the annual meet- Election.
ings. All members of the said board, as well as the officers To be sworn,
whom they may elect, shall be sworn to the faithful per- ^*^*''
formance of their duties and shall hold their several offices
unless sooner removed as hereinafter provided, until their
successors are qualified. A record of every such qualifica- Record of
tion shall be filed and preserved with the records of the qualification.
corporation. Directors shall be elected for not less than one Terms.
nor more than three years, as the by-laws shall provide. If Classes.
the term is more than one year, they shall be divided into
classes, and an equal number, as nearly as may be, elected
each year. If a director ceases to be a member of the credit y.acaficy if

, . ™. 1 11 1 1 director not

union, his ornce shall thereupon become vacant. member.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. COMMITTEES. BONDS.

Section 15. The directors at their first meeting after officers, eiec-
the annual meeting shall elect from their own number a lo'Js. terms?eto.
president, one or more vice-presidents, a clerk, a treasurer,
a credit committee of not less than three members, an audit-
ing committee of three members, and such other officers as
may be necessary for the transaction of the business of the
credit union, who shall be the officers of the corporation and

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One person as
elerk and
treasurer.

Restrictions as
to certain com-
mittee member-
ships.

Certain officers
to give bond,
etc.

who shall hold office until their successors are qualified, un-
less sooner removed as hereinafter provided. The offices of
clerk and treasurer may be held by the same person. No
member of the said board of directors shall be a member of
both the credit and the auditing committee unless the num-
ber of members of the credit union is less than eleven.
Each officer handling funds of a credit union shall give bond
to the directors in such amount and with such surety or
sureties and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe,
and shall file with him an attested copy thereof, with a
certificate of its custodian that the original is in his pos-
session.

General powers
and duties of
directors.

May borrow
money, etc.

May remove
officers, etc.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS.

Section 16. The board of directors shall have the general
direction of the affairs of the corporation and shall meet
as often as may be necessary, but not less than once each
month. It shall act upon all applications for membership
and upon the expulsion of members; determine the rate of
interest on loans subject to the limitations contained in this
chapter; shall decide on all applications for real estate
mortgage loans after receipt of the certification by the credit
committee of the application in the manner hereinafter
provided; shall determine the rate of interest to be paid on
deposits which shall not, however, exceed six per cent per
annum and shall fill vacancies in the board of directors and
committees until the next annual election. It shall make
recommendations to the members of the credit union relative
to the maximum amount to be loaned to any one member;
the advisability of declaring a dividend and the amount to
be declared; the need of amendments to the by-laws, and
other matters upon which, in its opinion, the members
should act at any regular or special meeting. The board of
directors, with the approval of the commissioner, may bor-
row money for and in behalf of the credit union. It may by
a two thirds vote remove from office for cause any officer
or any member of any committee.

Genera! powers
and duties of
auditing com-
mittee.

Verification of
pass books.

Meetings, an-
nual report, etc.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.

Section 17. The auditing committee shall keep fully
informed at all times as to the financial condition of the
credit union; shall examine carefully the cash and accounts
of the credit union monthly; shall certify the monthly
statements submitted by the treasurer; shall make a thorough
audit of the books, including income and expense, semi-
annually; and shall report to the board of directors its
findings, together with its recommendations. It shall,
under regulations prescribed by the commissioner, cause to
be verified the pass books of tlie credit union at least; once
in every three years. It shall hold meetings at least once
each month, shall keep records thereof and shall make an
annual report at the annual meeting.

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DIRECTORS NOT TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION, ETC, — COM-
PENSATION OF OFFICERS.

Section IS. No member of the board of directors shall Directors not

. II'**' receive com-

receive any compensation tor Ins services as a member ot peuaation, etc.
the said boartl or as a member of any committee, nor shall Not to borrow
any member of the said board borrow from the corporation '° '^^'^^^^^
to an amount in excess of the total of his shares and deposits
in said credit union and the accumulated earnings standing
to his credit thereon on the books of the corporation. No Not to become
member of said board shall become surety or co-maker for ^^^^^^' ^^'^■
any loan. The officers elected by the board may receive Coim)ensation
such compensation as it may authorize, subject to the ap- " ° '^®"' ^'"'
proval of the members at the next annual meeting or at a
special meeting called for the purpose.

GUARANTY FUND,

Section 19. Before the payment of an annual or semi- Guaranty fund

1 ). . 1 II 1 11 1 , n 1 to be set apart

annual dividend there shall be set apart as a guaranty tund before payment

not less than ten per cent of the gross income which has °* dividends.

accumulated during the next preceding dividend period,

except as hereinafter provided, until such time as said

guaranty fund shall equal fifteen per cent of the assets of the

said credit union; and thereafter there shall be added to Additions to

the guaranty fund at the end of each such period such per- s"^''^"'y ^"°<*-

centage of the gross income which has accumulated during

that period as will result in maintaining such guaranty fund

at such amount. All entrance fees shall be added to the guar- Entrance fees.

anty fund at the close of the dividend period. Said guaranty Guaranty fund

fund and the investments thereof shall be held to meet con- [i'ngendes!°etc.

tingencies or losses in the business of the credit union, and

shall not be distributed to its members, except in case of

dissolution,

RESERVE FUND,

Section 20. If the losses and bad debts of a credit union Reserve fund
at the end of any dividend period exceed twenty per cent of [^in|cnf,'etc.
the guaranty fund, including in said term the amount re-
quired by law to be contributed at the end of that period to
said fund, there shall thereafter be maintained a reserve
fund which shall before the payment of a dividend be made
equal, by payments from the earnings of that period, to the
amount by which the losses and bad debts at the end of that
period exceed twenty per cent of the guaranty fund, includ-
ing the aforesaid contribution for that period; provided. Proviso.
that the excess in any subsequent period over the amount
required to be maintained for that period as a reserve fund
may be transferred from such fund and made available for
the payment of di\ idends. All debts due to any credit vvhat to be
union on which interest or partial payments on the prin- debtl*^"^*^ ^^^
cipal are due and unpaid for a period of six months, unless
the same are well secured and in process of collection, shall
be considered bad debts within the meaning of this section.

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Investment of
funds.

Amount to be
carried as cash
on hand or a.a
balance^ due
from banks,
etc., or invested
in certain
bonds, etc.

No further
loans, when.

Approval of in-
vestments.

INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.

Section SI. The capital, deposits and surplus of a credit
union shall be invested in loans to members, with approval
of the credit committee, as provided in the following section,
and also when so required herein, of the board of directors;
and any capital, deposits or surplus funds in excess of the
amount for which loans shall be approved by the credit
committee and the board of directors, may be deposited in
savings banks or trust companies incorporated under the
laws of this commonwealth, or in national banks located
therein, or invested in any bonds or bankers' acceptances
which are at the time of their purchase legal investments for
savings banks in this commonwealth or in the shares of co-
operative banks incorporated in this commonwealth. At
least five per cent of the total assets of a credit union shall
be carried as cash on hand or as balances due from banks
and trust companies, or invested in the bonds or notes of
the United States, or of any state, or subdivision thereof,
which are legal investments for savings banks as above pro-
vided. Whenever the aforesaid ratio falls below five per
cent, no further loans shall be made until the ratio as herein
provided has been re-established. Investments, other than
personal loans, shall be made only with the approval of the
board of directors.

General powers
and duties of
credit com-
mittee.

To approve
personal loans.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF CREDIT COMMITTEE.

Section 22. The credit committee shall:

(a) Hold meetings at least once in each month;

(6) Act on all applications for loans;

{d) Submit to the board of directors all applications for
loans to be secured by mortgages of real estate, with their
recommendations thereon, which shall include a certificate
as to their best judgment of the value of the real estate
involved.

No personal loan shall be made unless all of the members
of the credit committee who are present when the applica-
tion is considered, which number shall constitute at least
two thirds of the members of said committee, approve said
loan. No loan shall be granted unless the members of said
committee are satisfied that the loan promises to be of benefit
to the borrower.

Applications for
loans.

Form of ap-
plication for
loan to be

APPLICATIONS FOR LOANS.

Section 23. All applications for loans shall be made in
writing and shall state the purpose for which the loan is
desired and the security, if any, offered.

The form of application for a loan to be secured by a
mortgage of real estate shall contain — ■

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(a) The date. secured by

/i\ riM r J.I !• X mortgage of real

{h) Ihe name ot the npphoant. estate, what to

((•) Tlie name of the liiisl)and or wife of the applicant, '^""twn-
if any.

(d) Amount of hnm desired.

(e) Assessed vahie of the real estate in question.

(/) A statement of all balances due of any mortgages
outstanding against said real estate.

(g) The income from said real estate.

(h) A description of said real estate.

(i) Such other information as the board of directors may
require.

LOANS.

Section 24- -^ credit union may make loans of the follow- classes of loans.
ing classes to its members:

(a) Personal loans secured by the note of the borrower; Personal.
and

(b) Loans secured by mortgages of real estate situated Secured by

.^, \ . *^, , o o mortgages of

Within the commonwealth. real estate.

Personal loans shall always be given the preference and, ^^^^®^^J^''"^f '"
in the event there are not sufficient funds available to satisfy loans.
all loan applications approved by the credit committee,
preference shall be given to the smaller loan.

(a) personal loans.

Each personal loan shall be payable within one year from Personal loans,
the date thereof and shall be paid or renewed on or before ^"'"p*>'* *•
such date.

Each endorser of a note given as security for a personal ^dorsera^o'f^
loan shall be a resident of the commonwealth at the time the notes, etc.
loan is made, unless such endorser is a member of the credit
union.

Each personal loan shall be limited as follows : Limits of per-

1. To an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars, if ^onai loans.
secured by the unendorsed and unsecured note of the bor- $100.
rower.

2. To an amount not exceeding three hundred dollars, if ^°J exceeding
secured by the note of the borrower with one or more re-
sponsible endorsers thereon, or with satisfactory collateral
pledged to secure the same, or if secured by the joint and

several note of two or more members.

3. To an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars, if ^°Jqq'^"^'^'"^
secured by the note of the borrower with two or more re-
sponsible endorsers thereon, or with satisfactory collateral
pledged to secure the same, or if secured by the joint and

several note of three or more members.

4. To an amount not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars Not exceeding
if secured, by the note of the borrower with two or more '
responsible endorsers thereon or by a joint and several note

of three or more members, and, in either case, with collateral
valued at not more than eighty per cent of its market value,
pledged fully to secure the same.

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Not exceeding
$3,000.

Not exceeding
value of shares
and deposits of
borrower.

Assignment of
wages as col-
lateral for loans.

5. To an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars, if
secured by the note of the borrower and with sufficient
collateral pledged to secure the same made up of bonds or
notes of the United States, or of any state or subdivision
thereof, which are legal investments for savings banks in
this commonwealth valued at not more than eighty per cent
of their market value, or by the assignment of the pass book
of a depositor in a savings bank doing business in any of the
New England states or in the savings department of a trust
company or national bank doing business in this common-
wealth, or the pass book of a depositor in a co-operative
bank incorporated under chapter one hundred and seventy.

G. To an amount not exceeding the value of the shares
and deposits of the borrower in the credit union, if secured
by the note of the borrower and by an assignment of said
shares and deposits.

For the purposes of this section, an assignment of wages
may be received as satisfactory collateral for any loan not
in excess of two hundred and fifty dollars.

Loans secured
by mortgages of
real estate,
limitation, etc.

Proviso.

Restrictions.

As to total
liability of
member, etc.

As to amount
of loan.

As to aggregate
of all such
loans.

Proviso.

(b) LOANS SECURED BY MORTGAGES OF REAL ESTATE.

The total amount which a credit union may invest in
loans secured by mortgages of real estate, both first and
subsequent, shall not exceed seventy per cent of the ag-
gregate amount of the shares, deposits and guaranty fund,
provided, that in credit unions having assets of less than
seventy-five thousand dollars, the total amount so invested
shall not exceed fifty per cent of such aggregate amount.
All loans secured by mortgages of real estate shall be subject
to the following restrictions : —

1. The total liability of any member upon loans of this
class shall not exceed five per cent of the assets of the credit
union, nor shall it exceed eight thousand dollars.

2. A loan secured by a first mortgage of real estate shall
not exceed sixty per cent of the value of the property mort-
gaged, as determined by the credit committee, except as
hereinafter provided.

3. The aggregate of all loans secured by mortgages of real
estate outstanding, whether held by the credit union or not,
shall not exceed eighty per cent of the value of the property
mortgaged, as determined by the credit committee; provided,
that any loan held which exceeds sixty per cent of the value
of the property mortgaged, as herein determined, whether
written on demand or on time, shall be amortized by weekly,
monthly or quarterly payments, such payments being at the
rate of at least six per cent per annum until such loan is
reduced to said sixty per cent.

Dividends,
declaration,
etc.

DIVIDENDS.

Section 25. At the annual meeting, and if it is provided
in the by-laws that a dividend shall be paid semi-annually,
at a meeting during the month of May in each year, a divi-

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dend may be declared from the earnings which have actually
been collected diirinp; the dividend period next preceding
and which remain after the deduction of all expenses, interest
on deposits and the amounts required to be set apart to the
guaranty fund and to the reserve fund, or such dividend
may be declared in whole or in part from the undivided
earnings of preceding years remaining after the aforesaid
deductions for said years.

Such dividends shall be paid on all fully paid shares On what shares
outstanding at the close of the dividend period, but shares b^pa^d*^^ '°
which become fully paid during such dividend period shall
be entitled only to a proportional part of said dividend, cal-
culated from the first day of the month following such pay-
ment in full. Dividends due to a member shall, at his elec- How dividenda
tion, be paid to him in cash or be credited to his account in *^°^^p^"^-
either shares or deposits.

No dividend exceeding eight per cent per annum shall be Amount of
paid until such time as the guaranty fund shall equal fifteen ^'^'^^^nds.
per cent of the assets as hereinbefore provided, after which
time special dividends may be declared from surplus earnings Special
on recommendation of the board of directors.

LOST PASS BOOKS, ETC.

Section 26. Section twenty of said chapter one hundred books'^ltc
and sixty-seven shall apply to the pass books of credit unions.

REPORT TO COMMISSIONER.

Section 27. Within twenty days after the last business Annual report
day of December in each year, every credit union shall of baTs!"'*"""
make to the commissioner a report in such form as he may
prescribe, signed by the president, treasurer and a majority
of the auditing committee, who shall make oath that the
report is correct according to their best knowledge and belief.
Any credit union neglecting to make said report within the Forfeiture for
time herein prescribed shall forfeit to the commonwealth [tport. ^'^ '"^'^^
five dollars for each day during which such neglect continues.

EXPULSION OF MEMBERS.

Section 28. The board of directors may expel from a Expulsion of
credit union any member who has not carried out his en- ™s™t)^'"s-
gagements with it, or who has been convicted of a criminal
offence, or who neglects or refuses to comply with the pro-
visions of this chapter or of the by-laws of the credit union,
or whose private life is a source of scandal, or who habitually
neglects to pay his debts, or who becomes insolvent or bank-
rupt, or who has deceived the corporation or any committee
thereof with regard to the use of borrowed money; but no Written notice
member shall so be expelled until he has been informed in hearing^^^ '*°'^
writing of the charges against him, and an opportunity has
been given him, after reasonable notice, to be heard thereon.

The amounts paid in on shares or deposited by members Payments to
who have withdrawn or have been expelled shall be paid to drlwhiTo^ex''-"

pelled.

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Expulsion not
to relieve mem-
ber from
liability.

them, in the order of withdrawal or expulsion, but only as
funds therefor become available and after deducting any
amounts due from such members to the credit union. Such
expulsion shall not operate to relieve a member from any
outstanding liability to the credit union.

Liquidation
proceedings.

Charter to
become void
except, etc.

Dispo.sition of
funds represent-
ing unclaimed
dividends, etc.,
books and
papers, etc.

Payments to
persons entitled
thereto.

Court order in
cases of doubt,
etc.

Application of
interest to de-
fray expenses.
Disposition of
such funds
after twelve
months, etc.

Holding of
shares and de-
posits in excess
of limit, etc.

Investments of
funds in cer-
tain loans in
excess of pro-
portionate
amount au-
thorized, etc.

LIQUIDATION.

Section 29. At any meeting specially called for the pur-
pose, the members, upon recommendation of not less than
two thirds of the board of directors, may, by a two thirds
vote of those present and entitled to vote, vote to liquidate
the corporation. A committee of three shall thereupon be
elected to liquidate the assets of the corporation under the
direction of the commissioner, and each share of the capital
stock, according to the amount paid thereon, shall be entitled
to its proportional part of the assets in liquidation after all
deposits and debts have been paid; and the charter of such
corporation voting to liquidate in accordance with this
section shall become void except for the purpose of dis-
charging existing obligations and liabilities.

Funds representing unclaimed dividends in liquidation
and remaining in the hands of the liquidating committee for
six months after the date of the final dividend, shall be
deposited by them, together with all books and papers of the
credit union, with the commissioner. Such funds shall be
deposited in one or more trust companies, savings banks or
national banks to the credit of the commissioner in his official
capacity in trust for the members of the liquidating credit
union entitled thereto, according to their several interests.
Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to him, the commis-
sioner may pay over the money so held by him to the persons
respectively entitled thereto.

In cases of doubt or of conflicting claims, he may require
an order of the supreme judicial court authorizing and
directing the payment thereof. He may apply the interest
earned by the moneys so held toward defraying the expenses
incurred in the payment of such unclaimed dividends. At
the expiration of twelve months from the date of receipt
thereof such funds as still remain in the hands of the com-
missioner shall be disposed of as provided in section thirty-
five of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven.

Section 2. Members holding shares and deposits in
credit unions, either as individuals or trustees, at the time
this act takes effect, in excess of the limit prescribed in section
one of this act may continue to hold such shares and deposits
in excess of such limit for a period not exceeding five years.

Section 3. The provisions of section one of this act
shall not prevent a credit union incorporated and doing
business on the date this act takes effect from continuing
to hold or change investments of its funds in loans secured
by mortgages of real estate although such loans are in excess
of the proportionate amount authorized by said section one.

Approved April 23, 1926.

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An Act relative to the charges for support of in- flhQ/r) 974

MATES of the HOSTON PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITAL. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as fulloivs:

Section ninety-six of chapter one hundred and twenty- o. l. 123, § 96,
three of the General Laws, as amended in tlie first para- ameilded. ^"^ '
graph by section three of chapter three hundred and seven-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and
by chapter three hundred and fourteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended
by striking out said first paragraph and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 90. The price for the Charges for
support of inmates of state hospitals, except the Boston ^mli^Jltlt^tl
psychopathic hospital, and of insane inmates of the state hospitals under

r I, ^ ,,.,,»., 1 • 1 1 department ot

infirmary and ot the Bridgewater state hospital, not under mental diseases
orders of a court, shall be determined by the department at fnma°tes'ofsute
a sum not exceeding ten dollars per week for each person, infirnwy and

01 ijriclffGWiit6r

and may be recovered of such persons or of the husband, state hospital,
wife, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, child or uers"o" court"
grandchild if of sufhcient ability. The price for the sup-
port of inmates of the Boston psychopathic hospital shall
be determined by the department and may be recovered as
herein provided. A married woman shall be subject to the
said liability as though sole. Such action shall be brought
by the attorney general in the name of the state treasurer.

Approved April 2G, 1926.

An Act extending the period for which the aircraft QJkij) 275
landing field in east boston may be leased to the "*

united states.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The division of waterways and public lands of the de- Extension of
partment of public works is hereby authorized to lease to wWch ifrcraft
the United States for a period not exceeding fifteen years, landing field in
in addition to the period authorized by section two of may be'leased
chapter four hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hun- stateT*^'^
dred and twenty-two, the premises described in said section,
for the purposes and upon the terms therein set forth.

Approved April 26, 1926.

An Act to authorize the town of Wilmington to sup- phfj^ oyp,

PLY itself and its INHABITANTS WITH WATER, AND TO ^'

SELL WATER TO THE COMMONWEALTH AND TO THE TOWNS
OF READING, NORTH READING AND TEWKSBURY AND TO
THE CITY OF WOBURN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Wilmington may supply itself Townofwii-
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of ^ppiy kseiT
fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish habitants with
fountains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, water, etc.

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May acquire
certain waters,
etc.

Proviso.

May take cer-
tain lands, etc.

Proviso.

May erect
structures,
lay pipes, »tc.

Restrictions as
to entry upon
railroad loca-
tions.

May sell water
to common-
wealth or to
certain muni-
cipalities or

and may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect
rates to be paid for the use of the same.

Section 2. The said town, for the purposes aforesaid,
may lease, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or other-
wise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of "any
pond, brook, spring or stream or of any ground water sources
by means of driven or other wells or filter galleries, within
the limits of said town, and the water rights and water
sources connected therewith; provided, that the amount
of water which may V)e taken shall from time to time be
determined by vote of the town; and also maj' take by
eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way
and easements necessary for collecting and storing such
water and protecting and preserving the i)urity thereof and
for conveying such water to any part of said town; pro-
vided, that no source of water supply and no lands neces-
sary for protecting and preserving the purity of the water
shall be taken without first obtaining the advice and ap-
proval of the department of public health, and that the
location of all dams, reservoirs, pumping and filtration
plants, wells and filter galleries to be . used as sources of
water supply under this act shall be subject to the approval
of said department. Said town may construct and may erect
on the lands taken or held under the provisions of this act
proper dams, reservoirs, buildings, standpipes, fixtures and
other structures, and may make excavations, procure and
operate machinery, and provide such other means and
appliances and do such other things as may be necessary
for the establishment and maintenance of complete and
eftective water works; and for that purpose may construct
wells and reservoirs, establish pumping works and lay down
and maintain conduits, pipes and other works, under or
over any lands, water courses, railroads, railways, or public
or private ways, and along any such way in said town, in
such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and
for the purpose of constructing, laying, nuiintaining, operat-
ing and repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, and
for all other proper purposes of this act, said town may dig
up or raise and embank any such lands, and, under the
direction of the selectmen of the town in which any such
way lies, may enter upon and dig up the same, in such
manner as to cause the least hindrance to public travel
thereon. Said town shall not enter upon, construct or lay
any conduits, pipes or other works within the location of
any railroad corporation except at such time and in such
manner as it may agree upon with such corporation or in
case of failure so to agree as may be approved by the de-
partment of public utilities.

Said town may sell water to the commonwealth or to any
municipality, or to the inhabitants thereof, mentioned in
section ten, or purchase it from any such municipality, for

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 276. 283

such periods of time, in such manner, on svich terms and pwchaae it

,.'. J • 1 i. -J X p from such

conditions and in such amounts as said town may trom municipalities.
time to time by vote determine, and for the purpose afore-
said the said town, by its board of water commissioners
hereinafter provided for, may make a contract or contracts
for a term or terms not to exceed fifteen years from the date
thereof.

Section 3. The hind, water rights and other property Board of water
taken or acquired under this act, and all works, buildings to'contToT'eTc
and other structures erected or constructed thereunder,
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such man-
ner as they shall deem for the best interests of the town.

Section 4. Any person or corporation injured in his or Damages, re-
its property by any action of said town or board under this '^'^"'^^y' ^^'^■
act may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine; provided, that the right to damages for the Proviso.
taking of any water, water source or water right, or any
injury thereto, shall not vest until the water is actually
withdrawn or diverted by said town under authority of this
act.

Section 5. Said town may, for the purpose of paying May issue
the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be in- °" ^' ^^^'
curred under the provisions of this act, issue from time to
time bonds or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, four hundred thousand dollars, which shall bear
on their face the words, Town of Wilmington Water Loan, Town of wii-
Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute a Loan!°Acto/^
separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more ^^~^-
than thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but
shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws.

Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ac- °*°'
cordance with the provisions of section five; and when a
vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the
income derived from the water rates, will be sufficient to
pay the annual expense of operating the water works and
interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid,
and to make such payments on the principal as may be re-
quired under the provisions of this act, shall without further
vote be assessed by the assessors of the town annually
thereafter in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt
incurred by the said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol- Penalty for pol-
lutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this etc!"^ "^ ^'^'
act, or injures any structure, work or other property owned,
held or used by said town under the authority and for the
purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said town three
times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to be re-
covered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of any one
of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a

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Board of water
commissionera,
election, terms,
etc.

Authority, etc.

Quorum.

Vacancies, how-
filled.

To fi.x water
rates, etc.

Net surplus,
how to be used.

Annual, etc.,
reports.

May furnish
and sell wat^^r
to coin mo n-
wealth, towns
of Reading,
North Reading

fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than one year.

Section 8. The said town shall, after its acceptance of
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted or
at a meeting called for the purpose, elect by ballot three
persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three years,
one until the expiration of two years, and one until the
expiration of one year, from the next succeeding annual
town meeting, to constitute a board of water commissioners;
and at the annual town meeting held on the day on which
the shortest of such terms expires, and at each annual town
meeting thereafter, one such commissioner shall be elected
by ballot for the term of three years. All the authority
granted to the town by this act, except sections five and
six and except as otherwise specially provided, shall be
vested in said board of water commissioners, who shall be
subject however to such instructions, rules and regulations
as said town may impose by its vote. A majority of said
commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from any
cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by said town at any annual town meeting called for the
purpose. Any such vacancy may be filled temporarily in
the manner provided by section eleven of chapter forty-one
of the General Laws, and the person so appointed shall
perform the duties of the office until the next annual meet-
ing of said town or until another person is qualified.

Sfxtion 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall pre-
scribe the time and manner of payment. The income of
the water works shall be applied to defraying all operating
expenses, interest charges and payments on the principal
as they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under au-
thority of this act. If there should be a net surplus re-
maining after providing for the aforesaid charges it shall be
used for such new construction as the water commissioners
may determine upon, and in case a surplus should remain
after payment for such new construction the water rates
shall be reduced proportionately. No money shall be ex-
pended in new construction by the water commissioners
except from the net surplus aforesaid unless the town ap-
propriates and provides money therefor. All authority
vested in said commissioners by the foregoing provisions
of this section and by section three shall be subject to the
provisions of section eight. Said commissioners shall
annually, and as often as the town nuiy require, render a
report upon the condition of the works under their charge
and an account of their doings, including an account of
receipts and expenditures.

Section 10. The town of Wilmington may furnish and
sell by meter water to the commonwealth, acting through
its appropriate department, for the use of any state institu-
tion. It may also so furnish and sell water to the towns of

Acts, 1926. — CnAr. 277. 285

Reading, North Reading and Tewksbury, or any of them, and Tewksbury

or to the city of AVoburn, or to the inhabitants of any such wlfburn.l^tc.

town or city, such water to be furnished and sold, at a rate

to be mutually agreed upon, at the boundary line between

said town of ^Yilmington and such town or city except as

provided in section twelve; and said town of Wilmington

may, at its own expense, extend within its limits its water

mains and install other fixtures necessary to supply water to

said towns and city, or any of them, or to the inhabitants

thereof.

Section 11. The commonwealth, acting through its Commnn-

. , 1 . , L j_ r -J wealth, towns

appropriate department, may purchase water trom said of Reading,
town of Wilmington for the use of any state institution and fn^d Tewksbury
may lay all necessary pipes and mains therefor, and the and city of
towns of Reading, North Reading and Tewksbury, and the purchLseTiter
city of Woburn, or any of them, may purchase water from wnmi^n^Suf
the town of Wilmington and may extend their water mains etc.
and install other fixtures necessary or proper to receive and
distribute such water.

Section 12. The town of Wilmington, with the consent Town of wii-
of the board or official having charge of the ways of any extend its water
adjoining city or town and for the purpose of supplying such ^ertam^otheT*''
city or town, or the inhabitants thereof, with water, may municipalities,
extend its water pipes and mains through and under any
way of such city or town and install such fixtures therein
as may be necessary.

Section 13. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Submission to
ance by a majority of the voters of the town of Wilmington ^° ^'^^' ® ^'
present and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the
purpose within three years after its passage; but the num-
ber of meetings so called in any year shall not exceed three;
and for the purpose only of being submitted to the voters
of said town as aforesaid this act shall take eflfect upon its
passage. Approved April 26, 1926.

An Act establishing the fee for second and subse- Chap.277

QUENT examinations FOR LICENSES OR RENEW^ALS OF
LICENSES TO OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES IN CERTAIN CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-three of chapter ninety of the General Hc^amend^'
Laws, as amended by section two of chapter four hundred
and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
by section nine of chapter four hundred and sixty-four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by section
one of chapter three hundred and forty-two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-five and by chapter two hun-
dred and forty-four of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out the paragraph included in
lines eighty-seven to eighty-nine, inclusive, as printed in
section one of said chapter three hundred and forty-two,
and inserting in place thereof the following: — For the first Fee for ex-

" . "^ ,. !• !• r amination for

examination given to an applicant for a hcense or tor a motor vehicle

286

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operators'

licenses.

Proviso.

renewal of a license to operate motor vehicles, two dollars;
provided, that an applicant failing to pass the first ex-
amination may, within sixty days, have one or more ex-
aminations for an additional fee of one dollar each.

Approved April 28, 1926.

G. L. 89, § 7A,
etc., amended.

Chav.278 An Act to prohibit the driving of vehicles over mu-
nicipal FIRE HOSE.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:

Section seven A of chapter eighty-nine of the General
Laws, inserted by section two of chapter three hundred and
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "passed" in the sixth
line the following new sentence: — No person shall drive a
vehicle over a hose of a fire department without the consent
of a member of such department, — so as to read as follows:
■ — Section 7 A. Upon the approach of any fire apparatus
which is going to a fire or responding to an alarm, every
person driving a vehicle on a way shall immediately drive
said vehicle as far as possible toward the right-hand curb or
side of said way and shall keep the same at a standstill until
such fire apparatus has passed. No person shall drive a
vehicle over a hose of a fire department without the con-
sent of a member of such department. No person shall
drive a vehicle within three hundred feet of any fire ap-
paratus going to a fire or responding to an alarm, nor drive
said vehicle, or park or leave the same unattended, within
six hundred feet of a fire or. within the fire-lines established
thereat by the fire department. Violation of any provision
of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than
twenty-five dollars. Approved April 2S, 1926.

Restrictions as
to use of ways
Upon approach
of fire ap-
paratus, etc.

No driving of
vehicles over
fire hose.
No driving of
vehicles near
fire apparatus
or fires, etc.

Penalty.

Chap.279 An Act to provide for the taxation of motor vehicles

USED in the conduct OF THE BUSINESS OF CORPORA-
TIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

d'^teenth' SECTION 1. Clause sixteenth of section five of chapter

etc., amended, fifty-nine of the General Laws, as amended by section six-
teen of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by section one of
chapter three hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "estate" in the first and ninth
lines in each instance the words: — , motor vehicles, — by
striking out in the thirteenth line the word "term" and in-
serting in place thereof the word: — terms, — and by in-
serting after the word "business" in the fourteenth line the
words: — and "motor vehicles", — so that said clause will
Exemptions read as ioWoyrn: — Sixteenth, Property, other than real

from local taxa- .. , i-i i ii i-^

tion. estate, motor vehicles, poles, underground conduits, wires

and pipes, and other than machinery used in manufacture

Acts, 1926. — CnAr. 279. 287

or in supplying or distributing wator, owned by Massa- Certain prop-
chusetts savings banks or co-operative banks, by Massa- corpomtions!
chusetts corporatiojis subject to taxation under chapter
sixty-three except thiniestic business corporations as de-
fined in section thirty of said chapter, or by foreign cor-
porations subject to taxation under section fifty-eight of
said chapter; also property, other than real estate, motor
vehicles, poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes, and
other than machinery used in the conduct of the business,
owned by domestic business corporations or by foreign
corporations, as defined in section thirty of chapter sixty-
three; provided, that the terms "machinery used in the Proviso.
conduct of the business" and "motor vehicles" shall not,
as herein used, be deemed to include stock in trade.

Section 2. Section seventy-four of said chapter fifty- g. l. 59, § 74,
nine is hereby amended by inserting after the word "estate" '^"i^'"^'''^-
in the third and fourth lines and in the eighth line, in each
instance, the words : — , motor vehicles, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 74' Whenever an abatement is finally Notice to com-
made to any corporation taxable under chapter sixty-three corporations
upon any tax assessed by the assessors of any town, upon or ^Catementa'of'^
in respect of works, structures, real estate, motor vehicles, local taxes
machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes, porationa!°etc.
the assessors, commissioners or court granting such abate-
ment shall forthwith notify the commissioner thereof, and
shall state in such notice what sum was determined by such
assessors, commissioners or court to have been the full and
fair cash value of such works, structures, real estate, motor
vehicles, machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and
pipes on the first day of April on which the tax so abated
was originally assessed.

Section 3. Section eighty-three of said chapter fifty- g. l. 59, § 83,
nine is hereby amended by inserting after the word "estate" *'"^° ^
in the sixth line the words: — , motor vehicles, — so as to
read as follows : — Section S3. Assessors shall annually, on Returns by
or before the first Monday of July, return to the commis- tairdomest^r"
sioner the names of all domestic and foreign corporations, coronations
except banks of issue and deposit, having a capital stock and assessed

]••]]•, 1 _-ii'j.i e V. • value of certain

divided into shares, organized for the purposes or business corporate
or profit and established in their respective towns or owning property.
real estate therein, and a detailed statement of the works,
structures, real estate, motor vehicles, machinery, poles,
underground conduits, wires and pipes owned by each of
said corporations and situated in such town, with the
value thereof, on April first preceding, and the amount at
which the same is assessed in said town for the then current
year. An assessor neglecting to comply with this section
shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.

Section 4. Subdivision (a) of paragraph three of section g. l. 63, § so,
thirty of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws, as amended subdiv^^la'),
by section one of chapter three hundred and one of the acts ^tc, amended.
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "estate" in the first

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Taxation of
domestic
business cor-
porations, de-
ductions in
determining
corporate ex-
cess, definition
of term "real
estate", etc.

G. L. 63, 5 30,
par. four,
subdiv. (a),
amended.

Ta.xation of
foreign cor-
porations, de-
ductions in
determining
corporate ex-
cess, etc.

G. L. 63, § 55,
etc., amended.

Valuation of
corporate
franchises of
certain corpora-
tions.

Deductions.

In case of a rail-
road, telegrapli,
street railway
or electric rail-
road corpora-
tion or com-
pany, etc.

In case of a
domestic tele-
phone com-
paoy.

line of said subdivision the words: — , motor vehicles, —
so that said subdivision will read as follows: — (a) The
works, structures, real estate, motor vehicles, machinery,
poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes owned by it
within the commonwealth subject to local taxation, except
such part of said real estate as represents the interest of a
mortgagee. The term "real estate", as used in this sub-
division and in subdivision (a) of paragraph four of this
section shall include the corporation's interest as lessee in
such buildings on land held under a lease as by the terms of
the lease are the property of and may be removed by the
lessee, and such buildings, for the purposes of said sub-
divisions and of sections fifty-five and fifty-.seven, shall not
be deemed real estate of the lessor.

Section 5. Subdivision (a) of paragraph four of sec-
tion thirty of said chapter sixty-three is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "estate" in the first line of said
subdivision the words: — , motor vehicles, — • so that said
subdivision will read as follows: — (a) Works, structures,
real estate, motor vehicles, machinery, poles, underground
conduits, wires and pipes owned by it within the common-
wealth subject to local taxation, except such part of said
real estate as represents the interest of a mortgagee;

Section 6. Section fifty-five of said chapter sixty-three,
as amended by section three of chapter two hundred and
ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three
and by section two of chapter three hundred and one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "estate" in the fifteenth,
twenty-sixth, thirty-first and thirty-fifth lines as printed
in the General Laws the words : — , motor vehicles, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 55. The commissioner shall
ascertain from the returns or otherwise the true market
value of the shares of each corporation required to make a
return under section fifty-three or fifty-four, and shall
estimate therefrom the fair cash value of all the shares con-
stituting its capital stock on April first preceding, which,
unless by the charter of a corporation a different method of
ascertaining such value is provided, shall, for the purposes
of this chapter, be taken as the true value of its corporate
franchise. From such value there shall be made the follow-
ing deductions:

First. In case of a railroad, telegraph, street railway or
electric railroad corporation or company, whether chartered
or organized in this commonwealth or elsewhere, so much
of the value of its capital stock as is proportional to the
length of that part of its line, if any, lying without the
commonwealth; and also the value of its works, structures,
real estate, motor vehicles, machinery, poles, underground
conduits, wires and pipes, subject to local taxation within
the commonwealth.

Second. In case of a domestic telephone company, the
amount and market value of all stock in other corporations

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 279. ^m

held fcy it upon which a tax has been paid in this or other
States for the twelve months hist preceihng the date of the
feturn.

Third, In case of a domestic or foreign telephone com- in case of a!
pany, so much of the value of its capital stock as is pro- jl;reign teie-
portional to the number of telephones used or controlled by pjionecom-
it, or under any letters patent owned or controlled by it,
without the commonwealth.

Fourth. In case of a domestic or foreign telephone com- in case of a
pany, the value of its works, structures, real estate, motor foreign Teh^
vehicles, machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and P.\'°y^ ''""''
pipes, subject to local taxation within the commonwealth.

Fifth. In case of corporations subject to section fifty- in case of cer-
three or fifty-four, other than railroad, telegraph, telephone, p",'4uoi?a'. ''"'
street railway and electric railroad corporations or com-
panies, the value as found by the commissioner of their
works, structures, real estate, motor vehicles, machinery,
poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes, subject to
local taxation wherever situated.

Sixth. In case of corporations owning stock of an electric in case of eer-
company under section nine A of chapter one hundred tlons owning
and sixty-four as thereto authorized by the department of |l°,tic^eo'm-'''"
public utilities, the deduction mentioned in paragraph panies.
Fifth above and the fair cash value, as found by the com-
missioner, of the stock of such electric companies so owned.

For the purposes of this section the commissioner may Commissioner
take the value at which any works, structures, real estate, ^^whidWer-
motor vehicles, machinery, poles, underground conduits, [f "ssessed'*^^
wires and pipes are assessed at the place where they are locally as its
located as the true value, but such local assessment shall
not be conclusive of the true value thereof.

The term "real estate", as used in this section and in Term "real es-
section fifty-seven, shall include the corporation's interest etc^, defined! '
as lessee in such buildings on land held under a lease as by
the terms of the lease are the property of and may be re-
moved by the lessee, and such buildings, for the purposes
of said sections and of subdivision (a) of paragraph three
of section thirty and subdivision (a) of paragraph four of
said section thirty, shall not be deemed real estate of the
lessor.

Section 7. Section fifty-seven of said chapter sixty-three g. l g3, § 57.
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "estate" in ^imended.
the first line the words : — , motor vehicles, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 57. If the value of the works, struc- Remedy ot
tures, real estate, motor vehicles, machinery, poles, under- wherassessora'
ground conduits, wires and pipes of a corporation subject ^ri"gf°"taxed
to local taxation within the commonwealth, as determined locally exceeds
by the commissioner, is less than the value thereof as de-
termined by the assessors of the town where it is situated,
be shall give notice of his determination to such corporation;
and, unless within one month after the date of such notice
it applies to said assessors for an abatement, and, upon their
refusal to grant an abatement, prosecutes an appeal under

commis-
sioner's.

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Eff active date.

section sixty-four of chapter fifty-nine, giving notice thereof
to the commissioner, the valuation of the commissioner shall
be conclusive upon said corporation.

Section 8. This act shall take effect January first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-seven.

Approved April 2S, 1926.

Chap.2S0 An Act providing for the illumination of the bunker

HILL monument.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

After an appropriation has been made, the metropolitan
district commission is hereby authorized and directed to
expend a sum, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the
installation of a proper system for illuminating the Bunker
Hill monument. Approved April 2S, 1020.

Illumination of
Bunker Hill
monument.

Chap.2Sl An Act establishing the time within which actions

RELATIVE TO THE SUPPORT OF INSANE PUBLIC CHARGES
MAY BE BROUGHT,

G. L. 260, § 1,
amended.

Limitation of
actions relative
to support of
insane public
charges.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotos:

Section one of chapter two hundred and sixty of the
General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new paragraph: — Fifth, Actions
under section ninety-six of chapter one hundred and twenty-
three to recover for the support of inmates in state institu-
tions. Approved April 28, 1926.

Chap.282 An Act to provide for biennial municipal elections in
the city of worcester and to fix the date of such
elections.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1, Municipal elections in the city of Worcester
for the choice of mayor, members of the city council and
members of the school committee shall be held biennially
commencing with the municipal election in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven.

Section 2. At the biennial municipal election to be
held in said cit}^ in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven and at every biennial municipal election thereafter,
the mayor shall be elected to serve for the two municipal
years next following his election and until the qualification
of his successor. The term of office of all members of each
branch of the city council of said city shall terminate upon
the qualification of their successors elected under this section
at the municipal election in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-six. At said election there shall be elected eleven
members of the board of aldermen, of whom one shall be
elected by and from the qualified voters of each ward and
one by and from the qualified voters of the city at large, and

Biennial mu-
nicipal elections
in city of
Worcester.

Mayor, election
in 1927, etc.,
term of office,
etc.

Term of office
of members of
each branch of
city council to
terminate, etc.

Board of alder-
men and
common coun-
cil, election in
1926, terms of
office, etc.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 282. 291

thirty members of the common council, of whom three shall
be elected by and from the qualified voters of each ward.
Each member of the city council so elected shall hold office
for the municipal year next succeeding his election and until
the qualification of his successor. Any member of the city Term of ofiico
council elected subsequent to said election for the purpose cIcS'to fill
of filling a vacancy shall hold office only for the unexpired vacancy.
term. At the biennial municipal election of said city in Board of aider-
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and at each commoncoun-
biennial municipal election thereafter, there shall be elected cii, election in
eleven members of the board of aldermen, of whom one terms^'ofoffice,
shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of each ^*°-
ward and one by and from the qualified voters of the city at
large, and thirty members of the common council, of whom
three shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of
each ward. Each member of the city council so elected shall
hold office for the two municipal years next succeeding his
election and until the qualification of his successor. The inauguration
inauguration meeting of the city government shall be held ™'^'''''°s-
on the first Monday of January in the year nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-seven, and on the first Monday in January
following each biennial municipal election thereafter, or on
the following day whenever said first Monday in January
falls upon a holiday.

Section 3. The terms of office of the members of the Terms of office
school committee of said city elected at the municipal elec- sch™orcom-°^
tion in the vear nineteen hundred and twenty-five shall mittee elected

" , ,./, . PI 1 i> I '" 192.5 to

ternunate upon the qualification of the members of the terminate, etc.
school committee elected under this section at the municipal
election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six. At School com-
said election there shall be elected eleven members of the Ci' 1920, term's"^
school committee, of whom one shall be elected by and °^ °^°^- ^^°-
from the qualified voters of each ward and one by and
from the qualified voters of the city at large. Each of the
members of the school committee so elected shall hold office
for the municipal year next succeeding his election and
until the qualification of his successor. Any member of the Term of office
school committee elected subsequent to said election for eLcte^to fill
the purpose of filling a vacancy shall hold office only for the vacancy, etc.
unexpired term. At the biennial municipal election of said School com-

.,r,i ., 1111, , 1, mittee, election

city in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and at in 1927, etc.,
each biennial municipal election thereafter, there shall be terms of office,
elected eleven members of the school committee, of whom
one shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of each
ward and one by and from the qualified voters of the city at
large. Each of the members of the school committee so
elected shall hold office for the two municipal years next
succeeding his election and until the qualification of his
successor.

Section 4. Such provisions of chapter four hundred Certain incon-
and forty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety- visions ofTaw
three, as amended, as are inconsistent with this act are repcaicci.
hereby repealed,

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Regular mu-
nicipal elec-
tions, when to
bo held.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Section 5. The next regular municipal elections in said
city succeeding the passage of this act shall be held on the
second Tuesday in December in the current year and on the
Tuesday next following the first Monday in November in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and thereafter
the regular municipal elections in said city shall be held
biennially on the Tuesday next following the first Monday
in November in each odd-numbered year.

Section 6. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the city of Worcester for their acceptance at the state election
in the current year in the form of the following question
which shall be printed on the official ballot to be used at said
election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled ' An Act to
provide for biennial municipal elections in the city of Worces-
ter and to fix the date of such elections' be accepted?" If
a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in the affirmative
in answer to said question, then this act shall take full effect
in said city, but not otherwise.

Approved April 28, 1926.

Chap.28S An Act authorizing savings banks to invest in certain

RAILROAD EQUIPMENT SECURITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 168, § 54,
cl. "Third",
amended.

Investment by
savings banks
in certain rail
road
secur

Proviso.

The clause entitled "Third" of section fifty-four of chap-
ter one hundred and sixty-eight of the General Laws is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following
new subdivision: — Q;) In notes, bonds or other obligations,
issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by a railroad
equipment corporation wliich complies with all the requirements of
subdivisions (b) and (d), or subdivision (c) preceding para-
graph (5); provided, that — (1) such securities are secured
by a first lien on, or by a lease and conditional sale of, new
railroad equipment of standard gauge, consisting of loco-
motives, passenger train cars or freight train cars, free from
all other encumbrances, for the purchase of which such
securities were issued at not exceeding eighty per cent of
the purchase price of such equipment; (2) the instrument
under which such securities are issued or the lease and con-
ditional sale of such equipment provides for the proper
maintenance and replacement thereof and for the payment
of the entire issue of such securities in not exceeding fifteen
equal annual or thirty equal semi-annual instalments from
date of issue, without the release of any part of the lien
or interest in any part of the equipment securing such
securities until the said entire issue of the series so secured
shall have been paid or redeemed. Not more than ten per
cent of the deposits of any such bank shall be invested in
securities which are legal under this subdivision, nor more
than two per cent of its deposits in such securities issued or
guaranteed by, or secured by lease and conditional sale to,
any one railroad corporation. Approved April 28, 1926.

Limitations a.s
to such invest-
ment.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 284, 285. 293

An Act relative to subsidies to cities and towns for nhnr) 284

PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS CASES. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:

Section seventy-six of chapter one hundred and eleven of ^- '-'• ,'*?• ^ ^^'
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "superintendent" in the twentieth line the words: —
or medical director, — by striking out, in the twentieth and
twenty-first lines, the words "the district health officer of
the district where the hospital is situated" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — a member of the department
designated by the commissioner, — and by inserting after
the word "of" the second time it occurs in the twenty-first
line the word: — pulmonary, — so as to read as follows: —
Scctioji 70. Every town placing its patients suffering from Cities and
tuberculosis in a county, municipal or incorporated tubercu- ceive^ubskiiea
losis hospital in the commonwealth, or in a building or ward tuberculosis
set apart for such patients by a county, municipal or incor- cases.
porated hospital therein, shall be entitled to receive from
the commonwealth a subsidy of five dollars a week for each
patient who has a legal settlement therein, provided that Troviso.
such patient is unable to pay for his support, and that his
kindred bound by law to maintain him are unable to pay
for the same; but a town shall not become entitled to this when not to
subsidy unless, upon examination authorized by the de- to'subsidy/etc.
partment, the sputum of such patient be found to contain
bacilli of tuberculosis, nor unless the hospital building or Approval of
ward be approved by it, and it shall not give such approval i^ng.^etc. "'
unless it has by authority of law, or by permission of the
hospital, full authority to inspect the same at all times.
The department may at any time withdraw its approval.
In the case of hospitals having a bed capacity which, in the Allowance of
opinion of the department, is in excess of the number of puimonary"'^
beds needed for the localities Avhich these institutions serve tuhercuiosia
for patients exhibiting tubercle bacilli in their sputum, the
subsidy above provided shall be allowed for such patients
not exhibiting tubercle bacilli in their sputum as, in the joint
opinion of the superintendent or medical director of the
institution and of a member of the department designated
by the commissioner, are bona fide cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis and have been in the institution more than
thirty days. Approved April 28, 1926.

An Act extending the duration of a law providing Chaj) 285

FOR THE trial OR DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL
CASES BY DISTRICT COURT JUDGES SITTING IN THE SUPERIOR
COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter four hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of nine- 1923, 469. etc.,
teen hundred and twenty-three, as amended by chapter four ^ ^' amended.
hundred and eighty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred

294

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 286, 287.

Duration of
law as to trial,
etc., of certain
criminal cases
by district
court judges
sitting in
superior court.

and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out
section five and inserting in place tlitereof the following: —
Section 5. This act shall not be operative after July first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.

Approved April 28, 1926.

Chap.2SQ An Act relative to the pay of horseshoers at annual

SERVICE TRAINING CAMPS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and thirty-eight of chapter thirty-
three of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter four
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph
(c) and inserting in place thereof the following: — (c) There
shall be allowed and paid per diem to soldiers of the land
forces, except horseshoers, bandsmen and cooks, on rolls and
accounts kept in such form as the commander-in-chief may
prescribe, for the duty prescribed by section one hundred
and twenty-three the same per diem pay and allowances as
are received by soldiers of like grade in the regular army.
For this duty, horseshoers shall receive four dollars and
fifty-five cents per diem, and bandsmen and cooks shall
receive the same per diem pay as is prescribed for members
of a band and cooks serving under section seventeen.

Approved April 28, 1926.

G. L. 33, § 138,

etc., par. (c),
amended.

Pay of soldiers
at annual
service training
camps.

Horseshoers.

Bandsmen and
cooks.

Chap.2S7 An Act authorizing the payment of interest upon the

REPAYMENT OF UNWARRANTED INCOME, SUCCESSION OR
CORPORATION TAXES, AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CHANGES
IN APPEALS FROM ABATEMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section twenty-seven of chapter fifty-eight
of the General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred
and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"manner" in the ninth line the words: — and with or with-
out interest, — so as to read as follows : — Section 27. If it
shall appear that an income tax, a legacy and succession
tax, or a tax or excise upon a corporation, foreign or domestic,
was in whole or in part illegally assessed or levied, or was
excessive or unwarranted, the commissioner may, with
the approval of the attorney general, issue a certificate
that the party aggrieved by such tax or excise is entitled
to an abatement, stating the amount thereof. If the tax
or excise has been paid, the state treasurer shall pay the
amount thus certified in such manner and with or without
interest as the certificate shall provide, without any appropri-
ation therefor by the general court. No certificate for the
abatement of any tax or excise shall be issued under this
section unless application therefor is made to the commis-
sioner within two years after the date of the bill for said
tax or excise, or for an amount exceeding the sum which in

G. L. 58, § 27,
etc., amended.

Abatement
and repayment
of unwarranted
income, suc-
cession or
corporation
taxes.

Repayment
with or with-
out interest,
etc.

Applications
for abatement,
etc.

to
towns, etc.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 287. 295

equity and good conscience ought to be abated under all the
circumstances of the case. In issuing certificates hereunder, Equalization of
the commissioner and attorney general may, if they deem ^payment.
it expedient, equalize the burden of repayment by providing
in the certificate for postponement of payment, or for
payment by instalments. The decision of the commissioner
and attorney general shall be final. The state treasurer shall ^^'^H Yn'e^"'^^'^
retain from the sums next to be distributed to any city or tain sums from
town under sections eighteen to twenty-four, inclusive, an d'^sTAbuted
amount equal to the sum which has already been paid to cities and
such city or town on account of any tax or excise refunded
under this section. This section shall be in addition to in addition to
and not in modification of any other remedies. °*'^'"" ''^"^'^'*'"'-

Section 2. Section forty-five of chapter sixty-two of <^|_ l. 62^ § 45^
the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter
three hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the fourth line, the word "ten" and inserting in
place "thereof the word: — thirty, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 4-5. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Taxation of

. 1 . . 11 ■ . 1 , . incomes, appeal

commissioner to abate, in whole or in part, under section from decision
forty-three, a tax assessed under this chapter, may appeal gfon"™^'^'
therefrom, within thirty days after receiving notice of the corporations
decision of the commissioner, by filing a complaint with the as'toabat^"
clerk of the board of appeal from decisions of the commis- ™^"'^S' ^t*'-
sioner. If, on hearing, said board finds that the person
making the appeal was entitled to an abatement under sec-
tion forty-three from the tax assessed on him, it shall make
such abatement as it sees fit. The decision of the board of
appeal shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be final
and conclusive, and shall be communicated in writing to the
petitioner and the commissioner within five days thereafter.
Any taxes assessed under this chapter or corresponding Abatement of ,
provisions of earlier laws, which are unpaid and uncollec- unc'oi'iectiiiie
tible, may be abated by the board of appeal on the recom- taxes.
mendation of the attorney general and the commissioner at
any time after the expiration of five years from the date
when the same became payable.

Section 3. Section forty-seven of said chapter sixty-two, g. l. 62, § 47.
as amended by section one of chapter one hundred and ^*''' ^n^ended.
thirteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one
and by section four of chapter two hundred and eighty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the tenth line, the word
"ten" and inserting in place thereof the word: — thirty, —
so as to read as follows : — Section J^7 . Any person ag- Appeal upon
grieved by the refusal of the commissioner to abate in whole mi^sloner of ™'
or in part under section forty-three a tax assessed under this corporations

1 , 111 • 1 1 • J • II. • 'ind taxation

chapter, and wno has paid his tax, may, instead of pursuing to abate income
the remedy provided in section forty-five, appeal from such *'*'"'^' *^*^'''
refusal by filing a complaint against the commissioner in
the superior court for the county where such person resides
or has his principal place of business, or, if such person claims

296

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 287.

Repayment of
abatement with
interest, etc.

G. L. 63, § 28,
etc., amended.

Taxation of

insurance

companies.

Notice of
amount of
assessment.
Taxes, when
due and
payable.

Interest.

Application for
correction.

Hearing by

board of

appeal.

G. L. 03, § 51,

amended.

Abatement of
taxi's assessed
upon business
corporations.

Repayment of
abatement with
interest.

Appeal upon
refusal of
commissioner
to abate, etc.

a domicile without the commonwealth, by filing a complaint
against the commissioner in the superior court for any county,
within thirty days after the notice by the commissioner of
his decision in accordance with section forty-three. An
order of notice shall be issued by said court and served on
the commissioner within such time as the court directs, and
subsequent proceedings shall be conducted in accordance
with sections sixty-five to sixty-eight, inclusive, of chapter
fifty-nine. If an abatement is granted, the amount thereof
shall be repaid to the complainant by the state treasurer,
with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the
time when the tax was paid, and costs.

Section 4. Section twenty-eight of chapter sixty-three
of the General Laws, as amended by section five of chapter
five hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-two and by section four of chapter three hun-
dred and seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
the twelfth line, the word " ten" and inserting in place thereof
the word: — thirty, — so as to read as follows: — Section 28.
The commissioner, from such returns, and from such other
evidence as he may obtain, shall assess upon all insurance
companies subject to this chapter the taxes imposed by
sections twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, and shall forth-
with upon making such assessment give to every such com-
pany notice of the amount thereof. Such taxes shall become
due and pa^yable to the commissioner thirty days after the
date of such notice but not later than July first. All such
taxes shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum
from the date payable until July first and, whether assessed
before or after July first, shall bear interest at the rate of
twelve per cent per annum from July first until they are paid.
Within thirty days after the date of such notice the com-
pany may apply to the commissioner for a correction of said
excise, and in default of settlement may be heard thereon
by the board of appeal.

Section 5. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further
amended by striking out section fifty-one and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 51. Any corpora-
tion aggrieved by the assessment of a tax under sections
thirty to fifty, inclusive, may apply to the commissioner for
an abatement thereof at any time within thirty days after
the date upon which the notice of assessment is sent; and
if after a hearing or otherwise the commissioner finds that
the tax is excessive in amount or that the corporation
assessed is not subject thereto, he shall abate it in whole or
in part accordingly. If the tax has been paid the state
treasurer shall repay to the corporation assessed the amount
of such abatement, with interest thereon at the rate of six
I)er cent per annum from the time when it was paid. Any
corporation aggrieved by the refusal of the commissioner to
abate a tax in whole or in part under this section may appeal
in the manner provided by section seventy-one.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 288, 289. 297

Section 6. Section scvciity-onc of said chapter sixty- G. l. 63, § 71,
three, as amended by chapter one hundred and twenty- '^^''' ^""^"'^®'^-
tliree of the acts of nineteen liundred and twenty-one and
by section two of cluipter three hundred and thirty-nine of
the acts of nineteen huiuhed and twenty-two, is hereby
further anienck-d by striking out, in tlie fifth hnc, the word
"ten" and inserting in jjlaee thereof tlie word: — thirty, — •
and by inserting after the word "commonwealth" in the
twelfth and thirteenth lines the words: — with interest at
the rate of six per cent per annum from the time of pay-
ment, — so as to read as follows: — Section 71. Except as Taxation of
otherwise provided, any party aggrieved by any decision of ap'peaUrom'
the commissioner upon any matter arising under this chapter decisions of
from which an appeal is given, may apply to the board of of corporations
appeal from decisions of the commissioner within thirty ^"'^ taxation.
days after notice of his decision. Said board shall hear and
decide the subject matter of such appeal, and give notice of
its decision to the commissioner and the appellant; and its
decision shall be final and conclusive as to questions of
fact, although payments have been made as required by the
decision appealed from. Any overpayment of tax determined ^^bg^^p'-n"*^"*^^
by decision of said board of appeal shall be reimbursed by bursed, etc.
the commonwealth with interest at the rate of six per cent
per annum from the time of payment. Taxes, excises, costs Abatement of

*^ !• 1 • •• 1 J • unpaid and

or expenses ot any kma assessed upon any corporation, com- uncollectible
pany or association, except a municipal corporation, under *^^®^' excises,
the provisions of this chapter or corresponding provisions of
earlier laws, wjiich are unpaid and are uncollectible, may be
abated by the board of appeal on the recommendation of the
attorney general and commissioner at any time after the
expiration of five years from the date when the same became
payable. Approved April 29, 1926.

An Act providing for clerical assistance for the QJiqj) 288

TRIAL justice IN THE TOWN OF LUDLOW. " '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and nineteen of the General Laws g. l. 219, new
is hereby amended by inserting after section seventeen the §''17!°" ^
following new section: — Section 17 A. The trial justice in Clerical assist-
the town of Ludlow shall annually be allowed for clerical j^^Tice^in "own
assistance in his office a sum not exceeding five hundred °^ Ludlow.
dollars to be paid by the county of Hampden, subject to the
approval of the county commissioners thereof.

Approved April 29, 1926.

Chap.289

An Act to provide for the care and treatment of
certain persons who receive pensions, annuities or
retirement allowances from public funds.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended ^- ^Pi § ^2,

, , -1 . . . , , 1 • , • • 1 amended.

by stnkmg out section nmety-two and inserting m place

298

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 290.

Pledge, mort-
gage, sale, etc.,
of pensions,
etc., from
public funds
to be void.

Penalty.

Expense of
supporting
persons receiv-
ing such pen-
sions, etc.,
upon becoming
public charges
to be deducted
from such
pensions, etc.

thereof the following section: — Section 92. Any pledge,
mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer of any right, claim or
interest in any pension, annuity or retirement allowance
from the commonwealth or any county, city, or town shall
be void. Whoever is a party to such pledge, mortgage, sale,
assignment or transfer of any right, claim or interest in any
pension, annuity or retirement allowance or pension cer-
tificate from the commonwealth or any county, city or
town, or holds the same as collateral security for any debt
or promise, or upon any pretext of such security or promise,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars. If a person receiving a pension, annuity or retire-
ment allowance becomes a charge upon the commonwealth,
or any county, city or town thereof, the expense incurred
by the commonwealth, or any such county, city or town,
for his maintenance and support shall, unless otherwise
paid, be deducted from such pension, annuity or retirement
allowance as it becomes due and payable, and the amount
of such deduction shall thereupon be paid to the department,
board, commission or officer by whom or under whose
authority such expense was incurred.

Approved April 29, 1926.

Chap.290

G. L. 182, § 1,
amended.

Definitions.
"Association".

" Commis-
sioner".

"Department'

"Trust" as
used in first
seven sec-
tions, etc.

An Act relative to certain trusts.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and
eighty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: —
When used in the first seven sections of this chapter, the
word "trust" shall mean a trust operating under a written
instrument or declaration of trust, the beneficial interest
under which is divided into transferable certificates of
participation or shares, other than a trust established for
the sole purpose of exercising the voting rights pertaining
to corporate stock or other securities in accordance with the
terms of a written instrument, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 1. The following words, as used in this chapter,
shall have the following meanings: "Association", a vol-
untary association under a written instrument or declaration
of trust, the beneficial interest under which is divided into
transferable certificates of participation or shares. " Com-
missioner", the commissioner of corporations and taxation.
"Department", the department of public utilities. When
used in the first seven sections of this chapter, the word
"trust" shall mean a trust operating under a written instru-
ment or declaration of trust, the beneficial interest under
which is divided into transferable certificates of participation
or shares, other than a trust established for the sole pur-
pose of exercising the voting rights pertaining to corporate
stock or other securities in accordance with the terms of
a written instrument.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 290. 299

Section 2. Section two of said chapter one hundred and ^ r- '^2, 5 2,
eighty-two, as amen(ied by chapter two liundred and seventy-
two of the acts of nineteen hunch-ed and twenty-two, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word " associ-
ation" in the second, fourth and ninth hnes in each instance
the words: — or trust, — so as to read as follows: — Section Copies of
S. The trustees of an association or trust shall file a copy ^niiftt^'.'or^
of the written instrument or declaration of trust creating it t^usti^'to^be °'
with the commissioner and with the clerk of every town where filed, etc.
such association or trust has a usual place of business. The
fee for filing said copy with the commissioner shall be fifty Fee.
dollars. Such trustees shall also, within thirty days after
the adoption of any amendment thereof, file a copy of said
amendment with said commissioner and said clerk. The Penalty.
trustees of every association or trust, whose written instru-
ment or declaration of trust creating it is not filed as required
in this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
three months.

Section 3. Section three of said chapter one hundred and ^^j^f^?' ^ ^'
eighty-two is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"association" in the first line the words: — or trust, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 3. The trustees of an Copies of
association or trust who own or control a majority of the ^mst,'^etc°?of°^
capital stock of a gas or electric company shall also file a associations or

„ , . . 1 1 • p trusts owning,

copy of the written instrument or declaration or trust creat- etc., gas or
ing it with the department and shall also within thirty days pany s'tooTto
after the adoption of any amendment of such instrument or ^e filed, etc.
declaration file a copy thereof with the department. Every Penalty.
such trustee who fails to comply with the foregoing require-
ments shall be punished by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars or by imprisonment for three months.

Section 4. Section four of said chapter one hundred and G- ^•,'^,-' § *-
eighty-two is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"association" in the first line the words: — or trust, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 4. The trustees of an associ- Annual state-
ation or trust who own or control a majority of the capital dations 0/^^°"
stock of a railroad, street railway, gas or electric company etcf raXoadf
shall annually on or before April first file with the commis- street railway,
sioner and with the department a statement showing the company stock •
number of shares of such company owned or controlled by
them and the stockholders of record on the books of such
company in whose names such shares are held. Every such Penalty.
trustee who fails to comply with this section shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for three months.

Section 5. Section six of said chapter one hundred and G- L- 182, § e,
eighty-two is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"association" in the first and fourth lines in each instance
the words: — or trust, — so as to read as follows: — Sec- Suits against
tion G. An association or trust may be sued in an action trusts? etc"^ ""^
at law for debts and other obligations or liabilities con-
tracted or incurred by the trustees, or by the duly author-

300

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 291, 292.

Attachment

of property.

Service of

process.

G. L. 182, § 7,

amended.

Examination,
etc., of books,
accounts, etc.,
of associations
or trusts own-
ing or holding
capital stoclc
of certain
public service
corporations or
companies.

Reports and
information,
etc.

ized agents of such trustees, or by any duly authorized
officer of the association or trust, in tlie performance of their
respective duties under sucli written instruments or declara-
tions of trust, and for any damages to persons or property
resulting from the negligence of such trustees, agents or
officers acting in the performance of their respective duties,
and its property shall be subject to attachment and execu-
tion in like manner as if it were a corporation, and service of
process upon one of the trustees shall be sufficient.

Section 6. Section seven of said chapter one hundred
and eighty-two is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "association" in the third line the words: — -or trust,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 7. The department
may by its members or duly anthorized employees investi-
gate and examine the books, accounts, contracts, records
and memoranda of the trustees of any association or trust,
who own or hold the capital stock or any part thereof of a
railroad, street railway, electric railroad or elevated railway
corporation or gas or electric company, and may require
said trustees to furnish such reports and information as the
department shall from time to time direct with respect to
the relations and dealings between such trustees and any
such corporation or company. Approved April 29, 1926.

G. L. 146, § 22,
amended.

Fees for in-
spection of
boilers by
division of in-
spection of
department of
public safety.

C/iap.291 An Act establishing the fees for the inspection of

BOILERS BY THE DIVISION OF INSPECTION OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-two of chapter one hundred and forty-six
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in
the second line, the word "five" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — ten, — and by striking out, in the
fourth line, the word "two" and inserting in place thereof
the word: — five, — so as to read as follows: — Section 22.
The owner or user of a boiler inspected by the division shall
pay to the commissioner ten dollars for each boiler internally
and externally inspected, and two dollars for each visit for
external inspection under steam, and five dollars for each
cast iron sectional boiler inspected. The commissioner shall
pay to the commonwealth all sums so received.

Approved April 29, 1926.

Chap.2Q2 An Act relative to settlements of certain persons.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

^c ^amended. Chapter ouc hundred and sixteen of the General Laws,
as amended in section five by chapter four hundred and
seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two
and by chapter thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section and inserting in place thereof the following: —

Settlements of Section f). Exccpt as otherwise provided in this section,

certain persons, ^ . . -^ iPi- ,

continuance, each Settlement existing on August twelttli, nineteen hun-

loss, etc.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 293. 301

dred and clt'ven, sludl continue in force until defeated under
this cluipter, but from and after said date failure for five
consecutive years by a person, after reaching twenty-one
years of age, to reside in a town where he had a settlement,
shall defeat a settlement acquired under clause First of
section one, or a settlement of a woman acquired under clause
Second of said section one provided the settlement of her
husband is defeated. The settlement of a minor acquired
under eitlier clause Third or Fourth of section one, except
the settlement of a female minor who has married, shall be
defeated with the settlement of the parents. The time during Time in insti-
which a person shall be an inmate of any almshouse, jail, coun"ed"etc.
prison, or other public or state institution, within the com-
monwealth or in any manner under its care and direction,
or that of an officer tliereof, or of a soldiers' or sailors' home
whether within or without the commonwealth, shall not
be counted in computing the time either for acquiring or
defeating a settlement, except as provided in section two.
The settlement existing on August twelfth, nineteen hun- Settlements
dred and sixteen, or any settlement subsequently acquired, aaiforso?^'
of a person whose service in or with the army, navy or ma- '"'irmes, etc.
rine corps of the United States qualifies him to receive aid
or relief under the provisions of chapter one hundred and
fifteen, and the settlement of his wife, widow until she re-
marries, father or mother, qualified by his service to receive
relief under said chapter one hundred and fifteen, shall not
be defeated, except by failure to reside in the common-
wealth for five consecutive years or by the acquisition of a
new settlement. Approved April SO, 1926.

Chap.293

An Act providing for the reconstruction of the east
saugus bridge over the saugus river between the

town of SAUGUS AND THE CITY OF LYNN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of Essex county
Essex, subject to all provisions of law applicable thereto, are may recon-
hereby authorized, whenever in their judgment it will best laugui^bridge
serve the public interest, to reconstruct East Saugus bridge, oyer Saugus

,, , ^u o • j_ T • 1 1 river between

so-called, over tne baugus river at Lmcoln avenue and Saugus and
partly in the town of Saugus and partly in the city of Lynn, ^^""'
including the approaches thereto.

Section 2. The cost and expenses incurred under this Limitation and
act shall not exceed the sum of twenty -five thousand five costlmi °^
hundred dollars, and shall be paid in the first instance by expenses.
the county of Essex. The treasurer of said county, with County treas-
the approval of the county commissioners, may borrow by "ow moneys"
a temporary loan or loans on the credit of the county such etc.
sums not exceeding the said amount as may from time to
time be required to meet the cost and expenses aforesaid,
including interest, and may issue notes of the county therefor
and may sell such notes at public or private sale upon such

302

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 293.

County com-
missioners to
file statement
of cost, etc.

Assessment
upon city of
Lynn and town
of Saugus of
proportion of
cost, etc.

Proceedings
upon refusal
or neglect of
said city or
town to pay,
etc.

County of
Essex may
borrow to pay
its proportion
of cost and
expenses.

County of
Essex, East
Saugus Bridge
Loan, Act of
1926.

Town of Saugus
may borrow to
pay its pro-
portion of
cost and ex-
penses.

Town of
Saugus, East
Saugus Bridge

term.s and conditions as tlie county commissioners may deem
proper. The said treasurer may renew the same for such
periods as may be necessary. All amounts so borrowed
shall be deposited in the treasury of the county, and the said
treasurer shall pay out the same as ordered by the county
commissioners, and shall keep a separate and accurate
account of all moneys borrowed and expended under the
provisions of this act, including interest.

Section 3. Upon the completion of said bridge and the
approaches thereto, the county commissioners shall file in
the office of the clerk of the courts for said county a de-
tailed statement, certified under their hands of the actual
cost and expenses, including interest on all moneys borrowed
under the authority of section two, for the reconstruction of
said bridge and the approaches thereto, and they shall give
notice to the city of Lynn and to the inhabitants of the town
of Saugus and assess upon said city and upon said town a
sum, in each case, equal to thirty-three and one third per
cent of said cost and expenses, and the said city and town
shall pay into the treasury of the county the amount so
assessed within sixty days after notice by the county com-
missioners that the foregoing provisions of this act have
been complied with. If the said city or town shall refuse
or neglect to pay its proportion of said cost and expenses,
said county commissioners shall, after notice to the city or
town, as the case may be, issue a warrant against said city
or town for its proportion, with interest and costs of the
notice and warrant, and the same shall be collected and
paid into the treasury of the county of Essex and applied
to meet the temporary loans issued by the county under
section two or to pay said cost and expenses.

Section 4. For the purpose of paying the proportion of
the said cost and expenses which is to be borne by the county
of Essex, the county treasurer, with the approval of the
county commissioners, may borrow such sum as may be
necessary, not exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars, and
may issue notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, County of Essex, East Saugus Bridge
Loan, Act of 1926. Such loan shall be paid within one year
from its date. Such notes shall be signed by the treasurer
of the county and countersigned by a majority of the county
commissioners. Said county may sell the said securities at
public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the
county commissioners may deem proper, but not for less
than their par value. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five
of the General Laws. The town of Saugus, for the purpose
of paying its proportion of said cost and expenses, may
borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, eighty-five hundred dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words. Town of Saugus, East Saugus Bridge
Loan, Act of 192G. Each authorized issue shall constitute a

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 294. 303

separate loan, and such loans shall be paid within five years Loan, Act of
from their dates. The city of Lynn, for the purpose of pay- ''^."'''
ing its proportion of said cost and expenses, may borrow msiy borrow to
such sum as may be necessary, not exceeding eighty-five uon oF cosT"'^"
hundred dollars, and may issue notes therefor, which shall and expenses.
bear on their face the words. City of Lynn, East Saugus city of Lynn,
Bridge Loan, Act of 192G. Such loan shall be paid within H^dgcTJan.
one year from its date. Indebtedness incurred by said city Act of 1926.
and by said town under this act shall be in excess of their
respective statutory limits, but shall, except as herein pro-
vided, be subjfct to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws. The proceeds of loans issued by said city and by Proceeds of
said town shall be paid into the county treasury of said pos'itionretc.
county and, together with the proceeds of loans issued by
said county under this section, shall be applied to meet tem-
porary loans of said county issued in accordance with section
two or to pay said cost and expenses.

Section 5. The county commissioners, acting in the County com-
name and on the behalf of such city or town, may pur- purchale'^or"'*^
chase, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy- ^'^^^ lands,
nine of the General Laws, such lands, rights and easements
in such city or town as may be required to carry out the
purposes of this act. All expenditures made under authority Expenditures,
of this section, including land damages, shall be included in Lci'ud'ed In cost
the cost and expenses of said bridge and its approaches. l^^ expenses,

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its accept- submission
ance by the county commissioners of the county of Essex; ^^^^t^y'^com-
provided, that such acceptance occurs during the current missioners.
year. Approved April 30, 1926. ^'■°^^^°-

An Act relative to official interpreters for the QJiq^jj 294

SUPERIOR court.

Be it enacted etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the General G- l. 221, § 92,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section ninety-two
and inserting in place thereof the following: — ■ Section 92. OfHciai inter-
The justices of tiie superior court may appoint such official superior court,
interpreters as they may deem necessary for the sessions of appointment,
the court, and fix their compensation. Such interpreters
shall hold their positions at the pleasure of the court and
render such additional service as any justice of the court
requires. No official interpreter shall request or receive. Not to request

.. , • 1 • . 1 J • J 1 e • or receive any

directly or indirectly, any gratuity, bonus or tee, in con- gratuity, bonus
nection with any case pending, or in course of preparation °' ^®®' ^^'^■
for presentation to said court; provided, that upon request Proviso.
of the district attorney such interpreter may, in the dis-
cretion of the court, receive such compensation as the court
may allow for his services as an interpreter at such hours or
times as the courts are not in session, which shall be paid
under section twenty-four of chapter twelve.

This section shall not prevent the justices from allowing Compensation
reasonable compensation to other interpreters when the terpreters, etc.

304

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 295.

Expenses, pay-
ment by
county, etc.

services of the official interpreters are not available. The
expenses incurred hereunder shall be paid by the county in
which the prosecution, suit or action is pending.

Approved April 30, 1926.

Chav.29b ^^ ^^t authorizing the town of wilbraham to pur-

CHA.se water from the city of SPRINGFIELD FOR THE
USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF SAID TOWN.

Town of
Wilbiaham
may supply
itself and its
inhabitants
with water.

May purchase
water from
city of Spring-
field, etc.

May construct,
lay, etc., con-
duits, pipes,
etc., to con-
nect with
sources of
supply of city
of Springfield
in town of
Ludlow, etc.

May acquire
certain land,
etc.

May erect
structures, lay
pipes, etc.

May dig up,
etc., lands,
highways, etc.

Provisos.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. The town of Wilbraham may supply itself
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of
fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish
fountains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same,
and may regulate the use of such water, and for such purpose
may purchase from the city of Springfield, and said city may
sell to said town, water from its sources of supply wherever
located.

Section 2. The said town of Wilbraham, for the pur-
poses aforesaid, may construct, lay, maintain, operate and
repair conduits, pipes and other works necessary to connect
with the sources of supply of said city of Springfield located
in the town of Ludlow and convey water therefrom through
said town of Ludlow into and throughout the town of
Wilbraham, and also conduits, pipes and other work neces-
sary to connect with the water mains of said city at the
boundary line between said town of Wilbraham and said
city and convey water therefrom throughout said town, and
may, for such purposes, lease, or take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all land, rights of way
and easements within the town of Wilbraham and within
the town of Ludlow necessary therefor. For the purposes
aforesaid, said town of Wilbraham may construct and may
erect on the lands taken or held under the provisions of this
act proper buildings, reservoirs, standpipes, fixtures and other
structures, and may make excavations, procure and operate
machinery, and provide such other means and appliances
and do such other things as may be necessary for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of complete and effective water
works; and for that purpose may construct reservoirs, estab-
lish pumping works and lay down and maintain conduits,
pipes and other works under or over any lands, water
courses, railways, railroads or public or private ways, and
along any such way in said town of Wil})ra.ham or said town
of Ludlow in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct
the same; and for the purpose of constructing, laying,
maintaining, operating and repairing such confluits, pipes
and other works, and for all other proper purposes of this
act, said town of Wilbraham may dig up or raise and embank
any such lands, highways or other ways in such manner as to
cause the least liindrance to public travel thereon; provided,
that no public way in the town of Ludlow shall be dug up,

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 295. 305

and no conduits or j)ipcs .shall \)v laid in any such public
way, except under the direction of the selectmen of said
town of Ludlow, and provided, further, that any pul)lic
way so dug up shall be restored by the town of Wilbraham
to a condition satisfactory to the selectmen of the town of
Ludlow. Said town of AVilbraliam shall not enter upon. Restrictions as
construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works within \?^,l"!.l^ "''°"
the location of any railroad corporation except at such time lowu ions.
and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corpora-
tion or in case of failure so to agree as may be approved by
the department of public utilities. Any person or corpora- Damages,
tion injured in his or its property by any action of said town '^'^'^'^"'^'■'y' ®'<'-
of Will)raham or board under this act may recover damages
from said town under said chapter seventy-nine.

Section 3. The land taken under this act shall be man- Board of water
aged, improved and controlled by the board of water com- to"<^troreTc.
missioners of the town of Wilbraham, hereinafter provided
for, in such manner as they shall deem for the best interest
of the said town.

Section 4. The town of Wilbraham may, for the pur- Town of
pose of cariying out the provisions of this act, borrow from may torrow
time to time such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, money, etc.
in the aggregate, one hundred thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Town of Wilbraham Water Loan, Act of 192G. Town of

, , . , . 1 11 • 1 1 Wilbraham

Lach authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Water Loan,
such loans shall be paid in not more than thirty years from ^'^*' °^ ^^"®-
their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as pro-
vided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws.

Section 5. Said town of Wilbraham shall, at the time Payment of
of authorizing said loan or loans, provide for the payment ^°*°' ^^^'
thereof in accordance with the provisions of section four;
and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which,
with the income derived from the water rates, will be suf-
ficient to pay the annual expense of operating the water
works and the interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes
issued as aforesaid, and to make such payments on the prin-
cipal as may be required under the provisions of this act shall
without further vote be assessed by the assessors of the said
town annually thereafter in the same manner as other taxes,
until the debt incurred by the said loan or loans is extin-
guished.

Section 6. Said town of Wilbraham may furnish water Town of
for domestic and other purposes to such inhabitants of the mayTurn^h
town of Ludlow living in the vicinity of the pipe lines of •^'habitant^oT"
said town of W ilbrahain constructed and maintained under town of
the provisions of this act, upon such terms as may be agreed " °'"' ^ "'
upon by the town of Wilbraham and the takers of water in
the town of Ludlow. For said purpose, the town of Wil-
braham may construct, lay, maintain, operate and repair
such pipes and other works in the town of Ludlow as may
be necessary.

306

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 295.

Board of water
commissioners,
election, terms,
etc.

Authority, etc.

Quorum.

Vacancies, how
filled.

To fix water
rates, etc

Net surplus,
how to be used.

Annual, etc.,
reports.

Penalty for
polluting water,
etc.

Section 7. The said town of Wilbraham shall, after its
acceptance of this act, at the sanie or a subsequent meeting,
elect by ballot three persons to constitute a board of water
commissioners, one of whom shall hold office until the
expiration of three years, one until the expiration of two
years, and one until the expiration of one year, from the
next succeeding annual town meeting; and at the annual
town meeting held on the day on which the shortest of such
terms expires and at each annual town meeting thereafter
one such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the
term of three years. All the authority granted to the said
town by this act, except sections four and five and not
otherwise specially provided for shall be vested in said
board of water commissioners, who shall be subject, how-
ever, to such instructions, rules and regulations as said town
may impose by its vote. A majority of said commissioners
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Any vacancy occurring in said board from any cause may be
filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by said town
at any legal town meeting called for the purpose. Any
such vacancy may be filled temporarily by a majority vote
of the selectmen, and the person so appointed shall hold
office until the town fills the vacancy in the manner specified
herein.

Section 8. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe
the time and manner of payment. The income of the water
works shall be applied to defraying all operating expenses,
interest charges and payments on the principal as they
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of
this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after
providing for the aforesaid charges it shall be used for such
new construction as the water commissioners may determine
upon, and in case a surplus should remain after payment for
such new construction the water rates shall be reduced pro-
portionately. No money shall be expended in new con-
struction by the water commissioners except from the net
surplus aforesaid unless the said town of Will)raham ap-
propriates and provides money therefor. All authority
vested in said commissioners by the foregoing provisions
of this section shall be subject to the provisions of section
seven. Said commissioners shall annually, and as often
as the said town may require, render a report upon the con-
dition of the works under their charge and an account of
their doings, including an account of receipts and expend-
itures.

Section 9. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under
this act, or injures any structure, work or other property
owned, held or used by said town of Wilbraham under the
authority and for the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and
pay to said town three times the amount of damages as-
sessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort; and upon

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 296, 297. 307

conviction of any one of the above wilful or wanton acts
shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 10. Tliis act shall take effect upon its accept- Submission to
ance by a majority of the voters of the town of Wilbraham of'wifbraham"
present and votini,' thereon at a town meeting caHcd for the '^^°-
purpose within tliree years after its passage; but the nuui-
ber of meetings so called in any year shall not exceed three;
and for the purpose only of being submitted to the voters
of said town as aforesaid this act shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved April 30, 192G.

An Act relative to the effective dates of certain Qhn'r) OQR

LAWS enacted at THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE GENERAL
COURT AFFECTING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COURTS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would wholly Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p'"*'^""®-
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapters one hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and Effective datea
ninety-three, two hundred and three, two hundred and enacted at ^^^
twenty-seven, two hundred and twenty-eight, two hundred of'g'e°nerar^'°'^
and thirty, two hundred and forty-five, two hundred and oourtaffecting
fifty-three, two hundred and sixty-six, two hundred and courts^"^"
sixty-seven and two hundred and seventy-one of the acts
of the current year shall not take effect until the first day
of September in the current year.

Approved April 30, 1926.

' Chap.297

An Act establishing a finance commission for the city
of lowell.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Within sixty days after the effective date of Finance com-
this act, the governor, with the advice and consent of the dty o^Loweii,
council, shall appoint a finance commission for the city of b^^°ovenior*
Lowell to consist of three persons, registered voters in said membership',
city, who shall have been such for at least five years prior
to the date of their appointment, hereinafter called the
commission. Vacancies in the commission shall be filled for Vacancies.
the unexpired term by the governor, with the advice and
consent of the council. The members of the commission Removals.
may be removed by the governor with the advice and consent
of the council for such cause as he shall deem sufficient.
The chairman shall be designated by the governor and shall Chairman,
receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars, which ^^''"'^ °^-
shall be paid in monthly instalments by said city. The Salaries of
other members of said commission shall receive an annual "'''"^'' "^embers.

308

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 297.

Quarters in
city hall.

Departments,
etc., to submit
requests for
appropriations.
Commission to
make up bud-
gets, etc.

Mayor may
increase or
reduce budget
items.

City council
may reduce
budget items.
Commission to
investigate and
report as to
appropriations,
loans, ex-
penditures, etc.

Annual report
to general
court.

Commission
may investi-
gate pay
rolls, bills,
etc., before
payment, etc.

Power to
disapprove pay
rolls, etc.

Commission
may employ
experts, counsel
and other
assistants, etc.

Annual ap-
propriation.

Incurring of
expenses in
anticipation of
appropriation.

Commission
may require
attendance and
testimony of
witnesses, pro-
duction of
books, papers,
etc.

salary of five hundred dollars each, payable in monthly in-
stalments by said city. The commission shall be furnished
by said city with suitable quarters in its city hall.

Section 2. The various departments and officers of the
city shall submit in detail to the commission on its request
all requests for appropriations. The commission shall, after
investigation, make up in conformity to law the annual
and supplementary budgets of said city which shall be sub-
mitted to the mayor in season to be submitted by him to
the city council as required by the charter of said city. The
mayor may increase or reduce any item included therein
giving his reasons in writing therefor and he shall submit
the same to the city council which may reduce but not in-
crease any item included therein.

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the commission from
time to time to investigate any and all matters relating to
appropriations, loans, expenditures, accounts and methods
of administration aft'ecting said city, or any department,
board or officer thereof, that may appear to the commission
to require investigation, and to report thereon from time to
time to the mayor, the city council, the governor or the
general court. The commission shall make an annual report
in January of each year to the general court.

Section 4. Any pay roll, bill or other claim against the
city shall, on request in writing of the commission filed with
the city auditor, be referred by the said auditor to the com-
mission before being presented to the city treasurer for pay-
ment. The commission shall immediately investigate the
same and report thereon, and pending such report payment
shall be withheld. The commission shall have like power
to disapprove any pay roll, bill or claim against the city as
city auditors have under section fifty-two of chapter forty-
one of the General Laws.

Section 5. The commission is authorized to employ such
experts, counsel, and other assistants, and to incur such
other expenses as it may deem necessary, and the same shall
be paid by said city upon requisition by the commission, not
exceeding in the aggregate in any j^ear the sum of ten thou-
sand dollars, or such additional sums as may be appro-
priated for the purpose by the city council, and approved by
the mayor. A sum sufficient to cover the salaries of the mem-
bers of the commission and the further sum of at least ten
thousand dollars to meet the expenses as aforesaid shall be
appropriated each year by said city. The commission shall
have the same right to incur expenses in anticipation of
its appropriation as if it were a regular department of said
city.

Section 6. For the purpose of enabling the said com-
mission to perform the duties and carry out the objects
herein contemplated, and to enable the mayor, the city
council, the governor or the general court to receive the
reports and findings of said commission as a basis for such
laws, ordinances, or administrative orders as may be deemed

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 297. 309

meet, the comniission sliall have power to require tlie attend-
ance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all
books, papers, contracts and documents relating to any
matter within the scope of any investigation authorized by
this act, or wliicli may be material in the performance of
the duties imposed by this act. Such witnesses shall be Witnesses.
summoned in the same manner and be paid tlie same fees ^mmo^n?ng,
as witnesses before district courts. Each of such witnesses fees, repre-

1 X 1 1 II • ii sentation by

may be represented by counsel who may cross examine the counsel, etc.

witness for whom he appears for not more than ten minutes

during his examination. Counsel for any witness at any

public liearing may ask him any pertinent question and may

offer pertinent evidence through other witnesses subject to

cross examination by the commission and its counsel. The Commissioners

chairman or any member of the commission may administer oitL^'etc'"'^'^'^

oaths to or take the affirmation of witnesses who appear

before the commission. The commission may prescribe Rules and

reasonable rules and regulations for the conduct of hearings hliHnl'a'etc*"^

and the giving of testimony.

Section 7. If any person so summoned and paid shall Courtorder
refuse to attend, or to be sworn, or to affirm, or to answer sons to appear
any question, or to produce any book, contract, document mfaTion,°to'pro-
or paper pertinent to the matter of inquiry in consideration ^}^'^^ books,
before the commission, a justice of the supreme judicial court
or of the superior court, in his discretion, upon application
by the commission or any member thereof, authorized thereto
by vote of said commission, may issue an order requiring
such person to appear before the commission, and to produce
his books, contracts, documents and papers and to give
evidence touching the matter in question. Any failure to Contempt of
obey such order of the court may be punished by such '^°^^^-
court as a contempt thereof.

Section 8. Any person so summoned and paid who Penalty for
shall refuse to attend, or to be sworn, or to affirm, or to TOoneTete"*'
answer any question, or to produce any book, contract, refusing to '
document or paper pertinent to the matter in consideration "' ^^ • ^ '^^
by the commission, and any person who wilfully interrupts
or disturbs, or is disorderly at, any hearing of the commis-
sion shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars,
or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 9. Upon application by the commission to any Court may
justice of the supreme judicial court, or of the superior court, glons for"^'^"
the said justice may issue a commission to one or more com- examination of
petent persons in another state for the examination of a oufcommon-
person without this commonwealth relative to any matter '^'^^^^^' ^^c
within the scope of the said investigation or of this act.
The testimony of such person may be taken by open com- Procedure for
mission, or otherwase under the procedure, so far as the mony^o^f'^luch
same may be applicable, provided by section forty-two of persons.
chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the General Laws,
and the said justice may issue letters rogatory in support of
said commission.

310

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 298, 299.

Persons not
compelled to
give self-in-
criminating
testimony, etc.

Budget and
auditing com-
mission of
Lowell
abolished.

Act, when to
take effect and
duration.

Section 10. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
compel any person to give any testimony or to produce any
evidence, documentary or otherwise, which may tend to
incriminate him.

Section 11. The budget and auditing commission of
said city, established under authority of section twenty-
nine of chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby abolished.

Section 12. This act shall take effect upon its passage,
but shall be inoperative on and after July first, nineteen
hundred and thirty-one. Approved April 30, 1926.

Cha7).29S ^^ ^'^'^ PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS OF ELECTRIC
COMPANIES.

G. L. 164, new
section after
§94.

Approval by
department of
public utilities
of certain con-
tracts of elec-
tric companies.

Proviso.

Department
may review,
etc., price to be
paid for elec-
tricity, etc.
Certain con-
tracts to be
null and void.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section ninety-four the
following new section: ^ — Section 94 A. No electric com-
pany shall hereafter enter into a contract for the purchase of
electricity covering a period in excess of three years without
the approval of the department, unless such contract con-
tains a provision subjecting the price to be paid for elec-
tricity thereunder to review and determination by the
department in any proceeding brought under section ninety-
three or ninety-four; provided, that nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed as affecting a contract for the
purchase of electricity from a person or corporation engaged
in manufacturing, where the manufacture, sale or distribu-
tion of electricity by such person or corporation is a minor
portion of his or its business, and which contract is made
in connection with a contract to supply such person or cor-
poration with electricity. In any such proceeding the de-
partment may review and determine the price to be there-
after paid for electricity under a contract containing said
provision for review. Any contract covering a period in
excess of three years subject to approval as aforesaid and
which is not so approved or which does not contain said
provision for review shall be null and void.

Approved April 30, 1926.

Chap.299 An Act requiring innholders, common victuallers and

OTHER keepers OF RESTAURANTS AND OTHER ESTABLISH-
MENTS CONDUCTING CERTAIN AMUSEMENTS IN CONNEC-
TION WITH THEIR BUSINESS TO BE LICENSED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and forty of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section one
hundred and eighty-three the three following new sections:
— Section 183A. No innholder, common victualler or
person owning, managing or controlling a cafe, restaurant or

G. L. 140, three
new sections
after § 183.

Innholders,

common

victuallers,

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 299. 311

other eating or drinking establishment shall, as a part of lus etc., conduct-
usual business, offer to view, set up, set on foot, maintain or LmuscnTcnts in
carry on a concert, dance, exhibition, cabaret or public show coniecti?"
or any clescnption at wiueJi lood or (irink or other rerresJi- inisinosa to be
ment is sold for cash, or in connection with which, after free "^'^^^'^ •
admission, music or other amusement is provided or fur-
nished upon payment or deposit of money, either as a cover
charge or in payment for food, drink or other refreshment,
unless and until a license therefor, to be exercised on week License to be
days only, has been issued by the licensing authorities, who weekdaysoniy.
may upon written api)lication and upon such terms and
contlitions as they may prescribe, grant such a license for
an\' or all of the purposes hereinbefore described and may,
after written notice to the licensee, suspend or, after hearing Suspension or
revoke the same. Licenses granted under this section shall j^v°cation.
specify the street and number where the licensed business street^and
is to be carried on or give some particular description thereof, ^^^^ber.
and shall not protect a licensee who carries on his business
in another place. Such licenses, unless sooner revoked, shall Expiration.
expire on April thirtieth of each year. The fee for any such Fee.
license or for any renewal thereof shall not exceed five dol-
lars, but no fee shall be chargeable for any such license, or No fee, when.
for the approval of the commissioner of public safety under
section one hundred and eighty-three B, to a person who, for
the period covered by such license, is also licensed under section
two. Section 183B. In all towns having less than twenty- Licenses issued
five hundred registered voters at the state election last pre- n"ot to* be vaUd^
ceding the date of application for a license under section one unless ap-
hundred and eighty-three A, no license issued on such ap- commissioner
plication shall be valid unless and until it has been approved safety. ^'^
in writing by the commissioner of public safety as in the in-
terest of the public good and morals. Except as provided Fee for such
in section one hundred and eighty-three A, every application
for such approval shall be accompanied by a fee of one
dollar. The commissioner may, after notice to the licensee, Suspension or
suspend and after a hearing, revoke such approval, and approva?.°°^
thereupon the license shall be deemed suspended or revoked,
as the case may be. Section 1S3C. Any person described Penalty for
in section one hundred and eighty-three A who engages in such^business
a business required to be licensed by said section unless ^r for'certain^^
authorized so to do by a license in full force and effect, and violations by
any holder of such a license who violates any condition
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than
one year, or by both. The clerk of the court in which a clerks of
corporation engaged in such business is convicted under this cCnv^ctions'^or*
section shall forthwith report such conviction to the state corporations to
secretary, who shall thereupon revoke the charter of such whcTsifaffre-^
corporation. """^^ charters.

Section 2. Section one hundred and eighty-two of said g. l. ho, § 182.
chapter one hundred and forty is hereby amended by adding ^™^" ^
at the end thereof the following: — , or to enterprises re-
quired to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-

312

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 300.

Penalty for
certain unli-
censed exhi-
bitions, shows,
etc.

Not applicable
to certain
entertainments
or enterprises.

throe A, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1S2. Who-
ever offers to view, sets up, sets on foot, maintains, carries
on, publishes or otherwise assists in or promotes any such
exhibition, show or amusement without such license shall
be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
This and the preceding section shall not apply to public
entertainments by religious societies in their usual places of
worshiij for a religious or charitable purpose, or to enter-
tainments given in school buildings by or for the benefit of
the pupils thereof and under the supervision of the prin-
cipal or teacher in charge of the school classes therein, or
to entertainments given in a private dwelling, except in
apartments thereof having a seating capacity of four hundred
or more, or to enterprises required to be licensed under
section one hundred and eighty-three A.

Approved April SO, 1926.

Chap. oOO An Act relative to deposits in annuity and pension

FUND of the state RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION.

G. L. 32, § 4,
etc., amended.

Funds of state

retirement

system.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloirs:

Section 1. Chapter thirty-two of the General Laws,
as amended in section four by section six of chapter four
hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section four and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Section 4- The funds of the retirement system shall be
raised as follows:

Expense and

contingent

fund.

(i) Expense and Contingent Fund.

Such amount as the general court may annually appro-
priate for the purpose of defraying the entire expense of
administration according to estimates prepared by the state
treasurer shall constitute an expense and contingent fund.

Annuity and
pension fund.

Deposits by
members,
amount, etc.
Proviso.

Certain mem-
bers may pay
difference be-
tween amount
credited to
them in
annuity fund
from three per
cent contribu-
tions and
amount which
would have
been so credited

{2) Annuity and Pension Fund.

A. Deposits by Members. — (a) Each member shall de-
posit in this fund from his salary or wages, as often as the
same are payable, not less than one nor more than five per
cent thereof, as determined by the board under section
three (4); provided, that employees who receive more than
thirty dollars weekly in salary or wages shall not be assessed
for contribution to this fund on the excess above that
amount.

(6) A member who has been in the service of the com-
monwealth for a continuous period contributing to the
annuity fund during the first part thereof at the rate of three
per cent and during the remainder thereof at the rate of
five per cent may pay in one sum the difference between the
amount credited to him in the annuity fund and the amount
which would have been so credited to him if all his con-
tributions had been at the rate of five per cent. Or, such a

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 300. 313

member may accuimilute in the annuity fund in reji^ular from five per
instalments durinj^ a i)cri()(l not exceeding five years from tro"na!^""'^"''"'
the date of the first instalment the amount (hie to cover
such difference with interest, provided, that all instalments Proviso.
shall be paid before said member is sixty years of age.

(c) Members of the teachers' retirement association, Transfer of
described in section seven, who enter the service of the of members"^
commonwealth shall have the full amount of their contribu- of teachers'
tions, with interest thereon as determined by the teachers' association
retirement board, transferred by the state treasurer to the |erv[ce° "'*'^*''
retirement fund provided by this section, and these amounts
shall thereb}'^ become a part of their deposits.

B. Contributions of the Comviomvealth. — The common- Contributions
wealth shall contribute as follows: nioVweTith.

(a) Each month, such amount as the board may deter-
mine to be necessary to pay current pensions for subsequent
service under section five (2) C (o).

(b) Each year, such amount as is necessary to guarantee
regular interest and make good any deficiency in the annuity
fund as of the preceding thirty-first day of December.

(c) Each month, such amount as the board may determine
to be necessary to pay current pensions for prior service
under section five {2) C (b).

(d) Each month, such amount as the board may determine
to be necessary to insure the minimum payments provided
for in section five (2) E, and also the payments provided
for in section two (9) {b).

(e) Each month, such amount as the board may deter-
mine to be necessary to pay current pensions on account of
disability, permanent incapacitation or death under para-
graph (8), (9) or (10) of section two.

(5) Provision for Payments.

All amounts payable by members of the association Provision for
under paragraph {2) A (a) of this section shall be deducted nfe^ws^ ^
by the commonwealth from the amounts payable to them
as salary or wages as often as the same are payable, and
shall immediately be credited to the retirement fund by the
state treasurer.

Section 2. Section five of said chapter thirty-two, as g. l. 32, § 5,
amended l)y sections three and four of chapter three hun- ^^°" *™^" ® '
dred and fort^^-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, by sections one and two of chapter two hun-
dred and five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three and by sections one and two of chapter two hundred
and forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
five, is hereby further amended by striking out the paragraph
contained in lines fifty-one to sixty-four as printed in the
General Laws and inserting in place thereof the following: — ■
(b) Pensions based upon prior service. Any member of state pensions ,

, .. , 11 (•• 11 I based upon

the association who reaches the age 01 sixty and has been prior service.
in the continuous service of the commonwealth for fifteen

314

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 301.

Extra pension,
etc.

Proviso.

Chap.

years or more immediately preceding and then or thereafter
retires or is retired, any member who completes thirty-five
3'ears of continuous service and then or thereafter retires or
is retired, and any member retired under section two (8),
shall receive, in addition to the annuity and pension provided
for by paragraphs {2) B and {2) C (a) of this section, an extra
pension for life as large as the amount of the annuity, com-
puted under paragraph (2) B (o) of this section, and the
pension, to which he might have acquired a claim if the
retirement system had been in operation at the time when
he entered the service, and if accordingly he had paid regular
contributions from that date to June first, nineteen hundred
and twelve at the same rate at which his contributions were
first made and if such contributions had been accumulated
with regular interest; provided, that a member who pays
the full amount provided in paragraph [2) A {b) of section
four in either manner provided therein, shall be credited,
in computing the pension for service prior to June first,
nineteen hundred and twelve, on the basis of contributions
at the rate of five per cent.

{The foregoing ^vas laid before the governor on the hoenty-
sixth day of April, 1926, and after five days it had " the force
of a law", as prescribed by the constitution, as it ivas not re-
turned by him with his objections thereto within that time.)

301 An Act relative to the furnishing of state or military

AID TO those who SERVED IN THE SPANISH WAR, PHILIP-
PINE INSURRECTION OR THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION.

G. L. 115, § 6,
etc., amended.

State or mili-
tary aid to
those who
served in
Spanish War,
Phihppine In-
surrection or
China Relief
Expedition.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section six of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the
General Laws, as amended by sections one and tv.'o of chap-
ter two hundred and twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-one and by chapter three hundred and
fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
is hereby further amended by striking out the paragraphs
included in lines forty-five to sixty-two, inclusive, and in-
serting in place thereof the following new paragraph: —
Invalid pensioners of the United States who served in the
army or navy of the United States to the credit of this
commonwealth in the war with Spain, having been ap-
pointed or having enlisted in such service after February
fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and prior to
July fourth, nineteen hundred and two; or who served in the
regular army or navy of the United States during said war
or in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in
the Philippine Insurrection or the China Relief Expedition,
having been appointed or having enlisted in such service
between said dates while a citizen of this commonwealth,
having a residence and actually residing therein.

(The foregoing was laid before the governor on the twenty-
sixth day of April, 1926, and after five days it had "the force
of a law", as prescribed by the constitution, as it tvas not re-
turned by him with his objections thereto within that time.)

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 302. 315

An Act providing for precinct voting, REPRf:sENTATivE QJidr) 302

TOAVN MEETINGS, TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, A REFERENDUM
AND A MODERATOR TO SERVE FOR A YEAR IN THE TOWN OF
BELMONT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon the acccptaDcc of this act by the town Protinct
of Belmont, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen shall reprcfentative
forthwith divide the territory thereof into not less than five etc'^"i{^town^^'
nor more than ten voting precincts, each of which shall be of iJeimont.
plainly desi<,mated, and shall contain not less than five
hundred rcjj;istered voters. All precincts shall contain
ai)proximately an equal number of registered voters.

The precincts shall be so established as to consist of Precincts,

^ , . . 1 1 1 1 !• establishment,

compact and contiguous territory, to be bounded as tar as etc.
possible, by the center line of known streets and ways or
by other well defined limits. Their boundaries shall be
reviewed and, if need be, wholly or partly revised by the
selectmen in December, once in five years, or in December
of any year when so directed by a vote of a representative
town meeting not later than November thirtieth of that
year.

The selectmen shall, within twenty days after any estab- Selectmen to
lishment or revision of the precincts, but not later than etc.°'^ °^"^^'
January twentieth of the succeeding year, file a report of
their doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and
the assessors with a map or maps or description of the pre-
cincts and the names and residences of the registered voters
therein. The selectmen shall also cause to be posted in To post map
the town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts of predncts°"
as established or revised from time to time, with the names ^'^.h names
and residences of the registered voters therein. They shall of registered
also cause to be posted in at least one public place in each ^°^'^'^^' ^*''-
precinct a map or description of that precinct with the
names and residences of the registered voters therein. The Division into
division of the town into voting precincts and any revision cincts! effrctive
of such precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing '^^^^^ ^*''-
of the report thereof by the selectmen with the town clerk.
Whenever the precincts are established or revised, the Town clerk to
town clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to secretary\s to
the state secretary, stating the number and designation of precmcts.
the precincts. Meetings of the registered voters of the Meetings of

1 • , <• I . • i> '• • IP . • voters, when

several precincts tor elections, tor primaries, and lor voting and where to
upon any question to be submitted to all the voters of the ^^ ^^"^•
town, shall be held on the same day and at the same hour
and at such place or places within the town as the selectmen
shall in the warrant for such meeting direct. The provisions Certain pro-
of the general laAvs, relating to precinct voting at elections, general laws
so far as the same are not inconsistent with this act, shall ^° apply, etc.
apply to all elections and primaries in the town upon the
establishment of voting precincts as hereinbefore provided.

Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section Representative
three as town meeting members at large, the representative mrmberlhip,^

number, etc.

316

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 302.

Town meeting
members, elec-
tion, terms,
etc.

Notice to mem-
bers elected.

Town meetings
limited to cer-
tain elected
members and
members at
large, etc.

Notice of
town meetings,
etc.

town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of
the largest number divisible by three which will admit of a
representation of all precincts by an equal number of mem-
bers and which w^ill not cause the total elected town meeting
membership to exceed two hundred and fifty-two. The
registered voters in every precinct shall, at a special election
called for that purpose, to be held not sooner than thirty
days after the establishment of precincts under this act, or
at the first annual town election held after the establishment
thereof, and at the first annual town election following any
precinct revision where the number of precincts is changed,
conformably^ to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent
with this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters
in the precinct, other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, provided for in the
first sentence of this section, to be town meeting members
of the town. The first third in order of votes received of
members so elected shall serve three years, the second third
in such order shall serve two years, and the remaining third
in such order shall serve one year, from the day of the
annual town meeting, or, in case such election is at a special
meeting, from the next annual town meeting; in case of a
tie vote affecting the division into thirds as aforesaid the
members elected from the precinct shall by ballot determine
the same; and thereafter, except as is otherwise provided
herein, at each annual town election the registered voters of
each precinct shall, in like manner, elect one third of the
number of town meeting members to which that precinct is
entitled for the term of three years, and shall at such election
fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancy or vacancies
then existing in the number of town meeting members in
their respective precincts. Upon every revision of the pre-
cincts where the number of precincts is changed, the terms
of office of all town meeting members from every precinct
shall cease upon the election of their successors. The town
clerk shall, after every election of town meeting members,
forthwith notify each member by mail of his election.

Section 3. Any representative town meeting held under
the provisions of this act, except as otherwise provided
herein, shall be limited to the voters elected under section
two, together with the following, designated as town meeting
members at large; namely, any member of the general court
of the commonwealth from the town, the moderator, the
town clerk, the selectmen, the town treasurer, the town
counsel, the chairman of the trustees of the public library,
the chairman of the planning board, the chairman of the
school board, the chairman of the board of assessors, the
chairman of the board of health, the chairman of the park
commission, the chairman of the board of water commis-
sioners, and the chairman of the finance or warrant com-
mittee. The town clerk shall notify the town meeting mem-
bers of the time and place at which representative town

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 302. 317

meetings are to be held, the notices to be sent by mail at
least seven days before the meeting.

The town meeting members, as aforesaid, shall be the Judges of
judges of the election and qualification of their members, of^^town* °*"''
One hundred town meeting members shall constitute a "'feting mem-
quorum for doing business; but a less number may organize Quorum.
tenjporarily and may adjourn from time to time. Notice Notice of
of every adjourned representative town meeting shall be tol^n'mootings
posted by the town clerk in five or more public places in ^ be posted,
the town, and he shall notify the members by mail of the "^
adjournment at least twenty-four hours before the time of
the adjourned representative town meeting. The notices
shall state briefly the business to be acted upon at any
meeting and shall include notice of any proposed recon-
sideration. All town meetings shall be public. The town Meetings
meeting meml)ers as such shall receive no compensation, p"''''''-
Subject to such conditions as may be determined from time sation"'*^^"'
to time by the representative town meeting, any voter of Voters may
the tow^n who is not a town meeting member may speak meetings, etc.
at any representative town meeting, but shall not vote.
A town meeting member may resign by filing a written Resignations,
resignation with the town clerk, and such resignation shall
take effect upon the date of such filing. No elected mem- no member to
ber whose official position entitles him to be a member at aUarg^w'hi^r
large shall act as a member at large during such time as he an elected
remains an elected member. A town meeting member who Removal from
removes from the town shall cease to be a town meeting town or pre-
member and an elected town meeting member who removes *''"*' • e ec .
from one precinct to another or is so removed by a revision
of precincts shall not retain membership after the next
annual election.

Section 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting Nomination of
members to be elected under this act shall be made by town'meeting'^
nomination papers signed by not less than twenty-five members, how
voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides, and
filed with the town clerk at least fifteen days before the
election; provided, that any town meeting member may be- rroviso.
come a candidate for re-election by giving written notice
thereof to the town clerk at least thirty days before election.
No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any can- Acceptance of
didate whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached nommation.
thereto when filed.

Section 5. The articles in the warrant for every town Warrant
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moderator, acted%on7
town officers, town meeting members, and as hereinbefore etc.
provided, to referenda and all matters to be acted upon and
determined by ballot of the town, shall be acted upon and
determined by the voters in their respective meetings by
precinct. All other articles in the warrant for any town
meeting, beginning with the town meeting at which said
town meeting members are first elected, shall be acted upon
and determined exclusively by town meeting members at a

318

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 302.

Moderator,
election, etc.

Moderator pro
tempore.

Vacancies in
full number of
town meeting
members,
filling, etc.

Notice of
vacancy to
remaining
members, etc.
Calling of
special meeting.

Choice by
ballot.

Certificate of
choice, etc.

Votes, when
operative.

Referendum.

Polling hours.

meeting to be held at such time and place as shall be
set forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meet-
ing, subject to the referendum provided for by section
eight.

Section 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at
each annual town meeting and shall serve as moderator of
all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law,
until a successor is elected and qualified. Nominations for
and election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other
elective town officers, and any vacancy in the office may
be filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held
for that purpose. If a moderator is absent a moderator pro
tempore may be elected by the town meeting members.

Section 7. Any vacancy in the full number of town
meeting members from any precinct may be filled until the
next annual election by the remaining town meeting members
of the precinct from among the registered voters thereof.
Notice of any vacancy shall promptly be given by the town
clerk to the remaining members from the precinct in which
the vacancy or vacancies exist and he shall call a special
meeting of such members for the purpose of filling any
vacancy. He shall cause to be mailed to every such mem-
ber not less than seven days before the time set for the
meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and place of
the meeting. At the said meeting a majority of the mem-
bers from such precinct shall constitute a quorum, and
they shall elect from their own number a chairman and a
clerk. The choice to fill any vacancy shall be by written
ballot and a majority of the votes cast shall be required for
a choice. The chairman and clerk shall count the ballots
and shall make a certificate of the choice and forthwith file
the same with the town clerk, together with a written ac-
ceptance by the member or members so chosen who shall
thereupon be deemed elected and qualified a town meeting
member or members, subject to the right of all the town
meeting members to judge of the election and qualifications
of the members as set forth in section three.

Section 8. No vote passed at any representative town
meeting under any article in the warrant, except a vote to
adjourn shall be operative until after the expiration of seven
days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, from the dissolu-
tion of the meeting. If, within said seven days a petition,
signed by not less than five hundred registered voters of the
town, containing their names and addresses, as the}' appear
on the list of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen
requesting that the question or questions involved in such
vote be submitted to the voters of the town at large, then
the selectmen, within fourteen days after the filing of the
petition, shall call a special meeting, which shall be held
within ten days after the issuing of the call, for the purpose
of presenting to the voters at large the question or questions
so involved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the
afternoon and shall be closed not earlier than eight o'clock

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 302. 319

In the oAcninj^, mid all votos upon any questions so sub- Votis by bnllot,
mittcMl shall hv taken by ballot, and th(^ check list shall be
used in the several precinct nieetin<;s in the same manner as
in tlie election of town officers. The questions so sub- Questions, how
niitted shall be determined by vote of the same proportion ^^^^t^'""""*''!'
of voters at large voting thereon as would have been re-
quired by law of the town meeting meml)ers had tlie ques-
tion been finally determined at a representative town meet-
ing. The questions so submitted shall be stated upon the Questions, how
ballot in substantially the same language and form in ballot, etc!"
which they were stated when presented to said representative
town meeting by the moderator as appears from the records
of the said meeting. If such petition is not filed within the yotes operative
said period of seven days, the vote of the representative town etc!° ^''*'*^'°"'
meeting shall become operative upon the expiration of the
said period.

Section 9. The town of Belmont, after the acceptance Powers of town
of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and be metti'ng*^niein-
bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when ^era, etc.
convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute
representative town meetings; and the representative town
meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to
the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal
corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of
law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town
afl'airs in town meetings shall, when taken by any represent-
ative town meeting in accordance with the provisions of
this act, have the same force and effect as if such action had
been taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of the
town as heretofore organized and conducted.

Section 10. This act shall not abridge the right of the Certain rights
inhabitants of Belmont to hold general meetings, as that et°c. " " ^^ '
right is secured to them by the constitution of this com-
monwealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative
town meeting in Belmont the power finally to commit the
town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or
changing its government, without action thereon by the
voters of the town at large, using the ballot and the check
list therefor.

Section 11. This act shall be submitted to the regis- Submission to
tered voters of the town of Belmont at any annual or special of°Be?inont,^"
town meeting called for that purpose. The vote shall be ^*''-
taken in precincts by ballot in accordance with the provisions
of the general laws, so far as the same shall be applicable, in
answer to the question, which shall be placed, in case of a
special meeting, upon the official ballot to be used at said
meeting, or, in case of an annual meeting, upon the official
ballot to be used for the election of town officers: "Shall an
act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-six entitled ' An Act providing for precinct
voting, representative town meetings, town meeting mem-
bers, a referendum and a moderator to serve for a year in
the town of Belmont' be accepted by this town?"

320

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 808, 804.

City of Quincy
may borrow
money for
Bchool pur-
poses.

Quincy High
School Loan,
Act of 1926.

J^^^°f taking Section 12. So much of this act as authorizes its sub-
mission for acceptance to the registered voters of the town
shall take effect upon its passage, and the remainder shall
take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters
voting thereon. Approved May 3, 1926.

Chap.SOS An Act authorizing the city of quincy to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and
constructing a junior high school building and originally
equipping and furnishing the same, the city of Quincy may
borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Quincy High School Loan, Act of 1926.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from
their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act
unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent
of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be
raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be sub-
ject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of
the proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by
chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 3, 1926.

Chap.^04: An Act authorizing the city of melrose to supply

WATER TO the TOWN OF SAUGUS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Melrose, on the request of the
board of selectmen of the town of Saugus, may, subject to
the regulation and control of, and upon such terms and con-
ditions as may be approved by, the metropolitan district
commission, furnish water to the inhabitants of the town of
Saugus who reside in that part of the town near the boundary
line between said city and town, which cannot be conven-
iently furnished with water by the water system of said
town, for their use for the purpose of sui)plying hydrants for
fire protection and for domestic purposes.

Section 2. Said city may furnish and sell, by meter,
water to said town for the use of said inhal>itants for the
aforesaid purposes, at such rates and upon such terms and
conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the engineer
and superintendent of public works of said city and said
board of selectmen, and as may be ap])roved by the metro-
politan district commission.

City of Melrose
may furnish
water to in-
habitants of
part of town
of Saugus, etc.

City of Melrose
may furnish
and sell water
to town of
Saugus, etc.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 305, 306. 321

Section 3. The state treasurer, in making the appor- Apportionment
tionnicnt to the towns in the metrojjohtan water district, as Meiirose°of ex-
provided in section twenty-six of chapter ninety-two of the penseaof

': , ^ > 11 1 1 1 • 1 j_i metropolitan

General Laws, shall add to the amount apportioned to the water system,
city of Melrose an amount determined by the metropolitan ®'^*'*
district commission and certified to the state treasurer to
be necessary to make a full apportionment to said city for
the water supplied to inhabitants of the town of Saugus
under section one and to said town under section two; pro- Proviao.
vided, however, that the sum which the metropolitan district
commission shall determine said city shall pay for the addi-
tional water furnished it to carry out the provisions of this
act shall, in the opinion of the commission, exceed the proper
proportion of the entire assessment which would be imposed
upon the said town were it a part of the metropolitan water
district.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 4, 1926.

An Act authorizing the town of hingham to borrow Chav.S05

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . For the purpose of constructing a school mnglani may
building and originally equipping and furnishing said build- }'Q°"°ho^°"'^^
ing, the town of Hingham may borrow from time to time, purposes.
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, two hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Hingham School Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue Hingham
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid Act°of me."'
in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue
shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an
amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue
is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of
the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Law^s, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section
seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 4j 1926.

An Act to authorize the town of hingham to use for Qhny QQg

SCHOOL PURPOSES SUCH PORTION OF A CERTAIN PUBLIC ^'

PLAYGROUND THEREIN AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY VOTE
OF THE TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The town of Hingham is hereby authorized Town ofHing-

1 . 1. 1 I 1 • 1 1 1 J 1 ham may use

to use such portion oi the public playground located on for school

322

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 307, 308.

purposes
certain portion
of a certain
playground.

Central street, in said Hingham, as the town by vote shall
determine, for the erection of a public school building and
for other school uses, and for all purposes incidental thereto;
and after such vote, such portion shall be under the same
care and control as other school property.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 4, 1926.

Town of
Reading may
borrow money
for junior high
school purposes.

Reading
School Loan,
Act of 1926.

Chap.307 An Act authorizing the town of reading to borrow

MONEY FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing and origi-
nally furnishing and equipping a junior high school building,
the town of Reading may borrow from time to time, within
a period of five years from the passage of this act, such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
seventy-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Reading
School Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall con-
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall
be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as
herein provided, be subject to the provisions of chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso in-
serted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three hun-
dred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 4, 1926.

Chap.^OS An Act authorizing the town of Bedford to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of acquiring land for and
constructing a new school building and originally equipping
and furnishing said building, the town of Bedford may
borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Bedford School
Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be
authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted
for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year

Town of
Bedford may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Bedford
School Loan,
Act of 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 309, 310. 323

when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as
provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section
seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 4, 1926.

C/iap. 309

An Act authorizing the town of medfield to borrow
money for school purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of purchasing or otherwise Town of
acquiring for school purposes land in the town of Medfield, bo^rrow mo'ney
together with the buildings thereon, and for originally pjj.!^ge8^
constructing a school building on said land, including the
cost of originally equipping and furnishing such building,
said town may borrow from time to time, within a period
of five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Medfield School behoof Loan
Loan, Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute a Act of i926. '
separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be author-
ized under this act unless a sura equal to an amount not less
than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the
same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when
authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of said
chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 4, 1926.

An Act to authorize the city of Worcester to supply Chav.^\()

THE town OF SHREWSBURY WITH WATER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The city of Worcester may supply the town City of
of Shrewsbury with water upon such terms and conditions may supply
as may be agreed upon by the boards of water commissioners shTgw*sbury
of said city and said town; and for this purpose the city of with water.
Worcester may lay and maintain such pipes as are neces-
sary to connect the existing water mains of the said city and
said town at such point or points at or near the boundary
line between said city and said town as may be agreed upon;
and may construct such other necessary works and install j^ecessary*'^^''^
such apparatus for regulating and measuring the flow of works, dig
water as may be necessary or convenient; and for that pur- way^?etoN

324

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 311, 312.

Proviso.

Contract as
to quantity,
price, etc.,
of water.

pose may dig up any public way lying wholly or in part in
either said city or said town; provided, that no such way in
said town shall be dug up without the consent of its board
of selectmen.

The said boards of water commissioners ma}^, by written
contract, agree upon the quantity of water to be supplied,
the method of measurement of the same, and the price to be
paid therefor, and all matters incidental thereto; and such
a contract when duly executed by authority of said boards
shall be binding upon the city of Worcester and the town
of Shrewsbury for such time as the boards may agree upon.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 4> 1926.

C/iap.311 An Act relative to civil and crtminal liability for

INJURIES TO SHRUBS, PLANTS, TREES AND FIXTURES OF
ORNAMENT OR UTILITY.

G. L. 87, § 12,
amended.

Civil and
criminal
liability for
injuries to
shrubs, plants,
trees and
fixtures of
ornament
or utility.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter eighty-seven of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section twelve and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 12. Whoever wan-
tonly injures, defaces or destroys a shrub, plant or tree, or
fixture of ornament or utility, in a public waj^ or place or in
any public enclosure, or negligently or wilfully suffers an
animal driven by or for him or belonging to him to injure,
deface or destroy such shrub, plant, tree or fixture, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars,
and shall in addition thereto be liable to the town or any
person for all damages to its or his interest in said shrub,
plant, tree or fixture caused by such act. Whoever by any
other means negligently or wilfully injures, defaces or de-
stroys such a shrub, plant, tree or fixture shall likewise be
liable to the town or any person for all damages to its or his
interest in said shrub, plant, tree or fixture caused by such
act. Approved May 4, 1926.

Chap.S12 An Act relative to appeals from the refusal of asses-
sors TO ABATE TAXES.

G. L. 59,

new section
after § 68.
Appeals from
refusal of
assessors to
abate taxes,
filing of
complaints, etc.

Hearing and
determination
of complaints

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section sixty-eight the following new sec-
tion: — Section 68 A. Upon the filing of a complaint under
section sixty-four in case of a refusal to abate a tax exceed-
ing five hundred dollars, the clerk of the county commis-
sioners or of the board authorized to hear and determine
the same, shall forthwith transmit a certified copy of such
complaint to the assessors, and the assessors or the city
solicitor or town counsel may, within fifteen days after
receipt of said copy, give written notice to said clerk and to
the complainant that the town elects to have the same
heard and determined in the superior court for the county

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 313. 325

where the property taxed lies. The said clerk shall there- in superior
upon transmit to the court the complaint, together with all ^°^'^^' ^'°'
documents filed in connection therewith, and the same shall
be heard and determined by the court as an appeal under
section sixty-five. Approved May 4, 1926.

An Act relative to SUPERINTENDENCY unions and to Chnry '^\'X
STATE AID TO THE CONSTITUENT TOWNS. ^'

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an P''''^°^bie-
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section sixty-one of chapter seventy-one of g. l 7i § ei,
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
third line, the word "fifty" and inserting in place thereof
the word: — seventy-five, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 61. The school committees of two or more towns. Union of
each having a valuation less than two million five hundred for*empby-"^
thousand dollars, and having an aggregate maximum of mentof

, n J ,•• e ^ J. n superintendent

seventy-nve, and an aggregate minimum oi twenty-nve, of schools.
schools, and the committees of four or more such towns,
having said maximum but irrespective of said minimum,
shall form a union for employing a superintendent of schools.
A town whose valuation exceeds said amount, may par-
ticipate in such a union but otherwise subject to this section.
Such a union shall not be dissolved except by vote of the Restnctioiis as
school committees representing a majority of the partici- of un?on!^*^'°°
pating towns with the consent of the department, nor by
reason of any change in valuation or the number of schools.

Section 2. Section sixty-five of said chapter seventy- G. l. 71, § 65,
one is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, ^^^^ ^ '
the words "state auditor" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — comptroller, — and also by striking out, in the
fifteenth line, the word "three" and inserting in place thereof
the word: — four, — so as to read as follows: — Section 65. state aid

TTtTi ^ ^ • ^ i> i • • .to towns

When the chairman and secretary or the joint committee constituting
certify to the comptroller, on oath, that the towns unitedly tendency
have employed a superintendent of schools for the year unions.
ending on June thirtieth, and have complied with section
sixty-three, a warrant shall, upon the approval of the de-
partment, be drawn upon the state treasurer for the pay-
ment of two thirds of the sum of the following amounts:
(1) the amount paid to the superintendent as salary not in-
cluding any such amount in excess of twenty-five hundred
dollars, and (2) the amount reimbursed to the superintendent
for traveling expenses not including any such amount in
excess of four hundred dollars. The amount stated in the Apportion-
warrant shall be apportioned and distributed among the distribution

towns forming the union in proportion to the amounts ex- among such
° ^ ^ towns.

326

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 314.

pended by them for the salary and traveling expenses of the
Proviso. superintendent; provided, that the amount apportioned to

any town whose valuation then exceeds four million five
hundred thousand or to any town whose valuation exceeded
tw^o million five hundred thousand at the time of its entry
into a union, shall be retained by the commonwealth.

Approved May 5, 1926.

1919, 206 (S).
§ 1, item (6),
etc., amended.

Appropriations
for con-
struction and
certain other
purposes by
Boston school
committee.

(7/ia».314 An Act relative to appropriations for construction

AND CERTAIN OTHER PURPOSES BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and
six of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen,
as amended by chapter two hundred and forty-nine of said
Special Acts, by chapters five hundred and twenty-four and
six hundred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty, by chapter four hundred and eighty-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by chapters
three hundred and nine and three hundred and twenty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five and by
chapter one hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by
striking out item (b) and inserting in place thereof the
following: — (6) For the construction and furnishing of new
school buildings, both temporary and permanent, including
the taking of land therefor, and for school yards, and the
preparing of school yards for use, and for the rent of hired
school accommodations: for the financial years ending on
January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four and
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, respectively, two dol-
lars and thirty-three cents; for the financial year ending on
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
one dollar and seventy-seven cents; for the financial year
ending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, two dollars and twenty-five cents; for the
financial years ending on December thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven and nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, respectively, one dollar and sixty-eight cents;
and for each financial year thereafter, sixty-eight cents;
provided, however, that there shall not be appropriated for
purposes included under the provisions of this item during
said financial years ending on January thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-four and nineteen hundred and twenty-
five, more than three million five hundred thousand dollars
in any one year, or during said financial year ending on
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
more than three million dollars, or during said financial
year ending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
twenty -six, more than four million dollars, or during said
financial years ending on December thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven and nineteen hundred and

Proviso.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 314. 327

twenty-eight, more than three million dollars in any one
year; and provided, further, that the amount to be raised Provisos.
by taxation in any one year to meet the appropriations
already made and to be made for said years ending on
January thirty-fu'st, nineteen hundred and twenty-four and
nineteen hundred and twenty-five for purposes included
under the provisions of this item shall not exceed the esti-
mated amount of expenditures necessary to be made during
any year on account of any and all said appropriations as
determined by the school committee on or before August
first of each year and certified to the board of assessors on
or before xA.ugust fifth in each year, until the entire amount
of appropriations authorized for said years ending on January
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four and nineteen
hundred and twenty-five has been entirely raised by tax-
ation; and provided, further, that there shall be raised by
taxation in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five on
account of the amount herein authorized to be appropriated
for that year the sum of one million five hundred thousand
dollars and also in that year and in each year thereafter
such additional sums as shall be necessary to meet the esti-
mated amount of expenditures necessary to be made during
the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen
hundred and twenty-five and during each year thereafter
on account of appropriations made as authorized for the said
year ending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-five as determined by the school committee on or
before August first of each year and certified to the board
of assessors on or before the fifth day of August in each
year until the entire amount of appropriations authorized
for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December,
nineteen hundred and twenty-five has been entirely raised
by taxation; and provided, further, that there shall be
raised by taxation on account of the amounts herein author-
ized to be appropriated for the years ending on the thirty-
first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-six,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight as follows : — in the year nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, the sum of not less than one million
and not more than one million five hundred thousand
dollars; in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, the
sum of not less than three million five hundred thousand and
not more than four million dollars; in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, the sum of not less than three
million and not more than three million five hundred thou-
sand dollars; in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, the balance of the sums appropriated and not already
raised by taxation on account of the amounts herein author-
ized to be appropriated for the years ending on the thirty-
first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-six,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight; and the amounts in excess of the minimum
amounts but not exceeding the maximum amounts to be

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raised by taxation in each of the years nineteen hundred
and twenty-six, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight shall be determined by
the school committee on or before August first of each of
said years and be certified to the board of assessors on or
before the fifth day of August in each of said years; and
provided, further, that liabilities incurred for purposes
specified under this item may be paid from any money raised
for appropriations made under the provisions of this item.

Section 2. The limit of the amount of taxes that may
iTmTuncreased. be asscssed on property in the city of Boston is hereby
increased in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six and
in each year thereafter by such an amount, on each one thou-
sand dollars of the valuation upon which the appropriations
of the city council of said city are based, as may be neces-
sary to raise sufficient money to meet the provisions of this
act.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May o, 1926.

Proviso.

City of
Boston tax

C/iap.315 An Act regulating state appropriations for the im-
provement OF public ways in small towns.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

G. L. 81, § 26,
etc., amended.

State appro-
priations for
improvement
of public
ways in
small towns.

Road mileage
ratio.

Provi.so.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Chapter eighty-one of the General Laws, as
amended in section twenty-six by chapter two hundred and
eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
is hereby further amended by striking out said section
twenty-six and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 26. There may be expended for the repair and
improvement of public ways, other than state highways,
in towns having valuations of less than four million dollars,
as established by the last preceding valuation made for
the purpose of apportioning the state tax, and in which the
proportionate amount paid by such towns of every million
dollars of such tax as so established, divided by the number
of miles of such public ways, hereinafter known as the road
mileage ratio, is less than twelve dollars, such sums not
exceeding one hundred dollars per mile as the general court
may appropriate therefor; provided, that such towns shall
contribute or make available for use in connection there-
with the following amounts for each mile of such public
ways within their respective limits, according to the follow-
ing schedule based on their road mileage ratio: —

1. Less than one dollar and forty cents, fifteen dollars.

2. One dollar and forty cents and less than two dollars,
twenty-five dollars.

Acts, 1920. — Chap. 310. 329

3. Two dollars and less than two dollars and eighty cents,
forty dollars.

4. Two dollars and eighty cents and less than three
dollars and fifty cents, fifty dollars.

5. Three dollars and fifty cents and less than five dollars
and fifty cents, seventy-five dollars.

6. Five dollars and fifty cents and less than seven dollars,
one hundred dollars.

7. Seven dollars and less than nine dollars, one hundred
and twenty-five dollars.

8. Nine dollars and less than twelve dollars, one hundred
and fifty dollars.

The amounts appropriated as aforesaid and contributed Expenditure

1 1 1 ii 1 11 1 1 T • (• 1 of amounts

by the towns snail be expended under the direction oi the appropriated
division on such w^ays as the division and the selectmen of trlbuted'.
the towns may agree upon.

Section 2. Said chapter eighty-one is hereby further g. l. 8i, § 29,
amended by striking out section tAventy-nine and inserting ^'"ended.
in place thereof the following: — Section 29. The division Determination
shall determine, as nearly as possible, the number of miles butkms""
of such public ways in towns entitled to the benefits under required, etc.
section twentj-six, and shall inform the selectmen of such
towns of the contributions required from them under said
section. Ajjproved May 5, 1926.

An Act relative to the publishing, posting and proof Chav.ZlQ
or sanitary and other rules of the metropolitan

DISTRICT commission AND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

health.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
substantial inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared to ^''^"^ ®-
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety-two of the General Laws is G. l. 92. 5 17,
hereby amended by striking out section seventeen and ^'"^"'^^•^•
inserting in place thereof the following: ■ — Section 17. The Rules of
department of public health shall make rules and regula- of public^"*
tions for the sanitary protection of such waters used by the ^rotectlonof
commission for the water supply of any town or water metropolitan
company aforesaid. The commission shall cause such rules b^*!'^' ,

1 , . 1 1 , 1 • 1 "ostmg and

and regulations to be posted at or near the waters to which publication
they respectively apply, and shall also cause the same to ^L dfstdct'*"
be published at least once in a newspaper published in the commission.
county where said waters are in whole or in part situated,
and such posting and publication shall be sufficient notice
to all persons. The sworn certificate of any member of the Prima facie
commission or of its secretary of such posting and publica- such^posting,
tion, or of the posting or publication of an order made by the ^^^■■
commission, shall be prima facie evidence thereof. A copy Prima facie
of any such rule, regulation or order, attested by any mem- makfng'of'^

rules, etc.

330

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 316.

G. L. 92, § 37,
amended.

Rules of

metropolitan
district
commission
for govern-
ment, etc.,
of reserva-
tions or
boulevards, etc.

Proviso.

Posting and
publication.

Prima facie

evidence

thereof.

Penalty.

G. L. 92, § 38,
amended.

Rules of
metropolitan
district
commission
for care, etc.,
of Charles
river basin, etc,

Penalty.

Publication.

Prima facie
evidence of
publication.
Prima facie
evidence of
making, etc.

ber of the commission or by its secretary, shall be prima
facie evidence that said rule, regulation or order was made
by the department of public health or by the commission,
as the case may be.

Section 2. Section thirty-seven of said chapter ninety-
two is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourteenth
line, the words "three times in one or more newspapers"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — once in a news-
paper, — so as to read as follows: — Section 37. Except as
provided in the two following sections, the commission may
make rules and regulations for the government and use of
the reservations or boulevards under its care and to govern
the public use of the Charles river, the Neponset river and
the Mystic river, within the metropolitan parks district,
and of the ponds and other waters along which it holds
abutting lands for reservations in said district; provided,
that no rule or regulation affecting waters used for water
supply purposes shall take effect as to such waters until
approved in writing by the water board or other officers
having control of the same, nor shall any rule or regulation
affect the water rights of any person, whether a mill owner
or otherwise.

The commission shall cause such rules and regulations to
be posted in the reservation or boulevard to which they
apply, and shall also cause the same to be published at least
once in a newspaper published in the county where said
reservation or boulevard is in whole or in part situated, and
such posting and publication shall be sufficient notice to all
persons. The sworn certificate of any member of the com-
mission or of its secretary of such posting and publishing
shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

Whoever violates any rule or regulation made hereunder
shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars.

Section 3. Section thirty-eight of said chapter ninety-
two is hereby amended by striking out, in the eighth line,
the words "three times in one or more newspapers" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — once in a news-
paper, — so as to read as follows: — Section 38. The com-
mission may make reasonable rules and regulations, not
impairing freight traffic, for the care, maintenance, pro-
tection and policing of the Charles river basin as defined in
section two of chapter five hundred and twenty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine and amendments thereof,
breaches of which rules and regulations shall be breaches of
the peace punishable by fine not exceeding fifty dollars for
each offence. The commission shall cause such rules and
regulations to be published once in a newspaper published
in Boston, and such publication shall be sufficient notice to
all persons. The sworn certificate of any member of the
commission or of its secretary of such publication shall be
prima facie evidence thereof. A copy of any such rule or
regulation, or of a rule or regulation made under the pre-

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 317, 318. 331

ceding section, attested by any member of the commission
or its secretary, shall be prima facie evidence that said rule
or regulation was made by the commission.

Approved May 5, 1926.

An Act relative to the incurring of indebtedness for Chap. 317

LAYING AND RELAYING WATER MAINS ELSEWHERE THAN
IN STREETS.

Be it enacted, etc., as Jollows:

Section eight of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, ^;.^;.,"J)^'
as amended by section eleven of chapter four hundred and etc!,' amended,
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
by section one of chapter three hundred and three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three and by chapter forty-
five of the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended
by striking out clause {Sh), inserted by said section one, and
inserting in place thereof the following: — {3b) For laying ?^J}^^"^^^^^^ggg
and relaying water mains of not less than six inches but less for laying
than sixteen inches in diameter, fifteen years. water mlTs.

Approved May 5, 1926.

An Act relative to emergency water supply. Chap. SIS

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty of the General Laws is hereby amended by G. l 40, § 40,
striking out section forty and inserting in place thereof the ^'^^'^ ^
following: — Section 40. The metropolitan district com- Emergency
mission in cities or towns using the metropolitan water water supply.
supply, the city council in other cities, the selectmen or
water commissioners in other towns and water companies
supplying any communities in the commonwealth may, in
cases of emergency, take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine the right to draw water from any stream, pond
or reservoir not already appropriated to uses of a municipal
water supply, or may purchase water from any city, town
or water company, for a period of not more than six months
in any year in quantities necessary to relieve the emergency;
but no such taking or purchase shall be made until after the Approval by
department of public health has approved the water as a pubtfc health.
proper source of water supply and unless and until, in the
case of towns, the selectmen or water commissioners have
first been so authorized by a vote of the inhabitants at a Authorization
town meeting or, in the case of water companies, said com- iifhlbitants,
panics have first been so ordered in writing by said de- ®*<'-
partment. They may also take by eminent domain under companies^^*^'
said chapter seventy-nine the right to use any land for the Taking of
time necessary to use such water; provided, that, in the case p/oviso"^ *^
of such a taking by a water company, said department shall
first prescribe the limits within which such right shall be
taken. The vote of a city council or of the inhabitants of a Evidence of
town or of the metropolitan district commission or the emergency.

332

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 319, 320.

written order of said department to a water company to
make or authorize such taking or purchase shall be con-
clusive evidence of the existence of the emergency.

Approved May 5, 1926.

Chap.^19 An Act providing for an executive secretary for

THE STATE EXAMINERS OF PLUMBERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section thirty-six of chapter thirteen of the General Laws,
inserted by section two of chapter three hundred and forty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
— Said board shall appoint an executive secretary who is
a citizen of the commonwealth and has had at least ten
years continuous practical experience as a plumber. He
shall receive such salary as shall be determined by said board,
with the approval of the governor and council, and his
necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of
his duties.

No member of said board shall be eligible for appointment
as executive secretary, nor shall such appointment be subject
to chapter thirty-one. Approved May 5, 1926.

G. L. 13, § 36,
etc., amended.

Executive
secretary for
state examiners
of plumbers,
appointment,
etc.

No member
of board
eligible, etc.

C/lCip. 320 An Act relative to the criminal records of offences

AGAINST THE LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

G. L. 276, § 57,
etc., amended.

Court to obtain
criminal records
of certain
prisoners
before fixing
ainount of
ball, etc.

G. L. 276, § 85,
amended.

Probation
officers to
investigate
criminal cases
and to inform
court as to
prior criminal
prosecutions of
defendants, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fifty-seven of chapter two hundred
and seventy-six of the General Laws, as amended by section
one of chapter four hundred and sixty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by section one of
chapter four hundred and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: —
Before the amount of bail of a prisoner charged with an
offence punishable by imprisonment for more than one year
is fixed in court, the court shall obtain from its probation
officer all available information relative to prior criminal
prosecutions, if any, of the prisoner and to the disposition of
each such prosecution.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and seventy-six
is hereby further amended by striking out section eighty-
five and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section
So. In addition to the other duties imposed upon him,
each probation officer shall, as the court may direct, in-
quire into the nature of every criminal case brought be-
fore the court under the appointment of which he acts, and
inform the court, so far as is possible, whether the defendant
has previously been convicted of crime and in the case of
a criminal prosecution before said court charging a person
with an offence punishable by imprisonment for more than

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 320. 333

one year the probation officer shall in any event present to
the court such information as the commission on probation
has in its possession relative to prior criminal prosecutions,
if any, of such person and to the disposition of each such
prosecution, and all other available information relative
thereto, before such person is admitted to bail in court and
also before disposition of the case against him by sentence,
or placing on file or probation. When it comes to the To inform
knowledge of a probation officer that the defendant in a officers of
criminal case before his court charged with an offence pun- "'•"'r courts
ishable by imprisonment for more than one year is then on authorities as
probation in another court or is then at liberty on parole i,° court'of
or on a permit to be at liberty, such probation officer shall 'lefendants on
forthwith certify the fact of the presence of the defendant such other
before his court to the probation officer of such other court fiberty^orf*^
or the parole authorities granting or issuing such parole or parole, etc.
permit to be at liberty, as the case may be. He may recom-
mend to the justice of his own court that any person con-
victed be placed on probation. He shall perform such other other duties.
duties as the court requires. He shall keep full records of Records.
all cases investigated by him or placed in his care by the
court, and of all duties performed by him. Every person Probationers
released upon probation shall be given by the probation wriuen^state-
officer a written statement of the terms and conditions of ™fnt as to

. i 1 release.

the release.

Section 3. Section one hundred of said chapter two g. l. 276, § 100,
hundred and seventy-six is hereby amended by inserting a^n^nded.
after the word "court" in the fourth line the following: — ,
and the commissioner of correction, the institutions com-
missioner of Boston and the county commissioners of
counties other than Suffolk shall transmit to the commis-
sion, as aforesaid, detailed and complete records relative to
all paroles and permits to be at liberty granted or issued
by them, respectively, to the revoking of the same and to
the length of time served on each sentence to imprisonment
by each prisoner so released specifying the institution where
each such sentence was served, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 100. Every probation officer, or the chief or senior Probation
probation officer of a court having more than one probation cCTtafn other
officer, shall transmit to the commission, in such form and pubUc officers
at such times as it shall require, detailed reports regarding to comr^dssion
the work of probation in the court, and the commissioner of detaUed^'"^"
correction, the institutions commissioner of Boston and the reports of
county commissioners of counties other than Suffolk shall woa! paroles,
transmit to the commission, as aforesaid, detailed and com- aUiberty" Itc
plete records relative to all paroles and permits to be at
liberty granted or issued by them, respectively, to the re-
voking of the same and to the length of time served on each
sentence to imprisonment by each prisoner so released
specifying the institution where each such sentence was
served; and under the direction of the commission a record Record of
shall be kept of all such cases as the commission may require to be kept, etc.
for the information of the justices and probation officers.

334

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 321.

Police
officials to
co-operate.

Accessibility
of informa-
tion, etc.

Information
by commis-
sioner of cor-
rection and
department
of public
welfare.

G. L. 279,
new section
after § 4.

Court
to obtain
information
as to prior
criminal prose-
cutions of
defendants
before disposi-
tion of certain
criminal
prosecutions.

Effective
date.

Police officials shall co-operate with the commission and the
probation officers in obtaining and reporting information
concerning persons on probation. The information so ob-
tained and recorded shall be accessible at all times to the
justices and officers of the courts, to the police commissioner
of Boston, and to all chiefs of police and city marshals. The
commissioner of correction and the department of public
welfare shall at all times give to the commission and the
probation officers such information as may be obtained from
the records concerning prisoners under sentence or who have
been released.

Section 4. Chapter two hundred and seventy-nine of
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after sec-
tion four the following new section: — Section 4^- Before
disposition by sentence or placing on file or probation of
any criminal prosecution for an offence punishable by im-
prisonment for more than one year, the court shall obtain
from its probation officer all available information relative
to prior criminal prosecutions, if any, of the defendant and
to the disposition of each such prosecution.

Section 5. This act shall take effect on September first
of the current year. Approved May 5, 1926.

Char) 321 ^^ ^^^ relative to the registration of optometrists.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 112, §
amended.

Examination
and registra-
tion of
optometrists.

Qualifications
of applicants
for examina-
tion.

ProviBO.

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twelve of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
sixty-eight and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 68. No person, except as otherwise provided in this
section, shall practice optometry until he shall have passed
an examination conducted by the board in theoretic, prac-
tical and physiological optics, theoretic and practical op-
tometry and in the anatomy and physiology of the eye, and
shall have demonstrated his ability to properly use scientific
instruments and methods used in the practice of optometry,
and shall have been registered and shall have received a
certificate of registration which shall have conspicuously
printed on its face the definition of optometry set forth in
section sixty-six. Every applicant for examination shall
present satisfactory evidence, in the form of affidavits
properly sworn to, that he is over twenty-one years of
age and of good moral character, that he has graduated
from a school of optometry, approved by the board, main-
taining a course of study of not less than two years with a
minimum requirement of fifteen hundred attendance hours
and that he has graduated from a high school approved by
the board or has had a preliminary education equivalent to
at least four years in a public high school; provided, that
if he is unable to prove graduation from, or four years'
actual attendance at, a high school the board shall deter-
mine his qualifications by proper preliminary examination,
the fee for which shall be five dollars to be paid by the

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 321. 335

applicant. Tlie fee for tlie examination for registration Fee.
shall he twenty-five dollars and those passing the exami-
nation shall receive the certificate of registration without
additional charge. Any applicant who fails to pass a satis- Additional
factory examination for registration shall he entitled after exammationa.
the expiration of three months to additional examinations,
the first of which shall he free of charge, and for each sub-
sequent examination a fee of five dollars shall he paid.

Any person who shall present to the hoard a certified copy Reciprocity
or certificate of registration or license which was issued to ""eeistration.
him after examination hy a hoard of registration in optometry
in any other state, where the requirements for registration
are in the opinion of the hoard equivalent to those of this
commonwealth, may he registered and given a certificate of
registration in this commonAvealth without a written ex-
amination; provided, that such state accords a like privilege Proviso,
to holders of certificates of registration issued in this com-
monwealth and that the applicant has not previously failed
to pass the examination required in this commonwealth, and
that he has heen engaged in the reputahle practice of op-
tometry continuously for not less than three years im-
mediately preceding his application. The fee for such Fee.
registration shall he fifty dollars.

Section 2. Section seventy-two of said chapter one hun- g. l. 112, § 72,
dred and twelve is herehy amended hy striking out, in the ^'"^"''^^•
third and fourth lines, the words " attempts to determine by
an examination of the eyes the kind of glasses needed hy
any person" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
sells or attempts to sell spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses for
the purpose of correcting defective vision, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 72. Whoever, not being lawfully Penalty for
authorized to practice optometry, holds himself out as a optomeTry
practitioner of optometry', or practices or attempts to prac- unlawfully, etc.
tice optometry, or sells or attempts to sell spectacles, eye-
glasses or lenses for the purpose of correcting defective
vision, or whoever personates another practitioner, or fails
to deliver a memorandum of purchase as required by section
seventy, or violates any other provision of sections sixty-six
to seventy-three, inclusive, shall be punished for the first
offence hy a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two
hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three
months, or both, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of
not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three nor more
than six months, or both.

Section 3. Section seventy-three of said chapter one «• l. 112, § 73,
hundred and twelve is hereby amended by inserting after ^'"''"
the word "business" in the seventh line the words: —when
not sold for the purpose of correcting defective vision, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 73. The seven preceding Application
sections shall not apply to physicians and surgeons lawfully reglsrratlonof
entitled to practice medicine in the commonwealth, or to optometrists

y • ■, • n • limited.

persons who neither practice nor profess to practice op-

336

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 322, 323.

tometry, but who sell spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses, either
on prescription from such physicians or surgeons, or from
optometrists authorized to practice in the commonwealth,
or as merchandise from permanently located and estab-
lished places of business when not sold for the purpose of
correcting defective vision. But nothing herein contained
shall prevent any such physician or surgeon from taking an
examination and receiving a certificate of registration under
section sixty-eight, nor shall this and the seven preceding
sections authorize anj^ person to administer drugs in any
form, to practice or claim to practice medicine or surgery
in any sense, or to use any title or appellation intended or
calculated to indicate the practice of medicine or surgery.

Approved May 6, 1926.

Chap.322 An Act to define the authority of the trustees of the

MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN ADMINISTER-
ING THE AFFAIRS OF THAT INSTITUTION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter fifteen of the General Laws is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following
new sentence: — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed
as affecting the powers and duties of the trustees of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College as set forth in chapter
seventy-five, — so as to read as follows: ^ — -Section 4- The
commissioner shall be the executive and administrative
head of the department. He shall have charge of the ad-
ministration and enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations
which it is the duty of the department to administer and en-
force, and shall be chairman of the board. He shall organize
in the department a division of public libraries, a division
of immigration and Americanization, a division of the blind
and such other divisions as he may determine. Each
division shall be in charge of a director and shall be under
the general supervision of the commissioner. Nothing in
this chapter shall be construed as affecting the powers and
duties of the trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College as set forth in chapter seventy-five.

Approved May 6, 1926.

G. L. 15, § 4,

amended.

Certain
duties of
commissioner
of education.

Divisions in
department
of education.

Certain

powers, etc.,
of trustees of
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College
not affected.

Chov.32S An Act authorizing the town of whitman to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Town of
Whitman may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a high school
building and originally ec^uipping and furnishing said build-
ing, the town of Whitman may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 324. 337

face the words, AVliitinan Sdiool Loan, Act of 1926. Each whitman
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such Act^f 1926."'
loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such
authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised
by the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter
three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 8, 1926.

Chap.324:

An Act to authorize the city of leominstek to take

THE waters of IMONOOSNOC BROOK, A TRIBUTARY OF
NASHUA RIVER, FOR AN ADDITION TO ITS WATER SUPPLY,
AND TO IMPROVE ITS WATER SYSTEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1. Subject to rights already granted or to be City of
granted in the future by the general court, and subject to mayYake^"^
such regulations and obligations as may hereafter be pre- ^^^^11°^^^^
scribed or imposed by the general court, or otherwise as brook, etc,
provided in this act, the city of Leominster, by its board of to'^ifs" water '°"
water commissioners, for the purpose of increasing its water s^pp'.y ^^^

, , . , -^ . , , . ° , may improve

supply, may take by eminent domain under and m accordance its water
with chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws except as ^^^ ^°^'
hereinafter provided, or acquire by purchase or otherwise,
the waters of Monoosnoc brook in the city of Fitchburg and
the city of Leominster, and the tributaries of said brook and
the water rights connected therewith, by diverting the same
at any point or points in said city of Fitchburg and city of
Leominster, and may hold and use said waters and conduct
the same to the present system of the city of Leominster,
reserving to the owners of mills on said brook and the rivers
into which it flows their rights as mill owners to use such
waters as shall flow to said mills and the dams connected
therewith, except so far as said city of Leominster shall from
time to time actually divert and use the same for the pur-
poses named in this act. For the purpose of building and ^^cqidr^e
maintaining dams, reservoirs, pumping plants and pipe by purchase
lines, and of collecting, storing, preserving and protecting reservoh-s,'
the purity of the water taken under the provisions of this ^^™^' ^^°-
act, and conducting the same as aforesaid, and for the pur-
pose of extending, improving and enlarging the sources of
water supply of the city of Leominster, and preserving and "
protecting the purity of the same, the said city may also
take by eminent domain under and in accordance with said
chapter seventy-nine except as hereinafter provided, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, all lands, reservoirs, dams.

338

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 324.

May take, etc.,
lands and
other property
of Leominster
Reservoir
Company and
Fitchburg Gas
and Electric
Light
Company.
Provisos.

Measuring
and recording
devices to
record amount
of water
taken, etc.

May construct
and maintain
dams, reser-
voirs, stand-
pipes, etc.

May lay
conduits,
pipes, etc.

Provisos.

structures, pipe lines, buildings, rights of way and ease-
ments within the city of Fitchburg or city of Leominster
which may be necessary, including specifically the lands,
reservoir, dams, and other structures belonging to the
Leominster Reservoir Company, the dam and flowage rights
in Rocky pond belonging to said reservoir company, and
the land, dam, penstock, buildings and power plant belong-
ing to the Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company upon
said Monoosnoc brook; provided, however, that no sources
of water supply and no lands necessary for developing the
supply or for preserving the quality of the water of the city
of Leominster shall be taken or used without first obtaining
the advice and approval of the department of public health,
and that the location and arrangement of all dams, reservoirs,
wells, pumping and filtration plants, and such other works
as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this
act, shall be subject to the approval of said department and
provided, further, that in the manner of taking said water
from said brook the said city shall conform to such reason-
able regulations as may be established from time to time
by said department; and shall install such measuring and
recording devices as may, in the opinion of said department,
be necessary to record accurately and permanently the
amount of water taken from said brook by said city of
Leominster; and that all records so taken shall be kept on
file by said city of Leominster and shall be open at all rea-
sonable times to inspection by the public.

Section 2. The city of Leominster may construct and
maintain on the land acquired and held under the provisions
of this act proper dams, reservoirs, standpipes, tanks,
pumping plants, buildings, fixtures and other structures,
including also the establishment and maintenance of filter
beds and purification works or systems, and may make
excavations, procure and operate machinery and may pro-
vide such other means and appliances and do such other
things as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of
this act; and for the aforesaid purposes may construct, lay
and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes, pipe lines and other
works under and over any land, water courses, railroads, and
street or electric railways and public or other ways in the
cities mentioned in section one, in such manner as not un-
necessarily to obstruct the same; and for the purpose of
constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and repairing
such aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works, and for
all other proper purposes of this act, the city of Leominster
may dig up or raise and embank any such lands, or public
or other ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance
to public travel thereon; provided, that no conduits or pipes
shall be laid in any way in the city of Fitchburg except
under authority of the commissioner of public works of said
city; and provided further, that any public way in the city
of Fitchburg in which work is done under the provisions
of this act shall be restored by the city of Leominster to a

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 324. 339

condition satisfactory to the commissioner of public works

of the city of Fitchburg. Tlie city of Leominster shall not Restrictions

enter upon, construct or lay any aqueducts, conduits, pipes JTp^n raUroad

or other works within the location of any railroad corporation locations, etc.

except at such times and in such manner as it may agree

upon with such corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree,

as may be approved by the department of public utilities.

Section 3. The taking of land or other property under Taking of
this act nuiy be permanent or temporary and shall be in regulated'
accordance with said chapter seventy-nine, except that

(a) The water commissioners need make no award of No award
damages for injuries sustained by persons or corporations etc'^by water
on account of any taking of water or water rights; commissioners.

(b) The notice required by section eight of said chapter Certain notice
seventy-nine need not be given in case of a taking of water brgi"e°n.

or water rights;

(c) Petitions for the assessment of damages under section Filing of
fourteen of said chapter seventy-nine may be filed within damagel/etc.
two years after the right to such damages has vested, without

any extension of time by reason of failure to receive notice
under section eight thereof or otherwise;

(d) The water commissioners shall, within thirty days Copy of
after making any taking, cause a copy of the order of taking takfng°to be
to be printed in full in one or more daily or weekly news- published, etc.
papers published in the county in which the lands affected

are situated or, in the case of a taking of water or water
rights, in the county in which the point of diversion is situ-
ated;

(e) An owner of land or other property taken shall, upon Plan, etc.,
request made within six months of the taking, be furnished tak^™,^furnish-
within thirty days of such request with a plan or description >°s to owners.
of his land or other property taken;

(/) The city of Leominster may by vote of its water com- City of
missioners, incorporated in the order of taking, determine mT^determine
that the amount of water to be taken and appropriated under *^^t amount

oi w&tGr

this act shall be limited to three hundred million gallons to be taken,
during each of the calendar years nineteen hundred and u^mited^etc.^
twenty-six to nineteen hundred and thirty-one, inclusive;
four hundred and fifty million gallons during each of the
calender years nineteen hundred and thirty-two to nineteen
hundred and thirty-six, inclusive; six hundred million gallons
during each of the calendar years nineteen hundred and
thirty-seven to nineteen hundred and forty-one, inclusive;
seven hundred and fifty million gallons during each of the
calendar years nineteen hundred and forty-two to nineteen
hundred and forty-six, inclusive, and that after January first,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven the amount of water to
be so taken and appropriated shall be unlimited; and in Assessment
case the amount of water to be diverted shall be so limited, baai3,°etc^^'
the assessment of damages caused by the diversion of such
water shall be based upon such diversion, limited as above,
and no further assessment of damages shall be made subse-
quently on account of such diversion, except that if said city

340

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 324.

Recovery of
damages, etc.

Proviso.

Damages
for temporary
use, etc.

May enter
upon lands
to make
surveys, etc.

Requirements
in case con-
struction of
reservoir flows
public way.

May sell,
lease, etc.,
property no
longer
needed, etc.

May permit
construction,
etc., of

electric power
transmission
lines, etc.

Provisos.

Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.

should at any time divert said water in excess of the stipu-
Lated limits, the parties injured thereby shall be entitled to
further damages.

Section 4. Any person or municipality sustaining'dam-
age in his or its property by the taking of land, water, water
right, easement or other property, or by the entry upon or
the use of any property, or by the making of any change of
grade, layout, construction, alteration, discontinuance of a
way, or by anything done by the city of Leominster under
authority of this act shall be entitled to recover the same
from said city under said chapter seventy-nine; provided,
that the right to any damages for the taking of any water,
water right or any injury thereto shall not vest until water
is actually withdrawn or diverted under such taking. Dam-
ages for the temporary use or injury to property may, on
the request of the petitioner, be assessed by monthly pay-
ments, to be continued so long as the property is used or
injured.

Section 5. The city of Leominster may enter upon any
lands for the purpose of making surveys, test pits and
borings, and may take or otherwise acquire the right to
occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the construction
of any works or for any other purpose authorized by this act.

Section 6. If the city of Leominster shall under au-
thority of this act construct any reservoir in such manner as
to flow any existing public way, it shall raise the way to
such grade as will make it reasonably safe and convenient
for travel, or shall build in place of any part of said way so
flowed another suitable way, which shall thereafter be a
public way, with all necessary fences and culverts.

Section 7. Said city of Leominster, with the advice and
approval of the department of public health, may sell at
public or private sale or may exchange any real property,
or any easements, whether taken by eminent domain or
otherwise, no longer needed for works under its charge or
may from time to time lease any property not then so
needed; and may in its discretion, by lease, license or other
agreement, permit the construction and maintenance on
any land under its control of towers, poles, wires, and other
structures for the purpose of transmitting electric power over
lands and water of said city held for water supply purposes
under this act; provided, that in the opinion of the said
department, such lease, license or agreement will not affect
or interfere with the water supply; and provided further,
that said city may revoke said lease, license or agreement for
cause to be determined by it, with the approval of said
department.

Section 8. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol-
lutes or diverts any water taken or held under this act, or
injures any structure, work or other property owned, held
or used by said city of Leominster under authority of this
act, shall forfeit and pay to the city three times the amount
of the damages assessed therefor, to be recovered in an

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 324. 341

action of tort; and upon being convicted of any of the above
wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a fine of not more
than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more
than one year.

Section 9. The board of water commissioners of the Koard of water
city of Leominster shall manage, improve and control the to wntroi°"e?c.
land and other property purchased or acquired in any way
under the provisions of this act, and may prohibit all per-
sons from entering in, upon or over the waters of any reser-
voir constructed under authority of this act or upon any
lands taken or acquired by said city hereunder. Said
board shall execute, superintend and direct the performance
of all the works, matters and things mentioned in the pre-
ceding sections of this act. All the authority granted to
said city by the preceding sections of this act shall be vested
in the said board.

Section 10, The supreme judicial court or any justice court
thereof, and the superior court or any justice thereof, in oFprovi^ioM
term time or vacation, on the petition of the department of of act, etc.
public health or of any city, town, corporation or persons in-
terested, shall have jurisdiction in equity or otherwise to
enforce the provisions of this act and of any rule, regulation
or order made under authority of this act and to prevent
any violation of any of said provisions.

Section 11. For the purposes set forth in this act, the city of
city of Leominster may borrow from time to time, within a mTyborrow
period of five years from the passage of this act, such sums money, etc.
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words. City of L^m^nster
Leominster Water Loan, Act of 1926, Each authorized Water Loan,
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall ^^*^ °^ '^^^'
be payable in not more than thirty years from their dates.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,

Section 12. The said city shall, at the time of author- Payment of
izing said loan or loans provide for the payment thereof in °'*°' '^^^'
accordance with section eleven; and when a vote to that
effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived
from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense
of operating its water works and the interest as it accrues on
the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the city and to
make such payments on the principal as may be required
under the provisions of said section eleven shall, without
further vote, be assessed by the assessors of the city an-
nually thereafter in the same manner as other taxes, until
the debt incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 13. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 8, 1920.

342

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 325, 326.

Validation
of election
of certain
officers of
Acushnet Fire
and Water
District.

C/iaX). 325 A^ ^^'^ VALIDATING THE ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OF
THE ACUSHNET FIRE AND WATER DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The election of Jerry J. Riendau as district clerk and
treasurer, and of Thomas Hersom, Jr. as water commis-
sioner, of the Acushnet Fire and Water District, established
by chapter one hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, by the voters of said district at
its annual meeting in the current year, if and in so far as
said election was invalid by reason of the fact that the war-
rant calling said annual meeting did not include a provision
for the election of a district clerk and treasurer or of a water
commissioner, is hereby confirmed and made valid; and,
notwithstanding said fact, said Riendau and Hersom shall
respectively have all the powers and duties conferred or
imposed upon the district clerk and treasurer and upon a
water commissioner of said district under the provisions of
said chapter one hundred and fifty.

Approved May 8, 1926.

Chap. 326 An Act relative to the licensing of certain public

ENTERTAINMENTS TO BE HELD ON THE LORD's DAY.

G. L. 136, § 4,
amended.

Licensing of
certain public
entertainments
to be held on
Lord's day.

Proviso.

Suspension,
revocation, etc.
of license.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
eleventh line, the words "one dollar" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — two dollars, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 4- Except as provided in section one hundred and
five of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, the mayor of a
city or the selectmen of a town may, upon written application
describing the proposed entertainment, grant, upon such
terms or conditions as they may prescribe, a license to hold
on the Lord's day a public entertainment, in keeping with
the character of the day and not inconsistent with its due
observance, to which admission is to be obtained upon pay-
ment of money or other valuable consideration; provided,
that no such license shall be granted to have effect before
one o'clock in the afternoon, nor shall it have effect unless
the proposed entertainment shall, upon application accom-
panied by a fee of two dollars, have been approved in writing
by the commissioner of public safety as being in keeping
with the character of the day and not inconsistent with its
due observance. Any such license may, after notice and a
hearing given by the mayor or selectmen issuing the same,
or by said commissioner, be suspended, revoked or annulled
by the officer or board giving the hearing.

Approved May S, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 327. 343

An Act relative to the construction of cottage farm fhrij. 007

BRIDGE AND CERTAIN OTHER BRIDGES OVER THE CHARLES ^

RIVER BASIN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section five of chapter four hundred and 192l 497, § 5,
ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new paragraph: — If, when the River street- R'yer street -
Brighton street bridge and its approaches shall have been strlfet bridge
completed and the full cost thereof ascertained, the Boston HTCr^a^sess-
Elevated Railway Company shall not have been granted a ment'ofpart
double track location on such bridge and shall not have conr^ruction
agreed to pay the required percentage of the cost of the have'been'''^
same, the part of the cost of such bridge which would other- assessed upon

11 1 • 1 1 II i_ Boston Ele-

wise have been assessed upon said company shall be as- vated Railway

sessed upon and contributed by the county, district, and -f^"^^"^'

cities charged with the payment of the balance of the same,

in the same proportion as the parts of such balance required

to be paid by them, respectively; and the additional amounts

so assessed shall be included in the certifications by the

state treasurer, hereinbefore provided for.

Section 2. Said chapter four hundred and ninety-seven, 1921, 497, etc.,
as affected bv chapter five hundred and one of the acts "f,^ ^^i*;!""*
01 nmeteen hundred and twenty-one and by section one 01
chapter five hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four and as amended by chapter four hun-
dred and sixteen of the acts of said year, is hereby further
amended by adding after section sixteen, added by said
chapter four hundred and sixteen, the following new section:
— Section 17. As a part of the construction of the new BrookUne street
Brookline street-Essex street-Cottage Farm bridge and its c^ttage^ Farm
approaches, the commission is authorized to fill the Charles bridge, con-
River Basin to a distance not exceeding two hundred and Ldude filling
fourteen feet, exclusive of slopes, northerly from the United g^'aries River
States harbor line on the Boston side, and to a distance not Basin.
exceeding fifty-seven feet, exclusive of slopes, southerly from
the United States harbor line on the Cambridge side. For Additional
the cost of construction of said bridge, including the work expenditures.
authorized under this section, the commission may expend
a further sum, not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars,
in addition to the amounts authorized by sections four and
sixteen. Pursuant to this act, as affected by chapter five state treasurer
hundred and one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty- money?"^^
one, the state treasurer may borrow on the credit of the
commonwealth such further sums, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars, as may from time
to time be required, and may issue and renew notes of the
commonwealth carrying such rates of interest as the state
treasurer may fix, with the approval of the governor and
council, said notes to be for such term or terms as shall be
recommended by the governor in pursuance of section three

344

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 328.

Detenu i nation
and assess-
ment of
additional
construction
cost.

Maximum
cost of
construction
of certain
other liridgcs
over Charles
River Basin.

Proviso.

of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution. The
additional construction cost incurred under the provisions of
this section, including interest, shall be determined and
assessed in accordance with the provisions of section five
relative to the Essex street-Brookline street-Cottage Farm
bridge and approaches.

Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
four of said chapter four hundred and ninety-seven, the
maximum cost of construction, as defined in said section
four, of the bridge between Watertown and Boston, the
Western avenue bridge and the River street-Brighton street
bridge, severally authorized to be constructed by said chap-
ter, shall be two hundred thousand dollars, three hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars and three hundred thousand
dollars, respectively; provided, that nothing in this section
shall authorize any further borrowing on the credit of the
commonwealth. Approved May S, 1926.

Cotuit Fire
District in
town of
Barnstable,
established.

Powers,
duties, etc.

May make

certain

contracts.

Chap.32S -^^ ^^'^ ^^ ESTABLISH THE COTUIT FIRE DISTRICT IN THE

TOWN OF BARNSTABLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Barnstable
residing in the territory known as precinct seven, as de-
scribed in the records of the town clerk of said town and as
shown by a map now on file in the office of the selectmen
thereof, and liable to taxation in said town, shall constitute
a fire district, and are hereby made a body corporate by the
name of Cotuit Fire District; and said corporation, except
as herein otherwise provided, shall have all the powers and
be subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in all
general laws now or hereafter in force relating to fire districts.

Section 2. The said district may make contracts for the
purchase of engines and other apparatus and articles neces-
sary for the extinguishment of fires, for hydrant and water
service, for lighting its streets and other public places with
gas or electricity, for the construction and maintenance of
sidewalks and for any other thing that may lawfully be done
by said district.

Section 3. The prudential committee of the said district
may employ and pay policemen and watchmen for the pro-
tection of property and persons and for patrolling the
streets of said district.

Section 4. Said district may, at meetings called for
the purpose, raise money by taxation for any of the purposes
for which fire districts may, under general laws now or here-
after in force, raise money, and for all other purposes neces-
sary or proper under the provisions of this act.

Section 5. The first meeting of said district shall be
called on petition of five or more legal voters therein by
warrant from the selectmen of the town of Barnstable, or
from a justice of the peace directed to one of the petitioners

Policemen
and watchmen,
employment,
etc.

May raise
money by
taxation, etc.

First meeting,
how called, etc.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 329. 345

requiring him to give notice of the meeting by posting copies
of said warrant in two or more public places in said district
seven days at least before the time of meeting. Oiu; of the I'rosiding
petitioners shall preside at the meeting until a clerk is chosen <'®'"^''^' •^'■*'-
and sworn, and the clerk shall preside until a moderator is
chosen. The meeting may then proceed to act on the other
articles contained in the warrant.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission
by a majority of the legal voters of said district present and distHct^etc
voting at a meeting called for that purpose in accordance
with the provisions of section five of this act, within six years
after the passage of this act. If voted upon and not accepted,
it may be resubmitted at subsequent district meetings,
legally called for the purpose; provided, that it shall not Proviso.
be voted upon by the district more than three times in any
one year. Approved May 8, 1926.

Chap.329

An Act relative to certain appeals in felony cases and
providing for the elimination of delay in all felony
and certain other criminal cases.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Section thirty-three A of chapter two hun- g. l. 278,
dred and seventy-eight of the General Laws, inserted by linttded! "
section one of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "manslaughter" in the third
line, the words: — , or upon an indictment or complaint for
any other felony by order of a justice of the superior court
made subject to this and the six following sections as pro-
vided in section thirty-one, — so as to read as follows : —
Section S3 A. In any proceedings or trial upon an indictment Murder,
for murder or manslaughter, or upon an indictment or arKTcer'tain^'^
complaint for any other felony by order of a justice of the °*^®J takhf
superior court made subject to this and the six following of evidence
sections as provided in section thirty-one, the evidence shall nfen" or com-
be taken by an official stenographer or by a stenographer p'amt, etc.
appointed by the court, and transcribed in such number of
copies as the court may direct. The evidence transcribed oTtlfe"^""^*^
shall be designated as the "Transcript of the Evidence", Evidence",
shall be certified by the stenographer and shall, with such ^^^J^'fi<=^t^»o'»>
corrections as are made therein by direction of the court, be
regarded as a true record of the evidence. Alleged errors
in the transcript of the evidence must be seasonably called
to the attention of the court. Exceptions taken during the
proceedings and trial shall be numbered consecutively in the
transcript of the evidence.

Section 2. Section thirty-three B of said chapter two 9. l. 2:8,
hundred and seventy-eight, inserted by section one of said amended!"
chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "manslaughter" in the second
line the words: — , or other felony made subject to sections
thirty-three A to thirty-three G, inclusive, as aforesaid, —

346

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 329.

Filing of
claim of
appeal in
murder,
manslaughter
and certain
other felony
cases.

G. L. 278,
§ 33C, etc.,
amended.

Upon filing
of such claim
one copy of
transcript of
evidence to be
bound into
volumes, etc.

Summary
of record,
preparation
by clerk, etc.

G. L. 278,
§ 33E, etc.,
amended.

Record on
appeal in
murder,
manslaughter
and certain
other criminal
cases, trans-
mission to
supreme
judicial
court, etc.

G. L. 278,
§ 33F, etc.,
amended.

SO as to read as follows: — Section 33 B. A defendant in a
case of murder or manslaughter, or other felony made sub-
ject to sections thirty-three A to thirty-three G, inclusive,
as aforesaid, aggrieved by an opinion, ruling, direction or
judgment of the superior court, rendered upon any question
of law arising out of such case or upon a motion for a new
trial, but not upon a plea in abatement, who desires to ap-
peal therefrom and whose exceptions thereto have been
seasonably saved shall, within twenty days after verdict,
file a claim of appeal in writing with the clerk, who shall
forthwith notify the district attorney of such claim.

Section 3. Section thirty-three C of said chapter two
hundred and seventy-eight, inserted by section one of said
chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, is her<?by amended
by inserting after the word "indictment" in the ninth line
the words : — or complaint, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 33C. Upon the filing of a claim of appeal, one copy
of the transcript of the evidence shall be delivered to the
clerk, who shall forthwith cause it to be substantially bound
into volumes of convenient size and inscribed with the name
of the court from which the appeal is taken, the title and
number of the case, and the term "Transcript of the Evi-
dence". The clerk shall forthwith prepare a concise sum-
mary of the record, which shall also include a copy of the
indictment or complaint and of such pleadings and motions
as the district attorney or defendant may designate. Writ-
ten notice of the completion of the summary shall be given
by the clerk to the defendant or his counsel of record and the
fact that such notice was given shall be certified upon the
record.

Section 4. Said chapter two hundred and seventy-eight
is hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-three
E, inserted by section one of said chapter two hundred and
seventy-nine, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 33E. The clerk shall, as speedily as possible but in
any event within ten days after the filing of the assignment
of errors or within such further time as a justice of the
superior court may for cause allow, transmit the bound
copy of the transcript of the evidence, the summary of the
record and the assignment of errors, which together shall
constitute the record on appeal, to the supreme judicial
court for the county in which the case is pending or to the
supreme judicial court for the commonwealth whichever first
has a law sitting, including an adjourned sitting in the case
of the court for the commonwealth, after the assignment of
errors is filed, and upon receipt of the same such appeal
shall forthwith be entered by the clerk on the docket of such
court. The entry thereof shall not transfer the case but
only the questions to be determined. The supreme judicial
court shall consider all questions of law fairly raised.

Section 5. Said chapter two hundred and seventy-eight
is hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-
three F, inserted by section one of said chapter two hundred

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 329. 347

and seventy-nine, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing:— Section 33 F. If the defendant neglects to file an Dismissal of
assignment of errors within the time specified in section when'^etc^*''
thirty-three D, the appeal shall be dismissed by the superior
court as a matter of course, unless further time is granted
by a justice of the supreme judicial court, and the judgment
appealed from be affirmed. If the defendant neglects to
take the necessary measures for the hearing of the cause in
the supreme judicial court, a justice of said court may order
that the appeal be dismissed and that the judgment ap-
pealed from be affirmed or make such other orders as may
be necessary to the furtherance of justice.

Section 6. Section thirty-one of said chapter two hun- g. l. 278, § 31,
dred and seventy-eight, as amended by section two of said etc.. amended.
chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the seventh and eighth lines, the
words "shall be governed by sections thirty-three A to
thirty-three G, inclusive" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — , or upon an indictment or complaint for any other
felony by order of the justice of the superior court presiding
at such proceedings or trial made subject to sections thirty-
three A to thirty-three G, inclusive, shall be governed by
said sections, and authority to make any such proceedings
or trial subject to said sections is hereby granted to said
presiding justice, — so as to read as follows: — Section 31. Exceptions by
Exceptions may be alleged by a defendant in a criminal case crlminaf case's.
who is aggrieved by an opinion, ruling, direction or judgment
of the superior court rendered upon any question of law
arising at the trial of such case or upon a motion for a new
trial, but not upon a plea in abatement; provided, that Proviso.
exceptions alleged in any proceedings or trial upon an in-
dictment for murder or manslaughter, or upon an indictment
or complaint for any other felony by order of the justice of
the superior court presiding at such proceedings or trial
made subject to sections thirty-three A to thirty-three G,
inclusive, shall be governed by said sections, and authority
to make any such proceedings or trial subject to said sections
is hereby granted to said presiding justice, and no bill of
exceptions shall be entered or considered in the supreme
judicial court in any such proceedings or trial. The excep- Reduction
tions shall be reduced to writing and filed with the clerk and en^'notice,
notice thereof given to the commonwealth within three days etc.
after the verdict or after the opinion, ruling, direction or
judgment excepted to is given, unless a further time, not
exceeding five days, except by consent of the district attorney,
is allowed by the court. The clerk, immediately upon the Presentation
filing of the exceptions, shall present them to the court, and aUowance, etc.
if, upon examination thereof by the presiding justice, they
are found conformable to the truth, they shall be allowed
by him. In all cases, the district attorney shall have an District
opportunity to be heard concerning the allowance of such b"heard,*etc.
exceptions. The provisions of sections one hundred and Certain pro-
fifteen to one hundred and seventeen, inclusive, of chapter t(flp°piy,^itc"'

348

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 329.

G. L. 250, § 11,
etc., amended.

Writs of
error in
criminal cases,
issue, etc.

G. L. 211, § 7.
amended.

Questions of
law before
supreme
judicial court,
when to be
argued.

G. L. 211, § 12,
amended.

Law sitting
of supreme
judicial court
for the com-
monwealth.

G. L. 211, 5 15,
etc., amended.

two hundred and thirty-one, so far as appropriate, shall
apply to exceptions taken in criminal cases.

Section 7. Section eleven of chapter two hundred and
fifty of the General Laws, as amended by section three of
said chapter tw^o hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word " manslaughter"
in the second line the words : — , or any other felony made
subject to sections thirty-three A to thirty-three G, in-
clusive, of chapter two hundred and seventy-eight as pro-
vided in section thirty-one of said chapter, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 11. A writ of error upon a judgment
for a capital crime, murder in the second degree or man-
slaughter, or any other felony made subject to sections
thirty-three A to thirty-three G, inclusive, of chapter two
hundred and seventy-eight as provided in section thirty-one
of said chapter, shall not issue, unless allow^ed by a justice
of the supreme judicial court after notice to the attorney
general or other attorney for the commonwealth; but a
writ of error upon a judgment in any other criminal case
shall issue as of course, but it shall not stay or delay the
execution of the judgment or sentence, unless by an express
order of a justice of the supreme judicial court, who may
make a further order for the custody of the plaintiff in
error or for releasing him on bail.

Section 8. Chapter two hundred and eleven of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
seven and inserting in place thereof the following: — Sec-
tion 7. Unless the court for cause shown directs other-
wise, questions of law in criminal cases which are entered
upon the docket of the full court shall be argued in their
order and before any civil cases are argued, and thereafter
questions of law in civil cases which are entered upon said
docket shall, when reached, be argued in their order if either
party is ready. But no party shall be compelled to be ready
for argument within ten days after the question has been
duly reserved of record in the court in which the case is
pending.

Section 9. Said chapter two hundred and eleven is
hereby further amended by striking out section twelve and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 12. A
law sitting of the court for the commonwealth shall be held
annually at Boston on the first Wednesday of January and
may be adjourned to places and times most conducive to
the despatch of business and to the interests of the public.
At such sitting, questions of law arising in criminal cases in
any county in the commonwealth, questions of law arising
in civil cases in the counties of Barnstable, Essex, Middlesex,
Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk, and, by consent of the
parties filed in the case, such questions arising in civil cases
in other counties, and such questions for which no other
provision is made, shall be entered and determined.

Section 10. Said chapter two hundred and eleven, as
amended in section fifteen by section five of said chapter

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 330. 349

two Inindrcd and sevonty-nino, is hereby further amended

by striking out said section fifteen and inserting in place

thereof the following: — Section 15. The exceptions alleged ^neTd'at^

at the trial of a criminal case in any county, not subject to trial of certain

the provisions of sections thirty-three A to thirty-three G, ent'ry"and*de^'

inclusive, of chai)ter two hundred and seventy-eight in [f™'"^,.'

accordance Avith said provisions or not made subject thereto

by order of a justice of the superior court in accordance with

section thirty-one of said chapter, may be entered and

determined either at the law sitting of the supreme judicial

court held for the county in which they arise, or, upon the

order of the justice presiding at the trial, at the sitting of

the court for the commonwealth including an adjourned

sitting.

Section 11. This act shall take effect on September Effective
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, but shall not apply L^^j'^^f
to felony cases commenced upon indictments returned and application.
filed in court before said date, or to criminal cases com-
menced upon complaint and appealed to the superior court
before said date. ApjJroved May 8, 1926,

An Act authorizing the division of highways to desig- QJiaj) 330

NATE certain STATE HIGHWAYS AS THROUGH WAYS AND
TO REGULATE TRAFFIC AT INTERSECTIONS OF SUCH THROUGH
WAYS WITH OTHER WAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section eight of chapter eighty-nine of the g. l. 89, § 8,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the ^^^^ ^ '
first line, the word "Every" and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Except as provided in the following sec-
tion, every, — so as to read as follows : — Section 8. Except ^'?'\* °^ ^?^

'.,,.,„„. . , . » ^ at intersecting

as provided in the tollowmg section, every driver or a motor ways.
or other vehicle approaching an intersecting way, as defined
in section one of chapter ninety, shall grant the right of way,
at the point of intersection to vehicles approaching from his
right, provided that such vehicles are arriving at the point of Proviso.
intersection at approximately the same instant; except that
whenever traffic officers are standing at such intersection
they shall have the right to regulate traffic thereat.

Section 2. Said chapter eighty-nine is hereby further o. l. 89,
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new "nd thereof. ^*^
section : — Section 9. For the purposes of this section, the Designation
division of highways of the department of public works state'^hlghways
may from time to time designate certain state highways as as through
through ways, and may after notice revoke any such desig- ^*^^'
nation. Every vehicle approaching on a through way the Regulation of
point of its intersection with a way other than a through [ntersections
way so as to arrive at such point at approximately the same °^^q"°\ ^^
instant as a vehicle approaching on such other way shall as with other
against such other vehicle have the right of way, and every ^*^^"
vehicle immediately before entering or crossing a through

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Acts, 1926. — Chap. 331.

Proviso.

Warning signs
and signals to
bo erected, etc.

Way joining
through way
at angle
deemed to
intersect it, etc.

way at its point of intersection with another way shall first
come to a full stop, provided that w^henever a traffic officer
is stationed at such point he shall have the right to regulate
traffic thereat. No such designation of a through way shall
become effective as to regulation of traffic at such a point
of intersection until the division shall have caused suitable
warning signs and signals to be erected at or near such
point. For the purposes of this section, a way joining a
through way at an angle, whether or not it crosses the same,
shall be deemed to intersect it, and the word "way", unless
the context otherwise requires shall include a through or
other way. Approved May 8, 1926.

Chap. 331 An Act to enable the county commissioners of the

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
HEATING, LIGHT AND POWER PLANT AT THE HOUSE OF COR-
RECTION AT CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of making improvements to
the heating, light and power plant at the house of correction
at Cambridge in the county of Middlesex, the county com-
missioners of said county may make additions, alter, remodel
and equip said heating, light and power plant and do all
things incidental to said purpose.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the county
treasurer of said county, with the approval of the county
commissioners, may borrow from time to time, on the credit
of the county, such sums as may be necessary, not exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, one hundred and seventy-five thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the county
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Middlesex
County Building Improvement Loan, Act of 1926. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be payable in not more than five years from their
dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer
of the county and countersigned by a majority of the county
commissioners. The county may sell the said securities at
public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the
county commissioners may deem proper, but not for less
than their par value. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter
thirty-five of the General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the county commissioners of the county of Middlesex;
provided, that such acceptance occurs during the current
year. Approved May S, 1926.

Improvements
to heating,
light and
power plant
at house of
correction at
Cambridge.

Middlesex
county treas-
urer may bor-
row money,
etc.

Middlesex
County
Building Im-
provement
Loan, Act of
1926.

Submission
to Middle-
sex county
commissioners.
Proviso.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 332, 333. 351

An Act authorizing the county of dukes county to Chap.SS2

BORROW MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTRIBUTING TO
THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY BETWEEN
VINEYARD HAVEN AND EDGARTOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of contributing to the cost Dukes County
of construction by the state department of pubhc works of money for con-
a highway between Vineyard Haven and Edgartown, the cost"of'con-
countv commissioners of the county of Dukes County may structionof

, ". ., ii-i>i tL highway be-

from time to time borrow upon the credit oi the county sucn tween vineyard

sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, Edgar"to''wn.

forty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the

county therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,

Dukes County Highway Loan, Act of 1926. Each au- Dukes County

,1.,. Ill ,•,, ,1 1 1 Highway Loan,

thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and sucn Act of i926.
loans shall be payable in not more than five years from their
dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer
of the county and countersigned by a majority of the county
commissioners. The county may sell the said securities at
public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the
county commissioners may deem proper, but not for less than
their par value. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five
of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by the county commissioners of the county of Dukes County; missio^er*s"'f
provided, that such acceptance occurs during the current D^kes County.
year; but so much thereof as authorizes its acceptance shall
take effect upon its passage. Approved May 8, 1926.

Proviso.

C/iap. 333

An Act relative to state reimbursement to certain
towns from the income tax and massachusetts
school fund.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose in that its provisions would not be avail-
able for use in the current year, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Chapter seventy of the General Laws, as g. l. 70, § 4,
amended in section four by section two of chapter four ^^'^^ 'i'"®"'^^^-
hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section four and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Section 4- Every town in which the proportionate Supplementary
amount paid by such town of every million dollars of state burs^emrat to
tax as established by the last preceding valuation made for for^'^u'^i^""^

352

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 333.

schools from
income tax.

Supplementary
reim bursement
based on less
than full time
service.

Provisos.

G. L. 70,
§§ 11-14, etc.,
amended.

Definitions
under laws
as to school
funds.

"Valuation.'

the purpose of apportioning such tax, when divided by the
net average membership of its public day schools as defined
in section five for the year ending on the next preceding
June thirtieth, yields a quotient less than ninety-five cents
shall, for each person for whom it received reimbursement
under section two, receive supplementary reimbursement as
follows :

(1) Two hundred and fifty dollars if said quotient is less
than sixty cents.

(2) Two hundred dollars if said quotient is less than sixty-
five cents but not less than sixty cents.

(3) One hundred and fifty dollars if said quotient is less
than seventy cents but not less than sixty-five cents.

(4) One hundred and twenty-five dollars if said quotient
is less than eighty cents but not less than seventy cents.

(5) One hundred dollars if said quotient is less than
eighty-five cents but not less than eighty cents.

(6) Fifty dollars if said quotient is less than ninety-five
cents but not less than eighty-five cents.

For each person for whom any such town received propor-
tionate reimbursement under section three it shall in each
case receive as supplementary reimbursement the same
proportion of the sums named herein for full time service.

Provided, that no town shall receive in any one year
more than fifteen thousand dollars, and provided, further,
that if the amount payable to any town in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-six under this section shall exceed
the amount paid to such town in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-five by more than three hundred dollars, said
town shall in nineteen hundred and twenty-six receive only
the amount paid to it in nineteen hundred and twenty-five
plus one half such excess; and if the amount payable to any
town in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six under
this section shall be smaller than the amount paid to such
town in nineteen hundred and twenty-five by more than
three hundred dollars, said town shall in nineteen hundred
and twenty-six receive the amount paid to it in nineteen
hundred and twenty-five less one half of such difference.

Section 2. Said chapter seventy is hereby further
amended by striking out section eleven, as amended by sec-
tion three of chapter four hundred and twenty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by section one of
chapter four hundred and seventy-two of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, and sections twelve and
thirteen, and section fourteen, as amended by section one
of chapter four hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 11. For the purposes of Part II of this
chapter, the following word and phrase shall be defined as
follows: —

"Valuation" shall mean the town's valuation, as de-
termined by the last preceding valuation made for the pur-
pose of apportioning the state tax.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 333. 353

"Assured minimum" shall mean the amount by which "Assured
the sum of the following items for the last preceding town ™'""""'"-
fiscal year exceeded the amount received by the town
during said year under Part I and for the tuition of non-
resident pupils, including state wards;

(1) Salaries paid to full time principals and teachers, not
including any amounts by which any such salary was at a
rate in excess of eleven hundred dollars.

(2) Two hundred and fifty dollars for each teaching
position held by a full time principal or teacher.

(3) Expenditures for transportation of pupils to the
local schools.

(4) Expenditures for the tuition in, and transportation to,
public elementary schools in adjoining towns.

(5) In the case of towns having over five hundred families
and exempted from the requirement of maintaining a four
year high school, the actual expenditures made during that
year for tuition in high schools in other towns.

In computing the "assured minimum", expenditures for Computation
state-aided vocational or continuation schools or American- minimum" to
ization classes shall not be included. exclude, etc.

Section 12. A. town in which the proportionate amount Distribution
paid by such town of every thousand dollars of state tax school Tunds
as established by the last preceding valuation made for the Xich propor-
purpose of apportioning such tax is eight cents or less shall tionate amount

linn., 1 ••'' .(. .1 •• paid by such

receive one halt ot its assured minimum it said minimum towns of every
exceeds the sum that would have accrued therein from a thousand doi-

lars 01 state

tax of ten dollars per thousand dollars valuation. If said tax, etc., is

minimum is less than the proceeds of such a tax, but more fefs^ etc"

than wo aid have been the proceeds of a tax of five dollars

per thousand, the town shall receive the amount by which

said minimum exceeds the proceeds of such a five dollar

tax.

Section 13. A town in which the proportionate amount Distribution
paid by such town of every thousand dollars of state tax schoorfunds
as established by the last preceding valuation made for which propor-
the purpose of apportioning such tax is more than eight tionate amount
cents but not more than sixteen cents shall be allotted one towns of every
third of its assured minimum if said minimum exceeds the iars"orstite°^'
sum that would have accrued therein from a tax of seven tax, etc., is
and one half dollars per thousand dollars valuation. If said eight cents
minimum is less than the proceeds of such a tax, but more |'han"°iL'een^
than would have been the proceeds of a tax of five dollars cents, etc.
per thousand, the town shall be allotted the amount by which
said minimum exceeds the proceeds of such a five dollar
tax. Said allotments shall be paid in full if their sum does
not exceed the amount available after making the payments
provided for by the preceding section, otherwise they shall
be proportionally reduced and paid.

Section 14- A town in which the proportionate amount Distribution
paid by such town of every thousand dollars of state tax as school funds
established by the last preceding valuation made for the wWch p^ropor-
purpose of apportioning such tax is more than sixteen cents tionate amount

354

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 334.

paid by such
towns of every
thousand dol-
lars of state
tax, etc., is
more than six-
teen cents
but not more
than forty
cents, etc.

G. L. 70, new
section after
§ 14.

Distribution
of certain
school funds
to towns in
which propor-
tionate amount
paid by such
towns of every
thousand dol-
lars of state
tax, etc., is
more than
forty cents
but not more
than fifty
cents, etc.

Allotments
under this
section, how to
be paid, etc.

but not more than forty cents shall be allotted one half the
amount by which its assured minimum exceeds the amount
that would have accrued therein from a tax of five dollars
per thousand dollars valuation. If the total allotments un-
der this and the following section exceed the amount
available after the distribution provided for by the two
preceding sections, the state treasurer shall add to said
amount, from the proceeds of the income tax, without ap-
propriation, the amount required, but not exceeding two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in any one year. If
said addition does not permit the payment in full of all
allotments under this section, they shall be proportionally
reduced and paid.

Section 3. Said chapter seventy is hereby further
amended by inserting after section fourteen the following
new section: — (St'c/i07i I4A.. Every town in which the
proportionate amount paid by such town of every thousand
dollars of state tax as established by the last preceding
valuation made for the purpose of apportioning such tax is
more than forty cents but not more than fifty cents shall be
allotted one half the amount by which its assured minimum
exceeds the amount that would have accrued therein from
a tax of five dollars per thousand dollars valuation, provided
its valuation as established for the purpose of apportioning
the state tax, when divided by the net average membership
of its public day schools, as defined in section five, for the
year ending on the next preceding June thirtieth, yields a
quotient which does not exceed seventy-five per cent of the
quotient so obtained for the commonwealth as a whole, and
provided its expenditures per one thousand dollars of valu-
ation for support of public day schools from funds raised
by local taxation for its last preceding fiscal year exceeds
by at least twenty-five per cent the average of such ex-
penditures for the commonwealth as a whole for the same
year.

Allotments under this section shall be paid out of the
total amount available for such purposes under the second
sentence of section fourteen after payment in full of all
allotments due and payable under section fourteen. If the
balance of such total amount remaining after such payment
of allotments under section fourteen does not permit the
payment in full of allotments under this section, they shall
be proportionately reduced and paid.

Approved May 11, 1926.

Chap.^34: An Act relative to the disposition of funds accruing

FROM ATHLETIC CONTESTS HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^""'^.3 , Section 1. The school committee of the citv of Law-

accruing from . i-i • i''a.ii

athletic con- Tcncc or its authoHzcd representative may administer all
under'auspices funds received from the conduct of athletic contests in which

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 335. 355

school organizations participate, and may expend such funds of public school
for the payment of expenses incident thereto. Should any of'ciTy of^
surplus accrue therefrom, the same ma}' be expended to dlsMsHion
establish and maintain scholarships in higher institutions of etc.
learning, said scholarships to be administered, under such
regulations as the committee or its said representative may
approve, by a commission to consist of the superintendent
of schools, the principal of the high schocjl and a third
member to be chosen by the committee.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 11, 1926.

An Act authorizing the submission at a special election (Jhnjj 335
OF certain matters to the voters of the town of ^

dedham.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. At a special election to be held with precinct Submission to
voting in the town of Dedham on such date in May of the o°Dedham^t
current year as the selectmen shall determine, the question of^JfisUon*o'f°
of the adoption of the recommendation of the war memorial adoption of
committee of said town, made in connection with articles tbn'orwar
thirty-two and thirty-three of the warrant for the annual mftT^Vetc."'""
town meeting of the current year, may be submitted to the
voters of said town. At such election the polls shall be kept Polling hours.
open not less than ten hours, and the votes shall be taken Votes
by ballot in accordance with the provisions of general laws, ^^ ballot.
so far as applicable and not inconsistent herewith. The Form of
following question shall be printed upon the official ballot p^n^^edVpon^
to be used at such election, which shall be prepared in the ballot, ete.
same manner as ballots are prepared for the election of town
officers: —

" Shall the following recommendation of the war memorial
committee be adopted: —

That the town appropriate the sura of eighty-three
thousand dollars, together with any sums which have been
or may be given the town for this purpose, such gifts now
amounting to thirty-five thousand five hundred and eighty
dollars, to fill, grade, lay out and otherwise improve the
land of the town adjoining Eastern avenue and East street
and any adjacent land acquired by the town, so that it may
be used as a memorial park, playground and recreation
center, and to erect a memorial monument thereon, as
recommended by the war memorial committee in its report;
eight thousand dollars thereof to be raised by taxation in
the current year, and seventy-five thousand dollars to be
borrowed on bonds or notes of the town signed by the treas-
urer and countersigned by at least a majority of the select-
men such bonds or notes to be payable in equal annual in-
stalments so as to extinguish the loan within ten years
from the date thereof, such bonds or notes to bear interest
at a rate to be determined by the treasurer with the approval
of a majority of the selectmen; the work to be done ancj

356

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 336.

Effect if two
thirds of voters
of town pres-
ent and vot-
ing at such
special election
vote in affirm-
ative upon
such question,
etc.

the appropriation to be expended under the direction of a
committee of twelve to consist of present members of the
war memorial committee and five additional voters to be
appointed by the moderator.

That the committee appointed under article thirty-two
be authorized to acquire by gift or purchase such additional
land on the western side of Eastern avenue as it considers
necessary for the purpose of carrying out the recommenda-
tions of the war memorial committee and that the sum of
five hundred dollars be raised and appropriated therefor."

If two thirds of the voters of the town present and voting
at such special election vote in the affirmative upon such
question, such recommendation of the committee shall be
deemed to have been adopted by the town, the doing of
the work under the direction of a committee appointed as
therein provided to have been authorized, the appropri-
ations therein provided for to have been made, and the loan
and the acquisition of the land therein referred to to have
been authorized. Such loan shall be made under and sub-
ject to chapter two hundred and ninet^^-two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-five so far as not inconsistent
herewith.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 11, 1926.

Chap,

Essex county
commissioners
may rebuild,
repair, etc.,
causeway, etc.,
over Waters
river in town
of Danvers.

May fill in or
dredge lands,
waterways,
etc.

Proviso.

Town of
Danvers may
take, etc.,
certain lands,
fiats, etc.

336 An Act authorizing the county commissioners of the
county of essex to rebuild, repair, alter and re-
construct the causeway over the waters river in
the town of danvers.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners for the county of
Essex may, subject to all general laws applicable thereto,
and to the approval of the appropriate federal authority,
rebuild, repair, alter and reconstruct the whole or such
portions of the causeway, highway or bridge over the Waters
river at Water street in the town of Danvers, as the said
commissioners determine and in such manner as they may
deem advisable.

The said commissioners shall fill in or dredge, subject to
the provisions of chapter ninety-one of the General Laws,
any lands, waterways or flats that they may deem advisable
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act;
provided, that said town shall pay all damages caused by
any filling in or dredging as aforesaid and further shall agree
to indemnify and hold harmless said county from all claims
for damages that may arise at any time hereafter for or on
account of having made the aforesaid filling or dredging.
Said town is hereby authorized to take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, such lands, flats, water rights,
rights of way and easements as the said commissioners may

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 336. 357

deem reasonably necessary for accomplishing any purpose
mentioned in this act. Upon the written request of the said
commissioners, said town shall forthwith so take or acquire
the said lands, flats, water rights, rights of waj'- and ease-
ments, all at the sole expense of the said town, which shall
pay all claims for damages which may arise from the said
taking, and all claims for damages arising from rebuilding,
repairing, altering and reconstructing the said causeway,
highway or bridge, or any portion thereof, and all claims
arising from the use of any lands or flats by the commis-
sioners in carrying out the provisions of this act; provided, Proviso.
that none of the expenses and damages to be paid by said
town under this section shall be included in or considered a
part of the cost and expenses of the said causeway, highway
or bridge in determining and apportioning said costs and
expenses as hereinafter provided.

Section 2. The cost and expenses incurred under this Cost, etc.,
act shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, p^'ment"
and shall be paid in the first instance by the county of
Essex. The treasurer of said county, with the approval of ^^3^^,^°^"^*^
the county commissioners, may borrow by a temporary borrow money,
loan or loans on the credit of the county such sums not ex- ^^'
ceeding the said amount as may from time to time be re-
quired for the cost and expenses aforesaid, including interest,
and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor bearing
interest or discounted as may be deemed advisable, and the
county treasurer of said county may sell such bonds or
notes at public or private sale upon such terms and condi-
tions as the county commissioners may deem proper. The
notes may be renewed from time to time for such periods as
may be necessary. All money so borrowed shall be de-
posited in the county treasury and the county treasurer shall
pay out the same as ordered by the county commissioners
and shall keep a separate, accurate account of all moneys
so borrowed and expended, including interest or discount, as
the case may be.

Section 3. At such times as the county commissioners County 00m-
may deem advisable and upon completion of the work herein me^detal^ed"
provided for the said county commissioners shall file in the cost^^Tex*-^
office of the clerk of the courts for said county a detailed penses, etc.
statement certified under their hands of the actual cost and
expenses incurred in doing the said work and within three
months after the filing of any such statement, they shall,
after such notice as they deem proper, and a hearing, ap- Apportionment
portion and assess upon the said county an amount equal uponEsse"^^'^
to fifty per cent of the cost and expenses of doing the work t°^°*^'f^°^
as aforesaid and shall apportion and assess upon the town of Danvers.
Danvers the balance of the said cost and expenses. The Report of
count}' commissioners shall file in the office of the clerk of ^ppo^tionmen .
the courts for the said county a report of the apportionment
and the clerk shall transmit a true and attested copy thereof
to the selectmen of the town of Danvers and the said town Payment by
shall pay its proportion of said cost and expenses, determined Danvers, etc.

358

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 336.

Proceedings if
town of Dan-
vers neglects
or refuses to
pay, etc.

Essex county
treasurer may
borrow money,
etc.

County of
Essex, Waters
River Bridge
Loan, Act of
1926.

Town of
Danvers may
borrow money,
etc.

Town of
Danvers,
Waters River
Bridge Loan,
Act of 1926.

Causeway,
etc., to be
under charge,
etc., of town
of Danvers.

by the county commissioners as aforesaid, into the treasury
of the county of Essex, within such time as the county com-
missioners may direct but not later than ninety days after
the date of filing of said report, together wdth interest thereon
at six per cent per annum from the last mentioned date,
and if the town shall neglect or refuse to pay the propor-
tion as aforesaid, the said county commissioners shall, after
notice to the said towm, issue a warrant against it for the
proportion determined as aforesaid with interest from the
date last mentioned, together with the cost of the notice
and warrant and the same shall be collected and paid into
the treasury of said county to be applied in payment of the
cost and expenses aforesaid or in payment of the temporary
loan or loans issued by the county under section two.

Section 4. For the purpose of paying the county's
ultimate share of said cost and expenses, the county treas-
urer, with the approval of the county commissioners, may
borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, w^hich
shall bear on their face the words, County of Essex, Waters
River Bridge Loan, Act of 1926.

Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be payable in not more than twenty years
from their dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by
the treasurer of the county and countersigned by a majority
of*the county commissioners. The county may sell the
said securities at public or private sale upon such terms and
conditions as the county commissioners may deem proper,
but not for less than their par value. Indebtedness incurred
hereunder shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter thirty-five of the General Law^s.

For the purpose of paying the amount assessed upon the
town of Danvers under section three, said town may borrow
from time to time such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words. Town of Danvers, Waters River Bridge Loan,
Act of 1926. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more
than twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred
by said town hereunder shall be outside the statutory limit,
but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws. The proceeds of loans
issued by said town shall be paid into the county treasury
of said county and, together with the proceeds of loans
issued by said county under this section, shall be applied to
meet temporary loans of said county issued in accordance
with section two or to pay said cost and expenses.

Section 5. The said causeway, highway or bridge, to-
gether with the approaches thereto, shall continue to be
under the charge, supervision and care of the town of Dan-
vers, and the said town shall have the same rights, duties and

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 337. 359

obligations relative thereto as is by law imposed in the case
of town ways.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by the county commissioners of Essex county; provided, TOmmi^a'sionMB.
that such acceptance occurs during the current year. proviso.

Approved May 11, 1926.

I Chap 337

An Act authorizing the barnstable water company to

FURNISH water IN THE TOWN OF YARMOUTH AND PRO
VIDING THAT SAID TOWN MAY ESTABLISH A WATER DIS-
TRIBUTING OR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Barnstable Water Company, a corpora- Barnstable
tion created by chapter two hundred and eighty-six of the ^'^ny'^may"'
acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, may extend its mains l^^P^^^ "^f*®""
into and throughout the town of Yarmouth, and may supply Yarmouth.
the inhabitants of said town, or of any part thereof, with
water for domestic, manufacturing and other purposes, in-
cluding the extinguishment of fires, subject however to the
conditions and restrictions set forth in sections five and six.

Section 2. Said corporation, for the purposes aforesaid, water"suppiy*
may use the same sources of water supply which it now uses sources, etc.
or may hereafter use in supplying water to the inhabitants
of the town of Barnstable under the provisions of said chapter
two hundred and eighty-six, and any act in amendment
thereof or in addition thereto. Said corporation, for the May lease,
general purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the town of by purchase,'™
Yarmouth and the inhabitants of the town of Barnstable ^^aterT'^knds
with water in pursuance of said chapter two hundred and etc., in town '
eighth-six and this act, may, subject to the direction and ° ^rmout .
approval of the selectmen of said town of Yarmouth, lease,
take by eminent domain under chapter seven tj^-nine of the
General Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and
may hold and convey, the waters or so much thereof as
may be necessary, of any underground water from wells
which may be constructed or sunk at any suitable point
for such supply within the limits of said town of Yarmouth,
together with any water rights connected therewith, and
also all lands, rights of way and easements necessary for
holding such water, for preserving and protecting the quality
thereof and for conveying the same to any part of said
town of Yarmouth for the purposes aforesaid. Such cor- May erect on
poration may, subject to the direction and approval of the prope^dams,
selectmen of said town of Yarmouth, erect on the land thus buildings, etc.
taken or held, proper dams, buildings, standpipes, fixtures
and other structures, and may make excavations, procure
and operate machinery and provide such other means and
appliances, and do such other things, as may be necessary
for the establishment and maintenance of complete and
effective water works for the purposes aforesaid; provided, Proviso,
that no source of water supply for domestic purposes or lands
necessary for preserving or protecting the quality of such

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No water
supply source
near Dennis
poud.

May lay
conduits,
pipes, etc.

Restrictions as
to entry upon
railroad
locations, etc.

May take
certain lands
etc.

May distribute
water through-
out Yarmouth,
etc., fix rates,
etc.

Rights with-
out Yarmouth
given to Barn-
stable Water
Company to
be available
to any other
water company
etc.

water shall be acquired under this act without the consent
of the department of public health, and that the location of
all dams, reservoirs, wells or other works for collecting or
storing water shall be subject to the approval of said de-
partment. No source of water supply shall be taken or
wells driven within one half mile of Dennis pond, so-called,
in the said town of Yarmouth.

Section 3. For the aforesaid purposes said corporation
may construct, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes
and other works under and over any land, water courses,
canals, dams, railroads, railways and public or other w^ays,
and along, under or over any highway or other way in the
towns of Barnstable or Yarmouth, in such a manner as not
unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the purpose of
constructing, laying, maintaining and repairing such aque-
ducts, conduits, pipes and other works, and for all proper
purposes of sections one to four, inclusive, said corporation
may dig up, raise and embank any such lands, highways or
other ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance
to public travel; but all things done in or upon any such
public way or place shall be subject to the direction and
approval of the selectmen of the town wherein the same is
situated. Said company shall not enter upon, construct or
lay any aqueduct, conduit, pipe or other works within the
location of any railroad company except at such times and
in such manner as it may agree upon with such corporation,
or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the
department of public utilities. For the aforesaid purposes
said corporation may take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase
or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and easements
in said towns necessary for receiving, holding and distributing
said water, and any person injured in his property by any
such taking or by a taking under section two may recover
damages from said corporation under said chapter seventy-
nine.

Section 4. Said corporation may distribute water
throughout the town of Yarmouth, or any part thereof,
may regulate the use of the same and may, subject to the
approval of the department of public utilities, establish and
fix from time to time, and may collect, the rates for the use
of said water. Said corporation may make such contracts
with said town, or with any fire or water district hereafter
established therein, or with any individual, firm, association
or corporation, to supply water thereto for the extinguish-
ment of fires and for such other purposes as may be agreed
upon.

Section 5. The rights and privileges within the town of
Yarmouth given by this act to the Barnstable Water Com-
pany shall be available, at any time after five years from the
passage of this act, to any other water company subject to
the provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty-five of the
General Laws, which may desire to supply the inhabitants

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of said town, or any part thereof, with water for the purposes
set forth herein; provided, that the conditions and restric- Provisos.
lions herein set forth appHcable to said Barnstable Water
Company shall apply equally to such other company; and
provided further that no such other company shall extend
its mains into such part of the town of Yarmouth as may, at
the time, be receiving or obtaining water from the Barn-
stable Water Company or from the town of Barnstable or
Yarmouth.

Section 6. The town of Yarmouth, by action of its Town of
selectmen authorized by a two thirds vote of its voters mty^take!" etc.
present and voting on the question at a town meeting at certain prop-
which the voting list shall be used, may for the purpose of water company
supplying or distributing water to the inhabitants of such fBhrbftants*^
town, or of any part thereof, take by eminent domain under ^'ith water,
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by
purchase or otherwise, the mains, pipes, hydrants and other
corporate property of any water company supplying such
inhabitants with water hereunder, located within the limits
of said town of Yarmouth, together with the franchise,
charter rights and privileges pertaining thereto so far as the
same relate to that part of the equipment of such company
lying within the limits of said town; and the said town of ^uh*'°"h^^^*
Yarmouth may contract with such company, or with the water com-
town of Barnstable if said town has taken over under said town of Barn-
chapter two hundred and eighty-six the franchise, corporate stable if, etc.,
property, rights and privileges of the Barnstable Water supply.
Company located within its limits or relating to that part
of the equipment of said company lying within its limits,
for a supply of water for the extinguishment of fires and for
domestic, manufacturing and other purposes on such terms
and conditions as may be agreed upon by said town and any
such company or b^f said towns; provided, that such com- Proviso,
pan}', or the town of Barnstable if it has taken over the
franchise, corporate property, rights and privileges of the
Barnstable Water Company within said town as aforesaid,
shall, so long as required by contracts then existing, con-
tinue to supply the town of Yarmouth, or any fire or water
district hereafter formed therein, with water to the same
extent to which they may be supplied at the time of the
taking or acquisition by the town of Yarmouth hereunder,
and all individuals and corporations in the town of Yarmouth,
with water for domestic and other purposes to the same extent
to which they may be supplied at the time of such taking or
acquisition and at the same rates established by any such
company or the town of Barnstable existing and in force at
the time of such taking or acquisition or to which they may
be reduced by such company or the town of Barnstable and
the terms and rates for all water supplied shall be the same
in both towns and shall not be increased above those existing
and in force at the time of such taking or acquisition unless
the town of Yarmouth and such company or both of said
towns, as the case may be, and any such fire or water dis-

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Indebtedness
of any water
company, etc.,
assumption by
town of
Yarmouth
if, etc.

Recovery of

eminent do-
main taking.

Town of
Yarmouth
may supply
itself and its
inhabitants
with water,
etc.

May take
certain waters,
etc.

Approval of
department of
public health.

May take
certain lands,
etc.

May erect
structures, lay
pipes, etc.

trict shall agree thereto, such agreement, in case of a town
or district, to be by vote of the inhabitants thereof. In
case of an acquisition by the town of Yarmouth under this
section, other than by eminent domain, of the franchise,
corporate property, rights and privileges of any such com-
pany within its limits, any indebtedness of such company
outstanding at the time of such acquisition may be assumed
by said town and the purchase price shall be reduced ac-
cordingly; but nothing in this act shall render said town
liable for any indebtedness or other liability of such com-
pany unless it has been specifically assumed as one of the
terms of said acquisition. If the franchise, corporate
property, rights and privileges of any such company as afore-
said are taken by the town of Yarmouth by eminent domain
hereunder, such company may recover damages from said
town under said chapter seventy-nine.

Section 7. The town of Yarmouth may supply itself
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires
and for domestic and other purposes; may establish foun-
tains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, and
may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect rates
to be paid for the use of the same, and may maintain a
water supply system for the aforesaid purposes subject to all
general laws now or hereafter in force relating to municipal
water supply systems, except as otherwise provided herein.

Section 8. For the purposes set forth in the preceding
section, said town, acting through its board of water com-
missioners hereinafter provided for, may also take by
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General
Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, the
waters of any pond, brook, stream or spring or of any ground
water sources by means of driven or other wells or filter
galleries, within the town of Yarmouth, not already used
for public water supply, subject to the approval of the de-
partment of public health; and for the said purposes,
through its said board of water commissioners, may take
by eminent domain, under said chapter seventy-nine, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights
of way, and other easements necessarj^ for collecting, storing,
holding, purifying and preserving such water and conveying
the same. Said town may erect on the lands acquired and
held under sections six to twelve, inclusive, proper dams,
buildings, fixtures and other structures, and may make ex-
cavations, procure and operate machinery and provide such
other means and appliances and do such other things as may
be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of
complete and effective water works; and for that purpose
may construct and lay conduits, pipes and other works,
over and under any lands, water courses, railroads, railways,
and, subject to the consent and approval of the selectmen,
over and under public or private ways, and along such ways,
in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same;
and for the purposes of constructing, maintaining and repair-

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ing conduits, pipes and other works, and for all other proper

purposes under sections six to twelve, inclusive, may enter

upon and dig up any such lands and ways, in such manner as

to cause the least hindrance to public travel thereon. The Restrictions as

said town shall not enter upon, construct or lay any pipes, raifroad "^"

conduits or other works within the location of any railroad locations, etc.

corporation, except at such time and in such manner as it

may agree upon with such railroad corporation, or, in case

of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the department

of public utilities.

Section 9. Any person injured in his property by any Damages,
action of said town or of its board of water commissioners ^^^'^^^y- ^^■
under the provisions of sections six to twelve, inclusive, may
recover damages from said town under said chapter seventy-
nine; provided, that the right to damages for the taking of Proviso.
any water, water right or water source or for any injury
thereto shall not vest until the water is actually withdrawn or
diverted by said town under authority of said sections six
to twelve, inclusive.

Section 10. Said town, may, for the purpose of paying May issue
the necessary expenses incurred or to be incurred under ^°^'^' ^t"-
sections six to twelve, inclusive, issue from time to time
bonds or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
one hundred thousand dollars, which shall bear on their face
the words, Town of Yarmouth Water Loan, Act of 1926. ^°7°^°Jtjj
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Water Loan,
such loans shall be payable in not more than thirty years ^'"' '^^ ^^^*^'
from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this section
shall be in addition to that authorized by the general laws,
but shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws. Said town Payment of
shall, at the time of authorizing said loan or loans, provide °'*°'
for the payment thereof in accordance with the provisions of
this section; and when a vote to that effect has been passed,
a sum which, with the income derived from the water rates,
will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating
the water works, and the interest as it accrues on the bonds
or notes issued as aforesaid, and to make such payments on
the principal as may be required under this section, shall
without further vote be assessed by the assessors of the town
annually thereafter in the same manner as other taxes,
until the debt incurred by the said loan or loans is extin-
guished.

Section 11. Said town shall, after its acceptance of ^ommi^^i^Uf
sections six to twelve, inclusive, at the same or a subsequent election,
meeting, elect by ballot three persons to constitute a board "^'
of water commissioners, one of whom shall hold office until
the expiration of three years, one until the expiration of
two years, and one until the expiration of one year, from the
next succeeding annual town meeting; and, at the annual
town meeting held on the day the shortest of such terms ex-
pires, and at each annual town meeting thereafter, one such
commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of

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Authority, etc.

Quorum.

Vacancies,
how filled.

Control, etc.,
of property
by com-
missioners.

To fix water
rates, etc.

Net surpliis,
how to be
used.

Annual, etc.,
reports.

Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.

Sections 1 to 5,
when to take
effect.

Sections 6 to
12, when to
take effect.

three years. All the authority granted to the town by
sections six to twelve, inclusive, except section ten and ex-
cept as otherwise specially provided, shall be vested in said
board of water commissioners; but said board shall be sub-
ject in all respects to such instructions, rules and regulations
as said town may impose by its vote. A majority of said
commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. Any vacancy occurring in said board may be
filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the town
at any meeting thereafter. Any such vacancy may be
filled temporarily by a majority vote of the selectmen, and
the person so appointed shall hold office until the town
fills the vacancy in the manner specified herein.

Section 12. The land and other property taken or other-
wise acquired under sections six to twelve, inclusive, shall
be managed, improved and controlled by the board of water
commissioners in such manner as they shall deem for the best
interest of the town. Said board shall fix just and equitable
prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe the
time and manner of payment. The income of the water
works shall be applied to defraying all operating expenses,
interest charges and payments on the principal as they ac-
crue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of
section ten. If there should be a net surplus remaining
after providing for the aforesaid charges, it shall be used for
such new construction as said board may determine upon;
and in case a surplus should remain after payment for such
new construction the water rates shall be reduced propor-
tionately. No money shall be expended in any new con-
struction by said board except from a surplus as aforesaid
unless the town appropriates the money therefor. Said
board shall annually, and as often as the town may require,
render a report of the condition of the works under its
charge, and an account of its receipts and expenditures.

Section 13. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any water taken or held under this act,
or injures any structure, work or other property owned,
held or used under this act, shall forfeit and pay to the holder
thereof three times the amount of damages assessed there-
for, to be recovered in an action of tort; and upon convic-
tion of any one of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be
punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars,
or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 14. Sections one to five, inclusive, of this act
shall take effect upon their acceptance by a majority of the
legal voters of the town of Yarmouth present and voting
thereon at any legal meeting called for the purpose within
three years after the passage of this act, but the number of
such meetings called in any one year shall not exceed three;
sections six to twelve, inclusive, of this act shall take effect
upon their acceptance in the manner aforesaid at any legal
meeting of said town called for the purpose within ten years

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af^er the passage of this act; and for the purpose of such
submissions said sections one to twelve, inclusive, shall take
effect upon the passage of this act.

Sfxtion 15. Chapter one hundred and ten of the acta 1925, 110,
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five is hereby repealed. repealed.

Approved May 11, 1926.

All Act relative to the taxation of certain foreign (Jhnr) 33g
BUSINESS corporations AND MAKING CORRECTIVE CHANGES
IN THE LAWS RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF DOMESTIC
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirtj^-eight of chapter sixty-three of g. l. 63, §38,
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the sSckenout.
paragraph numbered 10.

Section 2. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further g. l. 63, new
amended by inserting after section thirty-eight the follow- 1*^38'°" '^^^^^
ing new section: — Section 38 A. From the net income of a Taxation of
domestic business corporation, allocated to this common- domestic busi-

111 111111 11 • p '^^^^ corpora-

wealth, there shall be deducted the same proportion thereof tions, certain

which the fair cash value of machinery owned by the cor- net h°come,'^°"^
poration and used in manufacturing in the commonwealth ®*°-
bears to the value of its total assets employed in the com-
monwealth, and the amount remaining shall be its net
income subject to tax under this chapter.

Section 3. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby f urther o. l. 63, § 41,
amended by striking out section forty-one, as amended by ^**'' ^'^e^'^^'J'
section two of chapter three hundred and forty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 41. The commissioner Determination
shall, except as otherwise provided in section forty-two, de- °[ "Jreign"'"^
termine in the manner provided in this section the part of business cor-

,1 , . s' e • J • 1 • 1 i» 1 • porations from

tne net mcome 01 a foreign corporation derived trom business business in
carried on within the commonwealth. weTitT""

The following classes of income shall be allocated as Allocation of

■fnllriTjTo • various classes

/ ^ /. . 1- 1 . 1 of income.

(a) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets, if such
assets consist of real estate or tangible personal property
situated in the commonwealth, shall be allocated to this
commonwealth.

(6) Interest received from any corporation organized
under the laws of the commonwealth, or from any associ-
ation, partnership or trust having transferable shares and
having its principal place of business in the commonwealth,
or from any inhabitant of the commonwealth, except interest
received on deposits in trust companies or in national banks
doing business in the commonwealth, shall be allocated to
this commonwealth.

(c) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets other
than those named in paragraph (a) above shall not be allo-
cated in any p^rt to this commonwealth.

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Allocation of
remainder of
net income.

G. L. 63, § 42,
amended.

Taxation of
foreign bvisiness
corporations,
alternative
method of de-
termining net
income from
business in
common-
wealth.

G. L. 63, new
section after
§42.

Taxation of
foreign busi-
ness corpora-
tions, certain
deduction from
net income,
etc.

G. L. 63. § 32,
etc., amended.

Excise on do-
mestic business
corporations.

(d) Interest other than that described in paragraph (b)
above and dividends shall not be allocated in any part to this
commonwealth.

Income of the foregoing classes having thus been allocated,
the remainder of the net income as defined in section thirty
shall be allocated as follows: —

If a foreign corporation carries on no business outside
this commonwealth, the whole of said remainder shall be
allocated to this commonwealth.

If a foreign corporation carries on any business outside
this commonwealth, the remainder of the net income shall
be allocated as provided in paragraphs 2 to 9, inclusive, of
section thirty-eight.

Section 4. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further
amended by striking out section forty-two and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 1^2. A foreign cor-
poration carrying on part of its business outside the com-
monwealth may, by notification to the commissioner on- or
before the time when its return under this chapter is due to
be filed, refuse to accept the allocating method set forth in
the preceding section. A foreign corporation, which so
refuses, and every such corporation, which is foreign to the
United States and which is required to return to the federal
government only income from sources within the United
States, shall, on or before May tenth, file with the com-
missioner, under oath of its treasurer, a statement in such
detail as the commissioner shall require, showing the amount
of its annual net income derived from business carried on
within the commonwealth, and such further information as
the commissioner may require with reference thereto, and
the commissioner shall determine the amount of the net
income received from business carried on within the com-
monwealth. The amount thus determined, after making
the deduction provided for by section forty-two A, shall be
the net income taxable under this chapter and the foregoing
determination shall be in lieu of the determination required
by the preceding section.

Section 5. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further
amended by inserting after section forty-two the following
new section: — Section 4^ A. From the net income of a
foreign corporation, allocated to this commonwealth, there
shall be deducted the same proportion thereof which the
fair cash value of machinery owned by the corporation and
used in manufacturing in the commonwealth bears to the
value of its total assets employed in the commonwealth, and
the amount remaining shall be its net income subject to tax
under this chapter.

Section 6. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further
amended by striking out section thirty-two, as amended by
section one of chapter four hundred and twenty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 32. Except as other-
wise provided in section thirty-four, every domestic business

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 339. 367

corporation shall pay annuall^^ with respect to the carrying
on or doing of business by it, an excise equal to the sum of
the following, provided, that every such corporation shall
pay annually a total excise not less in amount than one
twentieth of one per cent of the fair cash value of all the
shares constituting its capital stock on the first day of
April when the return called for by section thirty-five is
due: —

(1) An amount equal to five dollars per thousand upon
the value of its corporate excess.

(2) An amount equal to two and one half per cent of its
net income determined to be taxable in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.

Section 7. Section thirty-nine of said chapter sixty- g. l. 63. § 39,
three, as amended by section three of said chapter four hun- ^*'^- amended.
dred and twenty-four and by section three of chapter twenty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is
hereby further amended b}^ striking out the paragraph num-
bered (2) and inserting in place thereof the following: —

(2) An amount equal to two and one half per cent of its Part of excise
net income determined to be taxable in accordance with the ^°^^^
provisions of this chapter. corporations.

Section 8. This act shall take effect as of April first, Effective date.
nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

Approved May 11, 1926.

An Act authorimng the town of somerset to obtain nhnj. qqq

ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY AND TO SUPPLY ^*

THE TOWN OF DIGHTON WITH WATER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follous:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the 1914, 254, §2,
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by amended.
striking out section two and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section B. The town of Somerset may also sup- Water supply
ply the towns of Swansea and Dighton and their inhabitants somerset°to
with water for the above named purposes, and if said town of tp^"s of

P 1 • • 1 J j» Swansea and

Somerset shall take any sources 01 supply m said town 01 Dighton.
Dighton, as hereinafter authorized, said town of Somerset
shall furnish water for the aforesaid purposes to such in-
habitants of said town of Dighton as live in the vicinity of
the pipe lines of said town of Somerset, constructed and
maintained under this act, at such rates and under the same
terms as said town of Somerset supplies its own inhabitants.

Section 2, Said chapter two hundred and fifty-four is 1914, 254, §3,
hereby further amended by striking out section three and amended.
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 3. Said 1°^°"^^,
town of Somerset, for the purposes aforesaid, may take by take certain
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General waters, etc
Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, the
waters of any pond, brook, spring or stream or of any ground
water sources of supply by means of driven, artesian or other

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May take cer-
tain lands, etc.

Proviso.

May construct
structures, lay
pipes, etc.

Restrictions as
to entry upon
railroad loca-
tions, etc.

1914, 254, § 4,
amended.

Town of
Somerset may
lay pipes, etc.,
in towns of
Swansea and
Dighton.

ProvTsos.

wells within the limits of the towns of Somerset or Swansea
and also the waters of Segreganset river and of Muddy Cove
brook or either of them, and of any such ground water sup-
plies within the watersheds of said river and said brook, or
of either of them, in the town of Dighton, and the water
rights connected with any such water sources, and may also
so take, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all
lands, rights of way and easements necessary for collecting,
storing, purifying and preserving the water, and for con-
veying the same to any part of said towns; provided, that
no source of water supply and no lands necessary for pre-
serving the quality of the w^ater shall be taken without first
obtaining the advice and approval of the department of
public health, and that the situation of all dams, reservoirs
and wells to be used as sources of water supply under this
act shall be subject to the approval of said department.
Said town of Somerset may construct on the lands acquired
and held under the provisions of this act proper dams,
reservoirs, standpipes, tanks, buildings, fixtures and other
structures, and may make excavations, procure and operate
machinery and provide such other means and appliances
and do such other things as may be necessary for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of complete and effective water
works; and for that purpose may construct wells and
reservoirs and establish pumping works, and may construct,
lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works
under and over any land, water courses, railroads, railways
and public or other ways, and along such ways in any of
said towns in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct
the same; and for the purpose of constructing, lajang, main-
taining, operating and repairing such aqueducts, conduits,
pipes and other works, and for all other proper purposes of
this act, said town of Somerset may dig up or raise and
embank any such lands, highways or other ways, in such
manner as to cause the least possible hindrance to public
travel on such ways. Said town of Somerset shall not
enter upon, construct or lay any aqueducts, conduits, pipes
or other w^orks within the location of any railroad corporation,
except at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon
with such corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree, as
may be approved by the department of public utilities.

Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-four is
hereby further amended by striking out section four and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 4- Said
town of Somerset shall have the right to lay its pipes or con-
duits in the towns of Swansea and Dighton, or either of
them, along a direct road from the source of supply, in the
public streets of such towns, or either of them, or through
private lands acquired in accordance with section three;
provided, that no conduits or pipes shall be laid in a public
way except under the direction of the selectmen of the town
in which any such way is situated or of the state department
of public works in the case of a state highway; and provided,

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further, that any public way in which work is done under
this act shall be restored by said town of Somerset to a
condition satisfactory to said state department or to said
selectmen, as the case may be.

Section 4. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-four is Jf'^'^s*'
hereby further amended by striking out sections five and six Hine'nd'cd.
and inserting in place thereof the folloAving: — Section 5. Wuter com-
The land taken or acquired under this act shall be managed, control, etc..
improved and controlled by the board of water commis- ''"'^ ^'''^"* ®*'''-
sioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as they shall
deem for the best interest of the town of Somerset.

Section 6. Any person or corporation injured in his or Damages,
its property by any action of said town of Somerset or of
said board under this act may recover damages from said
town under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws;
provided, that the right to damages for the taking of any Proviso,
water, water source or water right, or any injury thereto,
shall not vest until the water is actually withdrawn or di-
verted under authority of this act. Said town may by vote, Town may by
from time to time, determine what amount or quantity of Imounl o^f'"'"^
water it proposes to take and appropriate under this act; in pr^opog^to
which case any damages caused by such taking shall be take, etc.
based upon such amount or quantity until the same shall be Basis of
increased by vote or otherwise, and in such event said town ^™^^'^-
shall be further liable only for the additional damages caused
by such additional taking.

Section 5. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-four is 1914, 254, § 7,
hereby further amended by striking out section seven and ^™^°
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 7. Said somerset may
town of Somerset may, for the purpose of paying the neces- '"^"^ bonds,
sary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be incurred under
the provisions of this act, issue from time to time bonds
or notes to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate five
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall bear on their
face the words, Town of Somerset Water Loan, Act of 1914. g^^ersit
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and ^^^^^Jigf"'
such loans shall be payable in not more than thirty years
from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as pro-
vided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by a majority of the voters of the town of Somerset present of'somersetT'*
and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose ^^■
within three years after its passage; but the number of
meetings so called in any year shall not exceed three; and for
the purpose only of being submitted to the voters of said
town as aforesaid this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 11, 1926.

370

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 340.

Chap.340 An Act further regulating bail in criminal cases.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G.L.276, §6iB, SECTION 1. Chapter two hundred and seventy-six of
e c, amen e . ^|^^ General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
sixty-one B, inserted therein by section two of chapter four
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 61 B. Any person proposing to become bail or
surety in a criminal case for hire or reward, either received
or to be received, and any person becoming bail or surety
in a criminal case after having become bail or surety in
criminal cases on more than three separate occasions in any
twelve months' period, shall be deemed to be a professional
bondsman and shall not be accepted as bail or surety until
he shall have been approved and registered as a professional
bondsman by the superior court or by a justice thereof.
Such approval and registration may be revoked at any time
by such court or a justice thereof, and shall be revoked in
case such a bondsman fails for thirty days after demand to
satisfy in full a judgment recovered under section seventy-
four or a new judgment entered on review under section
seventy-six. The district attorney or prosecuting officer
obtaining any such judgment which is not satisfied in full
as aforesaid shall, forthwith upon the expiration of such
period of thirty days, notify in writing the chief justice of
such court. All professional bondsmen shall be governed
by rules which shall be established from time to time by
the superior court. Any unregistered person receiving hire
or rewaj'd for his services as bail or surety in any criminal
case, and any unregistered person becoming bail or surety in
any criminal case after having become bail or surety in
criminal cases on more than three separate occasions in any
twelve months' period, and any person herein defined as a
professional bondsman violating any provision of the rules
established hereunder for such bondsmen, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to surety companies.
Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and seventy-six
is hereby further amended by striking out section seventy-
four and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section
74- If the penalty of a recognizance of a party or witness in
a criminal prosecution is adjudged forfeited, the court may
render judgment, upon such terms as it may order, against
the principal or surety, or both, for the whole of the penalty
with interest, or, in its discretion, for a part thereof, upon
the filing in the case of a certificate of the district attorney
or prosecuting officer stating that the interests of justice
would be furthered thereby and setting forth specifically the
reasons therefor; and no person shall, on behalf of the com-
monwealth, accept in satisfaction of any such judgment or

Professional

bondsmen,

what persons

deemed to be,

approval,

registration,

etc.

Revocation of
approval and
registration.

District attor-
ney, etc., to
give certain
notice to chief
justice, etc.

Rules govern-
ing professional
bondsmen.
Penalty for
unregistered
persons be-
coming bail or
surety for hire
or reward in
criminal cases,
etc.

Not applicable
to surety
companies.
G. L. 276, § 74,
amended.

Action and
judgment on
recognizances
in criminal

cases.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 341. 371

any new judgment entered on review under section seventy-
six any sum less than the full amount thereof.

Section 3. Section sixty-one of said chapter two hun- g. l. 27g, § ei,

,, 1 ,. Ill i* t'l etc., amended.

dred and seventy-six, as amended by section one or said
chapter four hundreil and sixty-five, is hereby further
amended by adding at tlie end thereof the following new
paragraph: — On the second Monday of each calendar Monthly state-
month, every person taking bail out of court shall transmit j^tice of " '"^
to the chief justice of the superior court a written statement by^'pe^^M^'^*
setting forth the names and addresses of all persons accepted taking bail
by him as bail or surety in criminal cases during the preceding °" ° '^^^ '
calendar month.

Section 4. All registrations as professional bondsmen Certain regis-
in courts other than the superior court are hereby annulled, professbnai

Section 5. This act shall take effect on the first day of l^"^^^,'^!"
September of the current year. Approved May 11, 192G. Effective date.

An Act authorizing the town of scituate to pay cer- Qh^jy 341

TAIN SUMS OF MONEY ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEATHS OF ^

CERTAIN firemen KILLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public Town of
good, the town of Scituate may pay to the widow and minor pay'^ertakf^
children, or any of them, of George E. Burrows and of sums of money

'ttiii> 1 f • n 1 1 on account of

Robert h . Hall, former members 01 its nre department who deaths of
were killed in the performance of their duty while going to a Burrows and
fire on December twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and ^rmer^^mem-*'*'
twenty-five, the amounts to which the said widows and bers of its fire
minor children, or any of them, would be respectively en- '^f^*'*'^'^'^'^-
titled if sections sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, of
chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws, as
amended, had been in effect in said town at the time of said
deaths as to members of its fire department, and subject
to the conditions set forth in section thirty-one of said
chapter, as amended; provided, that such payments on Proviso.
account of the death of said Burrows shall not exceed thirty-
nine hundred dollars, and, on account of the death of said
Hall, twenty-nine hundred eighty-nine dollars and seventy-
one cents.

For the purpose of promoting the public good, said town May pay cer-
may pay to the mother of Hubert F. McDermott, a former money'on°
member of its fire department who was killed in the per- ^^°^°of°^
formance of his duty while going to a fire on December Hubert f.
twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the sum former m°em-
of ten dollars a week for one hundred and fifty weeks; pro- ber of its fire

1 1 11 111 department.

vided, that such payments snail cease upon her death or proviso.
remarriage.

After the effective date of this act, no payments shall be No payments

,, . , , ,, . . n > 1* i? to be author-

authorized by the commissioners on nremen s reiiei on ized by com-

account of the death of any of said former members of the "rl^en^rreUef,

fire department of the town of Scituate out of the appropri- etc.

372

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 342, 343.

ation made under authority of section eighty-one of chapter
forty-eight of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May I4, 1926.

Chaj). 342 A^ ^^^ AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD TO PAY A
CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF A
FIREMAN KILLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public
good, the town of Wakefield may pay to the widow of Robert
W. Home, a former member of its fire department who was
killed in the performance of his duty while going to a fire
on or about January thirty-first of the current year, the
amount to which the said widow would be entitled if sections
sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, of chapter one hundred
and fifty-two of the General Laws, as amended, had been in
effect in said town at the time of said death as to members
of its fire department, and subject to the conditions set forth
in section thirty-one of said chapter, as amended; provided,
that such payments on account of the death of said Home
shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars. After the effective
date of this act, no payments shall be authorized by the com-
missioners on firemen's relief on account of the death of
said former member of the fire department of the town of
Wakefield out of the appropriation made under authority
of section eighty-one of chapter forty-eight of the General
Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May I4, 1926.

Town of
Wakefield may
pay certain
sum of money
on account of
death of Robert
W. Home,
former mem-
ber of its fire
department.

Pro\'iso.

No payments
to be author-
ized by com-
missioners on
firemen's
relief, etc.

G. L. 125,
amended.

§ 13,

C/ia».343 An Act relative to the designation, salaries, per-
quisites AND emoluments OF CERTAIN OFFICERS IN THE
STATE PRISON AND MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.

• Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter one hundred and
twenty-five of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out, in the third and fourth lines, the words "four
turnkeys, and as many watchmen, not exceeding fifty-four",
and inserting in place thereof the words: — and as many
correction officers, not exceeding fifty-eight, — and by
striking out, in the ninth line, the word "watchmen" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — correction officers, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 13. The officers of the
state prison shall be a warden, deputy warden, chaplain,
physician and surgeon, clerk, engineer, not more than three
assistant engineers, electrician, and as many correction of-
ficers, not exceeding fifty-eight, as the warden, subject to
the approval of the commissioner, may find necessary; pro-
vided, that there may be employed therein such additional
officers as the commissioner shall consider necessary to com-

Officers of
state prison,
designation
and number.

Proviso.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 343. 373

ply with section thirty-nine of chapter one hundred and
forty-nine. In certifying; the names of persons ehgible to Civii service

•^ . , • '. . X* ai xl • certifications

apponitnient as assistant correction orncers, the commis- as to appoint-
sioner of civil service shall certify the names of persons over ^"g^^nt c^-'
the age of twenty-five and under the age of forty. rection officers.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-five g. l 12.5. § 22,
is hereby further amended by striking out section twenty- '""''"
two and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section officers of
22. The oflScers of the prison shall receive the following suiiiriw"*""'
salaries: the warden, four thousand dollars; the chaplain,
twenty-five hundred dollars; the physician and surgeon,
fifteen hundred dollars; the deputy warden, twenty-
five hundred dollars; the clerk, such salary, not exceeding
three thousand dollars, as shall be fixed by the commis-
sioner, with the approval of the governor and council;
the electrician, such salary as shall be fixed by the commis-
sioner; correction officers who have been in the prison service
in any state or county institution in the commonwealth and
have performed similar duties therein for less than one year,
sixteen hundred dollars; and those who have been in such
service for more than one year shall receive for each addi-
tional year of service an increase of one hundred dollars up
to a maximum of two thousand dollars. In fixing the rate Previous
of compensation of correction officers, previous service in affeJtmg^com-
any penal or reformatory institution in the commonwealth pensationof

11 1 . , , ■-, " , . . 1 1 correction

shall be considered. No other perquisite, reward or emolu- officers.
ment shall be allowed to or received by any of them, except ^^'^^"^^^[g
that the warden and deputy warden shall be allowed suf- reward or'
ficient house room, properly furnished, and fuel and light l^°ept^^etc.'
for themselves and families. The salaries of engineers. Salaries of
assistant engineers and firemen shall be fixed by the warden, and faemen.
with the approval of the commissioner.

Section 3. Section twenty-four of said chapter one g. l. 125, § 24,
hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended by striking out, ^™'^" ®
in the second and third lines, the words "four turnkeys and
as many watchmen, not exceeding fifty-six" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — and as many correction of-
ficers, not exceeding sixty, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 24- The officers of the reformatory shall be a super- Officers of
intendent, deputy superintendent, chaplain, physician, clerk, reformatory, ^
engineer, and as many correction officers, not exceeding ^^^'^^^^ber.
sixty, as the superintendent, subject to the approval of the
commissioner, may consider necessary; provided that there Proviso.
may be employed therein such additional officers as the
commissioner shall consider necessary to comply with
section thirty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.

Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-five is g. l. 125, § 29,
hereby further amended by striking out section twenty-nine ^'°®'^
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 29. ^j^g^^g^i^^etts
The officers of the reformatory shall receive the following reformatory,
salaries: the superintendent, four thousand dollars; the s^^"®^-
deputy superintendent, .twenty-five hundred dollars; the
chaplain, two thousand dollars; the physician, twenty-five

374

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 343.

Previous
service, as
affecting
compensation
of correction
officers.
No other
perquisite,
reward or
emolument,
except, etc.

G. L. 125, § 15,
amended.

Residence of
warden and
deputy at
state prison.
Duties of
subordinate
oflioers at
state prison.

G. L. 127, § 11.
amended.

Officers in jails
or houses of
correction,
transfer to
state prison,
Massachusetts
reformatory or
prison camp
and hospital
as correction
officers.

G. L. 32, § 46,
etc., amended.

hundred dollars; the clerk, such salary, not exceeding three
thousand dollars, as shall be fixed by the commissioner,
with the approval of the governor and council; correction
officers who have been in the prison service in any state or
county institution in the commonwealth and have performed
similar duties therein less than one year, sixteen hundred
dollars, and those wdio have been in such service for more
than one year shall receive for each additional year of
service an increase of one hundred dollars up to a maximum
of two thousand dollars. In fixing the rate of compensa-
tion of the correction officers as aforesaid, previous service
in any penal or reformatory institution in the commonwealth
shall be considered. No other perquisite, reward or emolu-
ment shall be allowed to or received by any of the said
officers, except that the superintendent and deputy superin-
tendent shall be allowed sufficient house room, properly
furnished, and fuel and light for themselves and their
families. The salaries of engineers, assistant engineers and
firemen shall be fixed by the superintendent, with the ap-
proval of the commissioner.

Section 5. Section fifteen of said chapter one hundred
and twenty-five is hereby amended by striking out, in the
second and third lines, the word "watchmen" and inserting
in place thereof the words : — correction officers, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 15. The warden and deputy
warden shall reside constantly within the precincts of the
prison. The deputy warden, clerk, correction officers, and
ail other subordinate officers of the prison shall perform
such duties in the charge and oversight of the prison, the
care of its property, and the custody, government, employ-
ment and discipline of the convicts, as the warden, in con-
formity to law and the rules and regulations of the prison,
may require.

Section 6. Section eleven of chapter one hundred and
twenty-seven of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out, in the third line, the word "watchman" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — correction officer, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 11. An officer in a jail
or house of correction may be transferred to the state prison,
the Massachusetts reformatory, or the prison camp and
hospital as a correction officer; and if the place in which he
is employed is not in the classified civil service list, he shall
be given a non-competitive examination as to his fitness,
upon receipt from the warden of the state prison, the super-
intendent of the Massachusetts reformatory or the super-
intendent of the prison camp and hospital of a statement
that the appointment of such officer is desired, and that he
possesses particular qualifications for the work required of
him.

Section 7. Section forty-six of chapter thirty-two of the
General Laws, as amended by chapter four hundred and two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the twenty-second line,

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 344. 375

the word "penal", — and by striking out, in the thirtieth
line, the word "watchman" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — correction officer, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 46. The commissioner of correction may, with Retirement and
the approval of the governor and council, retire from active prison"onk!"rs
service and place upon a pension roll any officer of the state and employees.
prison, the Massachusetts reformatory, the prison camp and
hospital, the state farm, the reformatory for women or any
jail or house of correction, or any person employed to in-
struct the prisoners in any prison or reformatory, as pro-
vided in section fifty-two of chapter one himdred and
twenty-seven, or any other employee of the state prison,
the Massachusetts reformatory or the prison camp and
hospital, who has attained the age of sixty-five and who has
been employed in prison service in the commonwealth, with
a good record, for not less than twenty years; or who, with-
out fault of his own, has become permanently disabled by
injuries sustained in the performance of his duty; or who has
performed faithful prison service for not less than thirty
years; provided, that no officer of any jail or house of cor- Provisos.
rection shall so be retired except upon the recommendation
of the sheriff and county commissioners of the county, except
in the county of Suffolk, where the recommendation as to
the officers of the jail shall be made by the sheriff and the
mayor of Boston, and, as to the officers of the house of
correction, by the institutions commissioner and the mayor
of Boston; and provided, that no such officer, instructor or
employee shall be retired unless he began employment as
such in one of the above named institutions, or as an officer
or instructor in ore of those named in the following section,
on or before June seventh, nineteen hundred and eleven.
The word "officer", as used in this and the two following Word "officer,"
sections, shall extend to and include prison officer, correc- incfude.
tion officer and matron.

Section 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to Certain salaries
reduce the salary of any officer of the state prison or Massa- "°* "^^ ^^^ '
chusetts reformatory, established by special act.

Section 9. The increases in salaries provided for by this increases in
act shall not take effect until an appropriation has been made to take effect.
sufficient to cover the same, and then as of June first in the
current year.

( The foregoing was laid before the governor on the tenth day
of May, 1926, and after five days it had "the force of a law" as
prescribed by the constitution, as it was not returned by him
with his objections thereto within that time.)

Chap.su

An Act authorizing the town of natick to pay a cer-
tain SUM OF money on ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF A
FIREMAN KILLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public Town of
good, the town of Natick may pay to the widow of James pay'certam'

376

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 345, 346.

sum of money
on account of
death of James
E. Conroy,
former mem-
ber of its fire
department.

Proviso.

No payments
to be author-
ized by com-
missioners on
firemen's relief.

E. Conroy, a former member of its fire department who was
killed in the performance of his duty while going to a fire in
October, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the amount to
which the said widow would be entitled if sections sixty-
nine to seventy-five, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and
fifty-two of the General Laws, as amended, had been in
effect in said town at the time of said death as to members
of its fire department, and subject to the conditions set
forth in section thirty-one of said chapter, as amended;
provided, that such payments on account of the death of
said Conroy shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars. After
the effective date of this act, no payments shall be author-
ized by the commissioners on firemen's relief on account of
the death of said former member of the fire department of
the town of Natick out of the appropriation made under
authority of section eighty-one of chapter forty-eight of the
General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 17, 1926.

Chap.S4:5 -^N Act reviving certain corporations.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Certain cor-
porations
revived.

Effective date.

Section L The following named corporations, Briggs
and Allyn Manufacturing Company, The El Placer Company
and Success Farms Incorporated, which were dissolved by
chapter two hundred and twelve of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty, Andrews-Wasgatt Company, which was
dissolved by chapter one hundred and eighty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, B. Cottier & Sons, Inc.
and E. M. Loew's, Inc., which were dissolved by chapter
two hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and Bristol County Coal Company, Hanson and
Parker Limited and Marston's Garment Shop, Incorporated,
which were dissolved by chapter two hundred and thirteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, are hereby
revived with the same powers, duties and obligations as if
the said chapters had not been passed.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of March thirty-
first in the current year. Apyrovcd May 17, 1926.

Chap

Chatham Water

Company,

incorporated.

.346 An Act to incorporate the Chatham water company.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1. Joshua A. Nickerson, Oscar C. Nickerson,
Hemun A. Harding, Augustus M. Bearse and Henry H.
Fuller, their associates and successors, are hereby made a
corporation, by the name of the Chatham Water Company,
for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the town
of Chatham, or any part thereof, with water for domestic,
manufacturing and other purposes, including the extinguish-
ment of fires, with all the powers and privileges, and subject

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 346. 377

to all tiie duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all
general laws now or hereafter in force applicable to such
corporations.

Section 2. Said corporation, for the purposes aforesaid, ce%Uu'wate^s.*
may lease, take by eminent domain under chapter seventy- lands, etc.
nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or other-
wise, and hold and convey the waters, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, of any ponds, brooks, springs or streams,
or of any underground sources of supply by means of wells
which may be constructed or sunk at any suitable place,
within the limits of said town, and also all lands, rights of
way and easements necessary for holding and preserving
such waters and for conveying the same to any part of said
town; and may erect on the land thus taken or held proper May erect
dams, buildings, standpipes, fixtures and other structures, makeexcaVa-
and may make excavations, procure and operate machinery, ti°ns, etc.
and provide such other means and appliances, and may do
such other things, as may be necessary for the establishment
and maintenance of complete and effective water works;
provided, however, that no source of water supply for do- Proviso,
mestic purposes or lands necessary for preserving the quality
of such water shall be acquired under this act without the
consent of the department of public health and that the
location of all dams, reservoirs, wells or other works for
collecting or storing water shall be subject to the approval
of said department.

Section 3. Said corporation, for the purposes afore- May construct
said, may construct, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, p?pea,'^tc^' ^^
pipes and other works under or over any lands, water courses,
canals, dams, railroads, railways and public or other ways,
and along any highways or other ways in the town of Chat-
ham, in such a manner as not necessarily to obstruct the
same, and for the purpose of constructing, laying, main-
taining and repairing such aqueducts, conduits, pipes and
other works, and for all purposes of this act, said corporation
may dig up, raise and embank any such lands, highways, or
other ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance
to public travel; but all things done upon any public way
shall be subject to the direction and approval of the select-
men of said town. The said corporation shall not enter Restrictions as
upon, construct or lay any pipes, conduits or other works railroad^ loca-'*
within the location of any railroad corporation, except at *^'°°^' ®*^°-
such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with
such railroad corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree,
as may be approved by the department of public utilities.

Section 4. Any person sustaining damages in his Damages,
property by any taking under this act or any other thing '''^°^"i''
done under authority thereof may recover such damages
from said corporation under said chapter seventy-nine; but
the right to damages for the taking of any water, water right
or water source, or for any injury thereto, shall not vest
until water is actually withdrawn or diverted under au-
thority of this act.

378

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 346.

May distribute
water, fix
rates, etc.

May make
certain con-
tracts.

May hold real
estate.

Capital stock.

Increase of
capital stock.

May issue
bonds, etc.

Expenditure
of proceeds
of bonds.

Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.

Town of
Chatham may
purchase fran-
cliise, prop-
erty, etc., of
Chatham Water
Company, etc.

Proviso.

Determination
of market
value of fran-
chise, etc., in
case of dis-
agreement, etc.

Section 5. Said corporation may distribute water
through the town of Chatham, or any part thereof, may
regulate the use of the same, and may estahHsh and fix
from time to time subject to the approval of the depart-
ment of public utilities, the rates for the use of said water
and may collect the same; and may make such contracts
with the said town or with any fire district now or here-
after established therein, or with any person or corporation,
to supply water for the extinguishment of fires, or for such
other purposes as may be agreed upon.

Section 6. Said corporation may, for the purposes set
forth in this act, hold real estate not exceeding in value
thirty thousand dollars, and the capital stock of said cor-
poration shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars to be divided into shares of the par value of one
hundred dollars. If it be necessary for the purposes of said
corporation, an increase of capital stock may be authorized
by the department of public utilities as provided by law.

Section 7. Said corporation may issue bonds, and may
secure the same by a mortgage of its franchise and other
property to an amount not exceeding its capital stock
actually paid in. The proceeds of all bonds so issued shall
be expended only in the extension of the works of the cor-
poration and in the payment of expenditures actually made
in the construction of the works over and above the amount
of the capital stock actually paid in.

Section 8. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol-
lutes, or diverts any water taken or held under this act, or
injures any structure, work or other property owned, held
or used by said corporation under authority of this act, shall
forfeit and pay to said corporation three times the amount
of damages assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action
of tort; and, upon being convicted of any of the above wil-
ful or wanton acts, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or
house of correction for not more than one year.

Section 9. The town of Chatham shall have the absolute
right, at any time during the continuance of the charter
hereby granted, to purchase the franchise, property and all
the rights and privileges of said corporation, on payment to
it of the market value of said franchise, corporate property,
rights and privileges, as mutually agreed upon, or as here-
inafter determined, on the date which said town shall fix
for such purchase; provided, that said town shall give said
corporation written notice of its intention to purchase as
aforesaid at least sixty days before said date. If said town
and said corporation shall be unable to agree within sixty
days after said date upon the market value of said franchise,
corporate property, rights and privileges, said town shall
appoint one arbitrator and said corporation shall appoint a
second arbitrator, and the two arbitrators so appointed shall
appoint a third arbitrator. In case said first and second
arbitrators ai-e unable, within thirty days after the appoint-

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 347, 348. 379

ment of the second arbitrator, to agree upon a third arbi-
trator, the chairman of the commission of the department of
public utilities shall, upon request of the town, of the cor-
poration, or of either of said arbitrators, appoint sucli third
arbitrator. Said board of arbitration sliall determine as of
said date, the market value of said franchise, corporate
property, rights and privileges, but without enhancement
because of privileges derived from rights in public ways, and
the finding of said board on all matters of fact shall be final.
The hearing before said board shall be commenced within Hearing and
thirty days after the date of the appointment of the third befor^board
arbitrator, and concluded within ninety days after his ap- of arbitration.
pointment, and the procedure before said board shall be in
accordance with the provisions of chapter two hundred and
fifty-one of the General Laws, except that the supreme Court enforce-
judicial court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in equity to e^fdi^ngsof
enforce by appropriate orders or decrees, or otherwise, the board, etc.
findings of said board and the right of said town to take
possession of said franchise, corporate property, rights and
privileges upon payment to said corporation of the sura
awarded by said board.

Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage, Time of taking
but any action thereunder shall be void unless water is ® ^*' °*'''
actually withdrawn or diverted under authority thereof
within three years from the date of its passage.

Approved 31 ay 17, 1926.

An Act enabling cities and towns to regulate certain nhnxt 347

DIVERSIOxVS AND AMUSEMENTS CONDUCTED BY CORPORA- ^'

TIONS CREATED FOR CLUB PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and eighty of the General Laws is G. l. iso, new
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following tremTf.'^*^ *^"^
new section: — Section 29. Cities and towns may bj^ citioaand
ordinance or by-law regulate the conducting within their reruiat™'*^
respective limits of entertainments, dances and other diver- certain diver-
sions and amusements not required by law to be licensed, amusementa
including the hours of holding the same, by corporations corporations^
which are subject to section twenty-six, and may affix pen- created for
alties for breaches thereof not exceeding twenty dollars for ^ " purposes.
each offence, subject as to recovery and disposition to
section twenty-one of chapter forty.

Approved May 17, 1926.

Chap 348

An Act providing for the construction by the metro-
politan DISTRICT COMMISSION OF A PARKWAY OR BOULE-
VARD IN the towns of STONEHAM and WAKEFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby author- Metropolitan
ized to lay out and construct a parkway or boulevard from mSn may
a point at or near the junction of Main and South streets in construct

^ '' a parkway

380

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 349.

Expenditures.

Proviso.

or boulevard the town of Stoneham to or near Doleful pond in said town,
stoneham and thence to the northerly end of Crystal lake in the town of
Wakefield. Wakefield, and from said lake to Quannapowitt parkway in

said town of Wakefield, or by such other route as said
commission may deem desirable between said junction of
Main and South streets and said Quannapowitt parkway.
For the purposes of this act, said commission may expend
such sum, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, as may
hereafter be appropriated, to be paid from the Metropolitan
Parks Maintenance Fund, Boulevards; provided, that said
towns shall first have acquired and conveyed, or caused to
be conveyed, to the commonwealth, for the use of the metro-
politan parks district, without cost to the commonwealth or
to said commission, such lands and rights in land as the
commission may deem necessary for the laying out and con-
struction of said parkway or boulevard, exclusive of such
lands and rights therein as may be acquired by the com-
monwealth at a total cost of not exceeding said sum of ten
thousand dollars less the cost of such laying out and con-
struction. Approved May 17, 1926.

Chap. 34:9 An Act relative to registration fees of motor vehicles

OF THE CONVERTIBLE PASSENGER TYPE, SO-CALLED.

G. L. 90, § 33,
etc., amended.

Registration
fees of motor
vehicles, trail-
ers, etc., used
for transporting
goods, wares or
merchandise.

Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:

Section 1. Section thirty-three of chapter ninety of the
General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter four
hundred and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, by section nine of chapter four hundred and
sixty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
by section one of chapter three hundred and forty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and tv/enty-five and by chapter
two hundred and forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "used" in the eighteenth line, as printed in
said section one of said chapter three hundred and forty-
two, the following: — ; provided, that for the registration
of every motor vehicle of the convertible passenger type,
with box or slip-on body of a carrying capacity not exceed-
ing one thousand pounds used for the transportation of
tools, utensils, goods, wares or merchandise, the fee shall be
fifteen dollars, — so that the paragraph contained in lines
ten to twenty-four, inclusive, will read as follows: — For the
registration of every motor vehicle, trailer and semi-trailer
imit used for the transportation of goods, wares or mer-
chandise, except as provided in the preceding paragraph,
fifty cents, or, in case of an electric motor truck or an electric
commercial vehicle so used, twenty-five cents, for every
hundred pounds of the weight of such motor vehicle, trailer
or semi-trailer unit and of its maximum carrying capacity,
but in no event less than twenty dollars in the case of a motor
vehicle so used; provided, that for the registration of every
motor vehicle of the convertible passenger type, with box or

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 350. 381

slip-on body of a carrying capacity not exceeding one thou-
sand pounds used for tlie transportation of tools, utensils,
goods, wares or merchandise, the fee shall be fifteen dollars.
The aforesaid weight shall mean the weight of such motor Weight to
vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer unit when fully equipped for '"*^°' ®**-
the road. The commissioner of public works may establish Rules for de-
rules for determining the weight of such motor vehicle, wli^htllte.
trailer or semi-trailer unit and its maximum carrying capacity,
and he may in his discretion use the maker's weight with
due allowance for extras.

Section 2. This act shall not apply to the registration of Application of
motor vehicles for operation during the current year. ^^^'

Approved May 17, 1926.

An Act relative to the powers of the board of appeal (JJiqj) 359
of the building department of the city of boston
to vary the application of the boston zoning law
in respect to the height of buildings.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section nineteen of chapter four hundred and 1924, 488, §19,
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, ^ ''" ^"^
as amended by section eleven of chapter two hundred and
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the fourth
paragraph the following new paragraph: — No decision of
the board of appeal permitting the erection or alteration of a
building to an extreme height greater than that otherwise
authorized under the provisions of this act for the lot or
building in question shall be effective until and unless con-
firmed by the board of zoning adjustment, as provided in
section twenty. Immediately following the board's final
decision in any such case a copy of the record shall be certi-
fied to the board of zoning adjustment, — and by inserting
after the word "appeal" in the first line of the fifth para-
graph the words: — , except a decision permitting the erec-
tion or alteration of a building to an extreme height greater
than that otherwise authorized under the provisions of this
act, — so as to read as follows: — Section 19. The board of Board of appeal

1 •jir* 1 p ,• • I- ,^ under Boston

appeal provided lor in paragraph one of section six of the zoning law.
aforesaid building law shall act as a board of appeal under
this act, and the members thereof shall receive for acting
under this act the same compensation as provided in the
aforesaid building law.

Any applicant for a permit under this act whose applica- Appeals by
tion has been refused may appeal therefrom within ninety app''9f"ts for

1 A T 1 » •! T • • 1. permits.

days. Any applicant to the building commissioner for a
permit who appeals to the said board shall pay to him a fee Fee.
of ten dollars before such permit shall be considered by the
board. Such fees shall be deposited by the building com-
missioner with the city collector at least once a week.

The board of appeal may vary the application of this act Board may
in specific cases wherein its enforcement would involve lioloi'il^'

382

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 350.

in certain

cases.

May adopt
certain rules.

Record of pro-
ceedings, etc.

Decisions of
board of
appeal as to
height of
buildings sub-
ject to con-
firmation by
board of
zoning adjust-
ment.

Persons
aggrieved by
certain de-
cisions of board
of appeal, etc.,
may petition
for writ of
certiorari, etc.

No costs
against board
unless, etc.

1924, 488, § 20,
etc., amended.

Board of
zoning adjust-
ment under
Boston zoning
law, members,
etc.

practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship and wherein
desirable relief may be granted without substantially dero-
gating from the intent and purpose of this act, but not
otherwise. No such variance shall be authorized except by
the unanimous decision of the entire membership of the
board, rendered upon a written petition addressed to the
board and after public hearing thereon, of which notice
shall be mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all
property deemed by the board to be affected thereby as
they appear in the most recent local tax list and also adver-
tised in a daily newspaper published in the city of Boston.
The board may adopt rules, not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act, governing notice and procedure.

The board shall cause to be made a detailed record of all
its proceedings, which record shall set forth the reasons for
its decisions, the vote of each member participating therein,
and the absence of a member or his failure to vote. Such
record, immediately following the board's final decision,
shall be filed in the office of the building commissioner and
shall be open to public inspection, and notice of such de-
cision shall be mailed forthwith to each party in interest as
aforesaid.

No decision of the board of appeal permitting the erection
or alteration of a building to an extreme height greater than
that otherwise authorized under the provisions of this act
for the lot or building in question shall be effective until and
unless confirmed by the board of zoning adjustment, as pro-
vided in section twenty. Immediately following the board's
final decision in any such case a copy of the record shall be
certified to the board of zoning adjustment.

Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board of ap-
peal, except a decision permitting the erection or alteration
of a building to an extreme height greater than that other-
wise authorized under the provisions of this act, whether
previously a party to the proceeding or not, or any mu-
nicipal officer or board may, within fifteen days after the
entry of such decision, bring a petition in the supreme
judicial court for the county of Suffolk for a writ of certiorari
to correct errors of law therein, and the provisions of section
four of chapter two hundred and forty-nine of the General
Laws shall, except as herein provided, apply to said petition.

No costs shall be allowed against the board unless the
court finds that it acted with gross negligence or in Ijad faith.

Section 2. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-eight,
as amended in section twenty by section twelve of said
chapter two hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section twenty and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 20. There shall be a board
of zoning adjustment to consist of twelve members as fol-
lows: — The chairman of the city planning board ex officio,
and eleven members appointed by the mayor in the follow-
ing manner: one member from two candidates to be nomi-
nated by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, on?

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 350. 383

member from two candidates to be nominated by the Boston
Central Labor Union, one member from two candidates to
be nominateii by the Boston Chamber of Commerce, one
member from two candidates to be nominated by the Boston
Real Estate Excliange, one member from two candidates to
be nominated by the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange,
one member from two candidates, one to be nominated by
the Boston Society of Architects and one by the Boston
Society of Landscape Architects, one member from two candi-
dates to be nominated by the Boston Society of Civil En-
gineers, one member from two candidates to be nominated
by the Master Builders' Association of Boston, one member
from two candidates to be nominated by the Team Owners
Association, one member from two candidates to be nomi-
nated by the United Improvement Association, and one
member to be selected by the mayor. All appointive mem- Appointive
bers shall be residents of or engaged in business in Boston. q^TaTifSona,
All appointments after the initial appointments shall be for terms of office,
the term of five years. Vacancies among the appointive vacancies.
members shall be filled in the same manner in which original
appointments are made. The several heads of departments information
of the city of Boston shall on request of the board supply it departmentB,
with all information in their possession useful for its duties. ®*''-

Either upon petition or otherwise, the board may, subject Board may
to the following conditions, change the boundaries of dis- aries^o^f dis*-" "
tricts by changing the zoning map, on file at the state secre- *"'^'^^' ^^•
tary's office, to meet altered needs of a locality, to avoid
undue concentration of population, to provide adequate
light and air, to lessen congestion in streets, to secure safety
from fire, panic and other dangers, to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, sewerage and other
public requirements and to promote the health, safety, con-
venience and welfare of the inhabitants of the city of Boston.
Such changes shall be made with reasonable consideration, Requirements
among other things, of the character of the district and its changes.
peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to
conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most
appropriate use of land. No such change shall be made
except by the decision of not less than four fifths of the
members of the board, excepting only any member or mem-
bers not qualified to act, rendered after a public hearing Public hearing,
thereon, of which notice shall be mailed to the petitioner, if "°*'"^®' ^^^
any, to the building commissioner, the chairman of the
assessing department, the chairman of the street laying-out
department, the commissioner of public works, the fire
commissioner and the health commissioner of the city of
Boston, and to the owners of all property deemed by the
board to be affected thereby as they appear in the most recent
local tax list and also advertised in a daily newspaper pub-
lished in the city of Boston. No member shall act in any Members per-
case in which he is personally interested either directly or Isted noTto'"
indirectly. A majority of the board shall constitute a *"=*•.
quorum for all public hearings and for all acts of the board, boarTto con-

384

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 356.

Stitute quorum
for public
hearings and
for all acts of
board, except,
etc.

Adjournment
by less than
majority.

May adopt
certain rules.

Board to re-
view decisions
of board of
appeal in re-
spect to height
of buildings,
etc.

Requirements
for confirma-
tion.

Public liearing,
notice, etc.

Record of pro-
ceedings, etc.

Amended
zoning map,
tiling, etc.

Aggrieved
persons, etc.,
may petition
for writ of
certiorari, etc.

except that decisions changing the boundaries of districts
on the zoning map or confirming a decision of the board of
appeal shall be deemed to comply with this section only if
the written record of such decision is signed, in case of any
change of boundaries as aforesaid, by not less than four
fifths, or, in case of any confirmation of a decision of the
board of appeal, by not less than two thirds, of the members
of the board quahfied to act. If less than a majority of the
board is present at any public hearing or at any executive
session, the members actually present may adjourn the same
by proclamation to such time and place as they deem ad-
visable, and further notice thereof shall not be necessary.
The board may adopt rules, not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act, governing notice and procedure.

The board shall review the decision of the board of appeal
within forty-five days of the certification to it of a copy of
the record thereof in every case where.in permission is
granted to erect or alter a building to an extreme height
greater than that otherwise authorized under the provisions
of this act for the lot or building in question, said review to
determine whether or not the relief granted derogates from
the intent and purpose of this act. No such permission shall
be confirmed except by decision of not less than two thirds of
the members of the board, excepting only any member or
members not qualified to act, rendered after a public hearing
thereon of which notice shall be given as provided in case of
a public hearing under the preceding paragraph. If the lot
or building in question abuts upon a public park, notice
shall also be mailed to the park commissioners of the city of
Boston.

The board shall cause to be made a detailed record of all
its proceedings, which record shall set forth the reasons for
its decisions, the vote of each member participating therein,
and the absence of a member or his failure to vote. Such
record, immediately following the board's final decision,
shall be filed in the office of the building commissioner of
Boston and shall be open to public inspection, and notice of
such decision shall be mailed forthwith to each party in
interest as aforesaid. Upon any decision changing the
zoning map, on file at the state secretary's office, an amended
map showing such change endorsed by the chairman of said
board shall be filed forthwith at said office.

If a change be favorably decided upon or if a decision of
the board of appeal shall be confirmed, any person aggrieved
or any municipal officer or board may, within fifteen days
after the entry of such decision, bring a petition in the su-
preme judicial court for the county of Suffolk for a writ of
certiorari setting forth that such decision is in whole or part
not in accordance with the duties and powers of such board
as above prescribed and specifying the particulars of such
non-compliance. The provisions of section four of chap-
ter two hundred and forty-nine of the General Laws shall,
except as herein provided, apply to said petition.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 351. 385

No costs sliall be allowed against the board unless tlie Nocosts
court finds that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith, uniesi* etc*"^^'

The boaril shall not reduce in any way the area of the one No reduction
hundred and fifty-five foot district established by this act. °f certain area.

The board shall report its doings annually on or before Annual
the tenth day of February to the mayor of Boston and to the '■ep'""*^-
general court.

If any area is hereafter transferred to anotlier district by a Effect of trana-
cliauge in district boundaries either by action of the board an'othw^'* *°
of zoning adjustment or by an amendment to this act, the district, etc.
buildings and uses then existing within said area shall be
subject to the provisions of this act with reference to existing
buildings or uses in the district to which the area is removed.

Approved May 17, 1926,

Chap. 351

An Act authorizing investment by savings banks in
securities of certain public service companies in

addition to THOSE ALREADY AUTHORIZED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fifty-four of chapter one hundred and g. l. les, § 54,

etc. (iiri&ticl6u<

sixty-eight of the General Laws, as amended, is hereby

further amended by inserting after clause sixth, as amended,

the following new clause: — Sixth A. In the bonds, ma~ investment by

turing not later than thirty years subsequent to such invest- fn^ecm-i't'ies'of

ment, issued or assumed by any corporation incorporated certain public

111 /"iTT'iri i> 1 c service com-

under the laws oi the United States or or any state thereoi panies.
which is operating under the supervision of a public service
or other similar commission of the United States or of any
state thereof exercising regulatory jurisdiction therein and
is engaged in the sale and distribution of electricity, or in
such sale and distribution and also in some other form of
public service enterprise, or in the manufacture and dis-
tribution of artificial gas, and is doing at least eighty per cent
of its business Avithin the territorial limits of the United

States; provided, that — Provisos as to

(1) The gross operating revenue of the corporation !^° companies.

. ° -iiiiiii 1 1 Gross operating

issuing or assuming such bonds shall be not less than one revenue, etc.

million dollars for its fiscal year immediately preceding the

time of making such investment, and of such revenue at

least seventy-five per cent shall be derived from the sale

and distribution of electricity or artificial gas, or both, and

not exceeding twenty per cent from the operation of a

transportation system.

(2) Such corporation shall operate under a franchise or Kind of fran-
franchises under which at least seventy-five per cent of its whfch"openit-
gross operating revenue is earned and extending at least '°s, etc
three years beyond the maturity of any such bond, or under

an indeterminate franchise or permit from, or agreement
with, a public service commission or other competent public
authority, which franchise, permit or agreement equally pro-
tects the security of the bondholders.

386

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 351.

Capital stock.
Proviso.

Net earnings
available for
interest charges,
etc.

Amount of
bonds out-
standing, etc.

Kinds of bonds.
Closed under-
lying mortgage
bond, etc.

Proviso.

First mortgage
bond, etc.

Refunding
mortgage
bond, etc.

(3) The capital .stock of such corporation shall be equal to
at least two thirds the total funded debt tliereof; provided,
that, in the case of a corporation having shares without par
value, the value of its property as shown by its books shall
exceed by at least two thirds its total mortgage indebtedness.

(4) For the period of five years immediately preceding the
time of making any investment authorized by this clause,
the officially reported net earnings available for interest
charges of such corporation, as shown by its annual reports
or other sworn statements to the municipal, state or federal
authorities shall have been equal to at least twice the interest
charges for the same period on the corporation's total out-
standing funded debt.

(5) Such bonds, plus the total amount of any underlying
bonds, shall be outstanding in an amount not exceeding
sixty per cent of the actual value of the fixed property
securing such bonds, as shown by the books of the corpora-
tion.

(6) Such bonds shall be (a) a closed underlying mortgage
bond secured by property owned and operated by the cor-
poration issuing or assuming such bond; provided, that
such bond is to be refunded by a junior mortgage providing
for the retirement of such bond, and that such underlying
mortgage may remain open solely for the purpose of issuing
additional bonds to be pledged under such junior mortgage
or for refunding at par prior lien bonds; or

(b) a first mortgage bond constituting the only mortgage
debt of such corporation. If such mortgage is not closed,
it shall by its terms prevent the issuance of additional bonds
for extensions, improvements and property acquisitions,
unless such additional bonds are issued either (1) for an
amount not exceeding seventy-five per cent of the actual
cost of such extensions, improvements and property acquisi-
tions, when net earnings, available for interest charges, for
twelve months out of the fifteen months preceding the
application to the trustee under such mortgage for authen-
tication of such additional bonds have been equal to at least
one and three quarters times the interest charges for one year
on the total amount of bonds outstanding under such
mortgage and the proposed additional bonds, or (2) for an
amount not exceeding eighty per cent of the actual cost of
such extensions, improvements and property acquisitions,
when net earnings, available for interest charges, for twelve
months out of the fifteen months preceding the application
to the trustee under such mortgage for authentication of
such additional bonds have been equal to at least twice the
interest charges for one year on the total amount of bonds
outstanding under such mortgage and the proposed addi-
tional bonds; or

(c) a refunding mortgage bond providing for the retire-
ment of all prior lien or divisional mortgage bonds of such
corporation outstanding at the time of making the invest-
ment, such bond being secured by a lien on property owned

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 351. 387

and operated by such corporation; provided, that any Provisos.
mortfjage prior in lien to such refuntiing mortgapjc shall be
closed unless such prior mortgage remains oj)en solely for
the purpose of issuing additional bonds to be pledged under
such refunding mortgage; and provided, further, that if a
mortgage junior in lien to such refunding mortgage bond
exists, such refunding mortgage bond sIuiU by its terms be
refunded by such junior mortgage; and provirled, further,
that in case such refunding mortgage is not closed it shall
by its terms prohibit the issue of additional bonds for ex-
tensions, improvements and property acquisitions by said
corporation unless such additional bonds are issued in
accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) or (2) of
paragraph (h) hereof, and shall further provide that the net
earnings available for interest charges as therein stated shall
respectively equal at least one and three quarters times or
at least twice the interest charges for one year on the total
amount of bonds outstanding under such mortgage, of bonds
secured by equal or prior liens, and of the proposed addi-
tional bonds.

(7) In this clause, unless the context otherwise requires, "Funded
"funded debt" shall be construed to mean all interest- '^^'''•" '^''^°^'^-
bearing debt maturing more than one year from its date of

issue, but excluding bonds of the company held simply as

collateral to secure other of its outstanding obligations, and

"net earnings" shall be construed to mean the amount !'Netra.rn-

available for interest charges after deduction has been made

for all operating expenses, including current maintenance,

all taxes except income taxes, and all rentals and guaranteed

interest or dividends.

(8) If, during any of the periods mentioned in this clause. Consolidated
such corporation has been consolidated by purchase or ''°''p°'^'^ '°"^'
otherwise, the aggregate operating figures of the corporations

so consolidated, exclusive of inter-company charges, shall be
sufficient for the purpose of this clause.

(9) Not more than fifteen per cent of the deposits of any Limitation of
such bank shall be invested in bonds under this clause, nor mentrby^
shall more than two per cent of such deposits be invested in savings banks.
the bonds of any such corporation.

Section 2. Clause Ninth of said section fifty-four, as G. l. 168, § 54,
amended in subdivision (r) by section two of chapter one ^iv. (?), etc.,
hundred and fifty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and amended,
twenty-two, is hereby further amended by inserting, at the
beginning of said subdivision, after the letter "(c)" the
figure: — (1), — and by adding at the end of said subdi-
vision the following new paragraph: — (2) Other bonds or
notes issued, assumed or guaranteefl by endorsement as to
both principal and interest by a public service corporation
whose securities are authorized for investment by clause
Sixth A, — so that said subdivision will read as follows: —
(c) (1) A bond or note of a gas, electric light, telephone or investments
street railway corporation incorporated or doing business in banks^ln^bonds
this commonwealth and subject to the control and super- or notes of gas.

388 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 352.

electric light, vision thereof: provided, that the net earnings of said
street-railway Corporation, after payment of all operating expenses, taxes
corporations. ^^^ interest as reported to, and according to the require-
ments of, the proper authorities of the commonwealth, have
been in each of the tliree fiscal j^ears preceding the making
or renewing of such loan equal to not less than four per
cent on all its capital stock outstanding in each of said years;
and provided, that the gross earnings of said corporation in
the fiscal year preceding the making or renewing of such
loan have been not less than one hundred thousand dollars.
TOmmissionerof -^ li^t of the companics whose securities prima facie comply
banks of list of with the requirements of this subdivision shall be furnished
wh^sifsecurities to the Commissioner annually, at such time after June
requirement's, sixteenth in any year as he shall designate, by the proper
etc. authorities of the commonwealth having supervision over

such companies.
Investments in (2) Other bonds or notes issued, assumed or guaranteed

Doncls or notGs ' c:*

of certain other by endorsement as to both principal and interest by a public
corporations!^ scrvicc Corporation whose securities are authorized for in-
vestment by clause Sixth A.
Sc ^c/^l'if- ^*' Section 3. Said section fifty-four, as amended as afore-
teenth, said, is hereby further amended by striking out clause

amen e . Fifteenth and inserting in place thereof the following: —

of°bi^ks^to"°'^ Fifteenth, Annually, not later than February first, the com-
prepare annu- missiouer shall prepare a list of all the bonds and notes
bondfand which are then legal investments under the provisions of

arefe-^Hnvest- ^lausc Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth A or Seventeenth. Said
ments'for sav- list shall at all timcs be open to public inspection and a copy
ings an s. thcreof sliall be sent to every savings bank. In the prep-
aration of any list which the commissioner is required to
Expert assist- furnish, he mav employ such expert assistance as he deems
proper or may rely upon information contained in publica-
tions which lae deems authoritative in reference to such
Not responsible matters; and he shall be in no way held responsible for the
omissions^from oniissiou from sucli Hst of the name of any state, munic-
list, etc. ipality or corporation the bonds or notes of which conform

to the provisions of this section, or of any bonds or notes
which so conform, nor shall he be held responsible for the
inclusion in such list of any such names or bonds or notes
which do not so conform. Approved Maij 1 7, 1926.

Chap.352 An Act relative to the fees for certain sporting and

TRAPPING LICENSES, TO THE ISSUANCE OF TRAPPING
LICENSES TO CERTAIN ALIEN MINORS, AND TO FISHING IN
CERTAIN WATERS BY SUCH MINORS,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 13LI3, Section 1. Section three of chapter one hundred and
thirty-one of the General Laws, as amended by section one of
chapter four hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one and by section two of chapter two
hundred and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and

etc., amended.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 352. 389

twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
the fourtli and fifth hues, tlie words "a citizen of the United
States", — so as to read as foHows: — Sccfio7i 3. Except as Hunting, fish-
provided in sections forty-four, forty-nine, sixty-two, eighty- hibUed Without
two or eightv-tivree, no person shall hunt, pursue, take or sporting or

1 -11 1 ■• 1 ' 1 1 I 11- J trapping h-

kul any bird or quadruped, and no person, unless he is under cense, except,
eighteen years of age, shall fish, except as hereinafter pro- ^^'
vided, in any of the inland waters of the commonwealth
stocked by the director or his predecessors since January
first, nineteen hundred and ten, without first having obtained
a sporting or a trapping license, as the case may be, author-
izing him so to do, as provided in the following sections; pro- Proviso,
vided, that nothing in sections three to fourteen, inclusive,
shall be construed as affecting in any way the general laws
relating to trespass, or as authorizing the hunting, pursuing,
taking, wounding or killing, or the possession of, birds or
quadrupeds, contrary to law, or the taking of fish, or the
possession thereof, contrary to law. But said sections shall prohfbited'from
not prohibit anv person who is a legal resident of the com- hunting, etc,

i,ic"'i,' , • 11 1 on own land,

monwealth from hunting or trapping on land owned or etc.
leased by him or from fishing in any inland w^aters bordered
by such land; provided, that he is actually domiciled thereon, Proviso,
and that the land is used exclusively for agricultural pur-
poses, and not for club, shooting or fishing purposes.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and thirty-one, as G. L. i3i, § 6,
amended in section six by section three of said chapter four ^ ^" '*°^®°
hundred and sixty-seven and by section five of said chapter
two hundred and ninety-five, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section six and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 6. Except as herein provided, a To whom sport-
citizen of the United States and an unnaturalized foreign ping licenses
born person resident in this commonwealth for at least ten maybegranted.
consecutive days and owning real estate in the common-
wealth assessed for taxation at not less than five hundred
dollars may be granted sporting and trapping licenses. No Restrictions,
sporting license shall be granted to a minor under the age of minors,
fifteen and no trapping license shall be granted to a minor
under the age of twelve, nor, as a matter of right, shall a
sporting license be granted to a minor between the ages of
fifteen and eighteen, or a trapping license to a minor be-
tween the ages of twelve and eighteen, but any town clerk
may issue a sporting license to any minor between the ages
of fifteen and eighteen, if such minor is a citizen of the
United States, and a trapping license to any minor between
the ages of twelve and eighteen. Every application for a
license hereunder from a minor under the age of eighteen
shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by the written
consent thereto of the parent or guardian, which shall be
preserved by the clerk.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and thirty-one, as G. l. 13i, § 9,
amended in section nine by section six of said chapter four ^ ' '""^"
hundred and sixty-seven and by section eight of said chapter
two hundred and ninety-five, is hereby further amended by

390

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 352.

Sporting and
trapping li-
censes, issue
to whom and
fees.

Resident
citizens.

Non-resident
citizens.

Class A.
Class B.

Proviso.
Class C.

Proviso.

Unnaturalized
foreign born
residents.
Proviso.

Fee for trap-
ping license
issued to
minors.

Trapping li-
censees to make
annual report,
etc.

Effective
date.

striking out said section nine and inserting in place thereof
the folloAving: — Section 9. Sporting and trap})ing licenses
shall be issued to the following classes of persons and for the
following fees, payable for each kind of license:

(1) A citizen of the United States resident in this com-
monwealth for at least six months, for which the fee shall
be two dollars and twenty-five cents, except as hereinafter
provided for a trapping license to a minor.

(2) A citizen of the United States, not a resident of this
commonwealth for at least six months, for which the fee
shall be five dollars and twenty-five cents; or, if he comes
within one of the three following classes and resides or last
resided in a state extending like privileges to citizens of this
commonwealth, the fee shall be two dollars and twenty-five
cents.

Class A. Owner of real estate in the commonwealth
assessed for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars.

Class B. Member of any club or association incorporated
prior to nineteen hundred and seven, for the purpose of
hunting, fishing or trapping upon land owned by such cor-
poration; provided, that the land owned is equal in value
to five hundred dollars for each member and that the mem-
bership list of the corporation shall be filed with the clerks
of the various towns within which such land is located.

Class C. Invited guest of a club or association conducting
fox hunts and incorporated under the laws of this com-
monwealth who, on the written invitation of a member of
said club or association, attends its meetings for the sole
purpose of hunting foxes; provided, that the membership
list of such club or association shall be filed with the clerk
of the town where the hunt takes place; also, a non-resident
member of any such clid) or association.

(3) An unnaturalized foreign born person, resident in this
commonwealth for at least ten consecutive days, provided
that he is the owner of real estate in the commonAvealth
assessed for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars,
for which the fee shall be fifteen dollars and twenty-five
cents.

The fee for a trapping license issued to a minor between
the ages of twelve and eighteen, if he is resident in this
commonwealth for at least six months, shall be seventy-
five cents.

Each person licensed to trap shall w^ithin thirty days suc-
ceeding January first in each year make a written report
upon blanks to be furnished by the division of the number
of quadrupeds trapped by him in the preceding calendar year.

Section 4. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.

Approved May 17, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 353. 391

An Act relative to certain transactions involving the QJi^j) 353

PURCHASE OR SALE OF SECURITIES AND CONTRACTS THERE-
FOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ws:

Section four of chapter one luuidred and thirty-seven of g.l. 137. §4,
the General Laws is lierel)y amended by inserting after the ""*^"
word "therefor" in tlie twelfth h'ne the foHowing new sen-
tence: — A purchase or sale of securities, or a contract
therefor, whether calling for present or future deliveries,
made on any stock exchange or board of trade estal)lished
for a period of at least ten years prior thereto, and recog-
nized as valid and enforceable by the law of the jurisdic-
tion where made, shall be deemed an actual purchase or
sale within the meaning of this section, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 4- Whoever upon credit or upon mar- Certain trans-
gin contracts to buy or sell, or employs another to buy or ing purchLe or
sell for his account, any securities or commodities, intend- o?' conimodltlel!
ing at the time that there shall be no actual purchase or etc., with inten-
sale, may recover in contract from the other party to the be no actual
contract, or from the person so employed, any payment sa"e!*etc^ ""^
made, or the value of anything delivered, on account thereof,
if such other party to the contract or person so employed
had reasonable cause to believe that said intention existed;
but no person shall have a right of action under this sec-
tion if, for his account, such other party to the contract or
the person so employed makes, in accordance with the
terms of the contract or employment, personally or by
agent, an actual purchase or sale of said securities or com-
modities, or a valid contract therefor. A purchase or sale Certain pur-

B • ,• i J. J.1 J? 1 ii, 11* e chases or sales

of securities, or a contract thereior, whether calling tor of securities or
present or future deliveries, made on any stock exchange or f°"t™be^ *^^®'^
board of trade established for a period of at least ten years deemed actual
prior thereto, and recognized as valid and enforceable by sales/etc^ ""^
the law of the jurisdiction where made, shall be deemed an
actual purchase or sale within the meaning of this section.

If a purchase or sale of the securities or commodities Certain pur-

di.ii 1, ti- 11 j1 chases or sales

ered to be bougiit or sold is made by the person so em- of securities or

ployed on a stock exchange or board of trade, and other be'demJed^ac-*'
purchases or sales of such securities or commodities are tuai purchases

1 . 1 1 11 111 1 and sales, etc.

made on the same day on such exchange or board by such
person for others in due course of business, and the balance
of such purchases or sales of securities or commodities is
received or delivered by such person by direction of the
clearing house of such exchange or board on the day when
such purchase or sale or contract therefor is made, or on
the regular clearing day of such exchange or board next
thereafter, which shall not be more than four days after
the making of such purchase or sale, or contract therefor,
such purchases and sales shall be deemed actual purchases
and sales within the meaning of this section.

Approved May 18, 1926.

392

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

C/irt?).354 -^^ ■^^'^ MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF CERTAIN COUNTIES, FOR INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIRE-
MENTS, FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND
GRANTING A COUNTY TAX FOR SAID COUNTIES.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause
substantial inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.

Appropriations
for maintenance
of certain coun-
ties, for interest
and debt re-
quirements,
for certain im-
provements, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated
for the counties hereinafter specified for the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-six. No direct drafts against the ac-
count known as the reserve fund shall be made, but trans-
fers from this account to other accounts may be made to
meet extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures upon the
request of the county commissioners and with the approval
of the director of accounts.

Section 2.

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Barnstable.

Item
1

12
14

Barnstable County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

sixteen thousand dollars ..... $16,000 00

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
forty thousand two hundred eleven dollars and
ninety-three cents ...... 40,211 93

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
five hundred dollars 13,500 00

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding fourteen thousand dollars . . . 14,000 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . 15,000 00

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding eight thousand five
hundred dollars . . . . . . 8,500 00

For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding six thousand five hundred dollars . 6,500 00

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-
perior courts, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars 4,000 00

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars . . . . . . . . 1,000 00

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars 2,000 00

FoT auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand five hundred dollars . . 1,500 00

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding seven thousand
dollars . . . ... . . 7,000 00

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars . 13,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

393

Item
16 For highways, inchiding state highways, bridges
and land damages, a sum not exceeding sixt}'-
five thousand dollars .....

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

eleven thousand dollars .....

20 For the infirmary, a sum not exceeding forty-five

thousand dollars ......

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand five hundred eighty-two
dollars and thirty-one cents ....

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding four thou-

sand dollars .......

And the county commissioners of Barnstable county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of two hundred five
thousand six hundred twelve dollars and fifty-
eight cents, to be expended, together with the
cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes

Berkshire County.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars .....

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed

by law, a sum not exceeding twenty-four thou-
sand five hundred dollars ....

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars .

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding forty thousand dollars .

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correc-
tion, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand
dollars ........

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-

perior courts, a sum not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand dollars .......

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
two hundred dollars .....

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding five thousand
five hundred dollars .....

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a simi not ex-

ceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding eight thousand
dollars ........

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in countj' build-

ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding sixteen thousand five hundred
dollars ........

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred
sixty thousand dollars .....

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars ........

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
_ county tax,

$65,000 00 Barnstable.

11,000 00

45,000 00

3,000 00

1,582 31
4,000 00

$205,612 58

Appropria-

$13,000 00 *'°°S; etc., and
' county tax,

Berkshire.

24,500 00
12,500 00
40,000 00

35,000 00
25,000 00

15,000 00

1,200 00

5,500 00
1,800 00

8,000 00

16,500 00

160,000 00
1,000 00

394

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Berkshire.

Item

18 For training school, .1 sum not exceeding one thou-

sand six hundred dolhirs . . . . . $1,600 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

twelve thousand dollars 12,000 00

20 For the sanatorium (Hampshire County), a sum not

exceeding eight thousand five hundred dollars . 8,500 00

21 For the care and maintenance of Greylock state

reservation, a sum not exceeding eight thousand

five hundred dollars 8,500 00

For the care and maintenance of Mount Everett
state reservation, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars .......

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding eight hundred

fifty dollars .......

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand
five hundred dollars ......

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand five hundred dollars .

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding five thou-

sand dollars .......

And the county commissioners of Berkshire county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of three hundred sixty
thousand eight hundred seventy-seven dollars
and fifty-nine cents, to be expended, together with
the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes . . $360,877 59

500 00

850 00

3,500 00

1,500 00

5,000 00

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Bristol.

12
14

Bristol Counly,

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

thirty-five thousand dollars . . . . $35,000 00

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

fifty-one thousand dollars .... 51,000 00

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding forty-one thousand
dollars 41,000 00

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding fifty thousand dollars . . . 50,000 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars . 100,000 00

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding ninety thousand
dollars . . , . . . . . . 90,000 00

P'or criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding forty-three thousand dollars . . 43,000 00

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-
perior courts, a sum not exceeding forty-five
thousand dollars 45,000 00

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars . ... . . . . 1,000 00

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding twelve thou-
sand dollars 12,000 00

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars .... 5,000 00

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars 15,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

395

Item

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-

ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceedinp; ilf ty-six thousand dollars

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages, a sum not exceeding one
hundred eighty-two thousand dollars

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thou-

sand dollars .......

IS For training school, a sum not exceeding thirteen

thousand dollars ......

19 For the agricultural school, a sum not exceeding

fifty thousand dollars .....

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding seven thousand

dollars ........

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding two thousand
five hundred dollars .....

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-eight thousand nine hundred
ninety-three dollars and eight cents .

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thou-

sand dollars .......

And the county commissioners of Bristol county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner i)rovided by law, the sum of seven hundred
four thousand two hundred twenty-one dollars,
to be expended, together with the cash balance
on hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes ......

Appropria-
tions, etc , and

$56,000 00 Eol'"'

182,000 00

7,000 00

13,000 00

50,000 00

7,000 00

2,500 00

38,993 08
10,000 00

$704,221 00

County of Dukes County.

For interest on coimty debt, a sum not exceeding
two thousand two hundred ten dollars and thirty-
two cents .......

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
eleven thousand nine hundred forty-eight dollars
and seventy cents . . . . .

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding five thousand forty-
one dollars and twenty-one cents

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not
exceeding seven hundred dollars

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars .

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dol-
lars ........

For criminal costs, in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars ....

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-
perior courts, a sum not exceeding eight hun-
dred dollars .......

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty dollars .......

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ........

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-
ceeding three hundred dollars ....

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
> Oin "iO county tax,
.,^iu o^ Dukes County.

11,948 70

5,041 21

700 00

2,000 00

900 00

500 00

800 00

150 00

500 00

300 00

396

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Dukes County.

Item
14

18
20
23

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buiklings, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars . $1,000 00

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding one thousand eight hundred
dollars . . . . . . . .

For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars . . . .

For training school, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars .......

For the hospital, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current year, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars . . . . . . .

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding six hundred
dollars ........

And the county commissioners of the county of
Dukes County are hereby authorized to levy as
the county tax of said county for the current
year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
thirty-two thousand seven hundred fifty-four
dollars and seven cents, to be expended, together
with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources for the above purposes . . $32,754 07

1,S00

4,000 00

1,000

2,000

500

GOO

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Essex.

Essex County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

fifty-five thousand dollars .... $55,000 00

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

two hundred twenty-three thousand dollars . 223,000 00

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding fifty-three thousand
five hundred dollars 53,500 00

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not
exceeding eighty-six thousand nine hundred dol-
lars 86,900 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not
exceeding one hundred seventy-two thousand
dollars 172,000 00

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding seventy-seven thou-
sand five hundred fifty dollars .... 77,550 00

For crhninal costs in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding ninety-two thousand five hundred
dollars . . _ . . ... . 92,500 00

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-
perior courts, a sum not exceedhig ninety-five
thousand dollars 95,000 00

For trial justices, a sum not exceeding five thousand

one hundred dollars . . . . . 5,100 00

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
six hundred dollars . . . . . . 1,600 00

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding thirteen thou-
sand dollars 13,000 00

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

397

Item

14 For repairing, furiiisliing and improving county

Ijiiililings, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine
tlioutiand two hundred dollars ....

If) For care, fuel, lights anil supplies in county build-
ings, other than jails and hou.ses of correction, a
sum not exceeding sixt\'-six thousand dollars

10 For highways, including state highways, bridges
anil land damages, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred eighty-four thousand five hundred dollars .

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding eight thou-
sand five hundred dollars .....

15 For training scliool, a sum not exceeding fifty-four

thousand dollars ......

19 For the maintenance of the independent agricultural
school, a sum not exceeding one hundred forty-
three thousand one hundred twenty-five dol-
lars ........

19a For the equipment of the independent agricultural
school, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding five thousand

seven hundred fifty dollars ....

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand
six hundred twenty-seven dollars and six cents
23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars ....

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thou-

sand dollars .......

And the county commissioners of Essex county are
hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said county for the current year, in the manner
provided Iw law, the sum of one million one hun-
dred forty-six thousand one hundred thirty-
three dollars and sixty-three cents, to be expended,
together with the cash balance on hand and the
receipts from other sources, for the above pur-
poses ....... $

Appropria-
tions, etc., and

$29,200 00 ?.?""*y ♦*"•

G(),000 00

284,500 00

8,500 00

54,000 00

143,125 00

3,000 00
5,750 00

3,627 06

5,000 00

10,000 00

1,146,133 63

Franklin County.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

six thousand six hundred dollars

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

twenty-three thousand nine hundred seventy-one
dollars and seventy-four cents ....

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed

by law, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
eight hundred fifty dollars ....

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding five thousand six hundred dollars

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding fourteen thousand five hundred
dollars ........

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding twenty-four thou-
sand five hundred dollars ....

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding five thousand dollars

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-

perior courts, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
dollars ........

Appropria-
3,600 00 tions, etc.. and

county tax,
Franklin.

23,971 74

13,850 00
5,600 00

14,500 00

24,500 00
5,000 00

12,000 00

398

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 354.

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
County tax,
FrankUn.

Item

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding two hun-

dted and fifty dollars . . . . . $250 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the Insane, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-

ceeding one thousand five hundred dollars .

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-

ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars

IG For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding fifty-eight
thousand dollars ......

16a For the examination of dams, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars .....

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand seven hundred dollars ....

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

eight thousand three hundred dollars

20 For the sanatorium (Hampshire County), a sura

not exceeding ten thousand one hundred thirty-
one dollars .......

21 For Mount Sugar Loaf state reservation, a sum

not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dol-
lars ........

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding four hundred

eighty dollars .......

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars and eighty-eight cents ....
23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars ....

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding five thou-

sand dollars .......

And the county commissioners of Franklin county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of one hundred forty-
eight thousand eight hundred seventy dollars,
to be expended, together with the cash balance
on hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes ...... $148,870 00

2,000 00

1,500 00

3,000 00

9,000 00

58,000 00

4,000 00

2,700 00

8,300 00

10,131 00

1,800 00

480 00

500 88

1,000 00

5,000 00

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Hampden.

Hampden County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

ninety-seven thousand dollars .... $97,000 00

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

one hundred twenty thousand dollars . . 120,000 00

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding forty-two thousand
dollars . . 42,000 00

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars . . . 55,000 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding eighty-eight thousand dollars . 88,000 00

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding seventy-five thou-
sand dollars 75,000 00

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 354.

399

Item

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceedinf!: thirty-eight thousand dollars

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-

perior courts, a sum not exceeding sixty thousand
dollars . . . . . .

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding one thou-

sand dollars . . . . . . .

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand five hundred dollars . . .

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding twelve thou-
sand dollars .......

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-

ceeding ten thousand dollars ....

13 For building county buildings, a sum not exceeding

thirtj' thousand dollars .....

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dol-
lars . . . . . . . .

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-

ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding sixty thousand dollars .

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred fifty thousand dollars ....

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thou-

sand dollars . . . . .

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding forty-five

thousand dollars ......

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirty thousand dollars .....

20 For the sanatorium (Hampshire County), a sum

not exceeding fifteen thousand eight hundred
ninety-seven dollars and twelve cents

21 For Mount Tom state reservation, a sum not ex-

ceeding ten thousand five hundred dollars .

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding five thousand

five hundred dollars . . . .

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand
eight hundred twenty-two dollars and seventy-
seven cents .......

23a For bills of previous years, a sum not exceeding
nine thousand nine hundred seven dollars and
thirty-six cents ......

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thou-

sand dollars . . _ .

And the county commissioners of Hampden county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the sum of eight hundred
thousand dollars, to be expended, together with
the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes

A ppropria-

$38,000 00 irnVt'air"^

Hampden.
00,000 00
1,000 00

1,500 00

12,000 00
10,000 00
30,000 00

10,000 00

60,000 00

150,000 00

7,000 00

45,000 00

30,000 00

15,897 12

10,500 00

5,500 00

3,822 77

9,907 36
10,000 00

$800,000 00

Hampshire County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding
seven thousand dollars .....

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars .....

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand
five hundred dollars .....

Appropria-
$7,000 00 tions. etc., and
county tax,

30,000 00 ^'■'^^'^'^■

17,500 00

400

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Hampshire.

Item
4

12
13

22
23

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding nine thousand dollars . . . $9,000 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum
not exceeding twenty-two thousand five hundred
dollars 22,500 00

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding twenty-one thou-
sand five hundred dollars .... 21,500 00

For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding thirty thousand dollars . . . 30,000 00

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-
perior courts, a sum not exceeding seven thou-
sand dollars 7,000 00

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars . . 1,000 00

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars 4,000 00

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars .... 2,000 00

For building county buildings, a sum not exceeding

five thousand dollars ..... 5,000 00

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding seven thousand
dollars . . ... . . 7,000 00

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars . 12,000 00

For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty thousand dollars .... 150,000 00

For law libraries, a sum not exceeding one thousand

two hundred dollars 1,200 00

For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

nine thousand dollars ..... 9,000 00

For the sanatorium, a sum not exceeding eight

thousand dollars . . . . . . 8,000 00

For Mount Tom state reservation, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars .... 2,000 00

For pensions, a sum not exceeding one thousand nine

hundred dollars 1,900 00

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current year, a sum not exceeding one thousand
two hundred dollars ] ,200 00

For a reserve fimd, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand dollars . . . . . _ . . 10,000 00

And the county commissioners of Hampshire county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of two hundred eighty-
nine thousand thirty dollars and thirty-six cents,
to be expended, together with the cash balance
on hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes $289,030 36

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Middlesex.

Middlesex County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

sixty thousand dollars $60,000 00

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars . . 135,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

401

Item

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed

by law, a sum not exceeding sixty-nine thousand
dollars ........

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding two hundred thirty-seven thousand
dollars . . . . . . . ' .

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding two hundred fifty-nine thousand
dollars ........

G For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding one hundred eighty-
seven thousand dollars .....

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding two hundred seventy thousand dollars

S For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-
perior courts, a sum not exceeding one hundred
seventy-five thousand dollars ._

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars . . . . . . . _ .

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
five hundred dollars . . . .

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven
thousand dollars ......

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-

ceeding twent.v-nine thousand dollars

14 , For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
thousand dollars ......

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum
not exceeding one hundred thirty-seven thousand
dollars ........

16 For highwa3^s, including state highways, bridges

and land damages, a sum not exceeding three
hundred fifteen thousand dollars

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding thirteen

thousand five hundred dollars . . .

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding forty-five

thousand dollars ......

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirty thousand dollars .....

21 For Walden Pond state reservation, a sum not ex-

ceeding seven thousand dollars ....

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding twenty-five

thousand dollars ......

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars ........

23a For bills of previous years, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars .....

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thou-

sand dollars .......

And the county commissioners of Middlesex county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of one million six hun-
dred ninety-six thousand five hundred seventy-
six dollars and eighty-three cents, to be expended,
together wuth the cash balance on hand and the
receipts from other sources, for the above pur-
poses $1,696,576 83

Appropria-
tions, etc., and

$69,000 00 Si^r-

237,000 00
259,000 00

187,000 00
270,000 00

175,000 00
1,000 00

1,.500 00

27,000 00
29,000 00

75,000 00

137,000 00

315,000 00
13,500 00
45,000 00
30,000 00
7,000 00
25,000 00

5,000 00

3,000 00

10,000 00

402

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Norfolk.

Item
1

Norfolk County.

For interest on cotinty debt, a sum not exceeding

fifteen thousand dollars ..... $15,000 00

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

thirty-four th6usand forty-five dollars and eighty-
five cents . . . . . . . 34,045 85

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed

by law, a sum not exceeding thirty-three thou-
sand dollars . 33,000 00

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding seventy-two thousand five hundred

dollars . . . . . . . . 72,500 00

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding eighty-three thousand dollars . 83,000 00

0 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding forty-three thousand
dollars . . . . . . . . 43,000 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding fifty-two thousand dollars . . . 52,000 00

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-

perior courts, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight

thousand dollars 38,000 00

10 For transportation expenses of covmty and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding two thousand

dollars . ... . . . . 2,000 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars 10,000 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-

ceeding five thousand dollars .... 5,000 00

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand

dollars . . . ... . . 15,000 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-

ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a

sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars . 55,000 00

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred forty-five thousand dollars . . . 245,000 00

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding eight thou-

sand dollars 8,000 00

19 For the agricultural school, a sum not exceeding

seventy-one thousand three hundred dollars . 71,300 00

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding four thousand

five hundred dollars ..... 4,500 00

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding seven thousand
nine hundred ninety-two dollars and thirty-one

cents 7,992 31

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing three thousand dollars .... 3,000 00

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding eight thou-

sand five hundred dollars .... 8,500 00

And the county commissioners of Norfolk county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of si-x himdred sixty
thousand dollars, to be expended, together with
the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes . . $660,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

403

Item
1

7
8

12
14

17
18
19
22
23

23a
24

Plymouth County.

For interost on county debt, a sum not oxroeding
thirty-one thousand seven hunch'ed ilollars

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceediuf^
sixty-two tliousand dollars ....

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding twenty-four thou-
sand fifty dollars ......

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not
exceeding thirty thousand dollars

For salaries and expenses of distrit^t courts, a sum
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars .

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of correc-
tion, a sum not exceeding ninety thousand dol-
lars ........

For criminal co.sts in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding seventy-five thousantl dollars

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-
perior courts, a sum not exceeding twenty-six
thousand dollars ......

For transportation expen.ses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
five hundred dollars .....

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding six thousand
dollars ........

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars ....

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
))uildings, a sum not exceeding six tliousand
dollars ........

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding seventeen thousand five hun-
dred dollars .......

For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred forty-one thousand eight hundred ninety-
seven dollars .......

For law libraries, a sum not exceeding five hundred
fifty dollars .......

For training school, a sum not exceeding six thou-
sand five hundred dollars ....

For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding
eight thousand dollars .....

For pensions, a sum not exceeding three thousand
fifteen dollars .......

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand
seven hundred sixty-two dollars and thirty-one
cents ........

For bills of previous years, a sum not exceeding
seventeen thousand seven hundred and seventy
dollars ........

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand dollars .......

And the county commissioners of Plymouth county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the sum of five hundred and
forty thousand dollars, to be expended, together
with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources, for the above purposes .

Appropria-
$31,700 00 *^'"na' etc., and
county tax,
Plymouth.

02,000 00

24,0.'50

30,000

50,000

90,000

75,000

20,000

1,500 00

6,000

5,000

G,000 00

17,500 00

141,897 00

550 00

0,500 00

8,000 00

3,015 00

3,702 31

17,770 00

10,000 00

$540,000 CO

404

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 354.

Appropria-
tions, etc., and
county tax,
Worcester.

Item
1

Worcester County.

For interest on county de1)t, a sum not exceeding

eleven thousand five hundred doHars . . $11,500 GO

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed

by law, a sum not exceeding fifty-three thousand

dollars 53,000 00

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding eighty thousand dollars . . . 80,000 00

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding one hundred twenty-eight thou-
sand dollars ....... 128,000 00

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding eighty-eight thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . 88,000 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding ninety thousand dollars . . . 90,000 00

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and su-

perior courts, a sum not exceeding ninetj'-five

thousand dollars 95,000 00

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars 1,000 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding two thousand

five hundred dollars . . . . . 2,500 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding seventeen

thousand dollars 17,000 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-

ceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thou-
sand dollars 22,000 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum
not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars . . 55,000 00

10 For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding three hundred
fifty thousand dollars . . . . . 350,000 00

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thou-

sand dollars ....... 7,000 00

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding twenty-

two thousand dollars . . . . . 22,000 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirty thousand dollars 30,000 00

21 For Mount Wachusett and Purgatory Chasm state

reservations, a sum not exceeding eighteen thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . • 18,000 00

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand

dollars ........ 20,000 00

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding four thousand

dollars 4,000 00

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars .... 6,000 00

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thou-

sand dollars . 10,000 00

And the county commissioners of Worcester county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of nine himdred thou-
sand dollars, to be expended, together with the
cash balance on hand and the receipts from other
sources, for the above purposes , . . $900,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 355. 405

Section 3. No liability in excess of appropriations pro- No liability in
vided for under this act shall be incurred in any county by p''r!atfons'to'bo'
any olKcial of such county, except in cases of emergency, ^"cept^'i'tc.
and then only upon the prior written approval of a majority
of the county commissioners. No liability in excess of any Same in case of
appropriation provided for under this act shall be incurred attorney.
in any county by a district attorney, except in case of an except, etc.
emergency and then only upon the prior written approval
of the attorney general. Approved May 21, 192G.

Chap.355

An Act pkoviding for the temporary imposition of an
estate tax.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would be in- Emergency
consistent with its convenient administration, therefore it is p''^'^'^'®-
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. A tax is hereby imposed upon the transfer of Temporary
the estate of every person dying after February twenty-sixth, an estate tax.
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and before June first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, who at the time of
death was a resident of this commonwealth, the amount of
which shall be the amount by which eighty per cent of the
estate tax payable to the United States under the pro-
visions of the federal revenue act of nineteen hundred and
twenty-six shall exceed the aggregate amount of all estate,
inheritance, legac}^ and succession taxes actually paid to the
several states of the United States in respect to any prop-
erty owned by such decedent or subject to such taxes as a
part of or in connection with his estate.

Section 2. The tax imposed by this act shall become due Tax, when due
and payable at the expiration of eighteen months from ^^^ payable.
the date of death, and executors, administrators, trustees,
grantees, donees, beneficiaries and surviving joint ow'ners
shall be and remain liable for the tax until it is paid. If the interest if not
tax is not paid when due, interest at the rate of six per cent ^^^^' ®*°'
per annum shall be charged and collected from the time the
same became payable. The commissioner of corporations Extension of
and taxation, hereinafter called the commissioner, may, how- p^ment, etc.
ever, for cause shown extend the time for payment with or
without interest for such period as the circumstances require.

Section 3. If after the payment of the tax under this
act there shall become payable a tax under chapter sixty- Tax paid to be
five of the General Laws upon any future interest in any tl^'^pa'^yabfe^'"^'^
property ow^ned by such decedent or subject to such tax 65°of oe^nemf
as a part of or in connection with his estate, the tax paid Laws if, etc.
under this act shall be credited against such tax under said
chapter sixty-five, but the amount so credited shall not in
any event exceed the amount of the tax on such future
interest.

406

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 355.

Certain provi-
sions of General
Laws to apply,
eto.

No lien, etc.

Filing of
returns, etc.

Proviso.

Persons other
than executor
or administra-
tor paying tax,
etc., to be
reimbursed, etc.

Tax imposed
to be changed
upon increase
or decrease of
certain tax
imposed by
federal revenue
act, etc.

Act to become
void and of no
effect, etc.

Section 4. The provLsions of section twenty-seven of
cliapter fifty-eight of the General Laws rehitive to the re-
payment of illegal taxes and all provisions of said chapter .
sixty-five relative to the determination, certification and
collection of the tax imposed by said cliapter, relative to
the refund or recovery of taxes assessed and collected with-
out authority of law and relative to the determination of
questions concerning the tax and all necessary administrative
provisions of said chapter sixty-five shall also be eft'ective
in reference to all corresponding matters arising in connec-
tion with the tax hereunder, except that no lien shall attach
to any property of any estate on account of the tax imposed
hereunder. The commissioner shall have authority to re-
quire all persons or corporations liable for the payment of
taxes hereunder to file returns in such form as he may pre-
scribe; provided, that no return shall be required of any
estate where the property owned by the decedent and the
property subject to tax under said chapter sixty-five as a
part of or in connection with his estate do not aggregate a
sum in excess of two million dollars.

Section 5. If the tax or any part thereof is paid by, or
collected out of that part of the estate passing to or in the
possession of, any person other than the executor or ad-
ministrator in his capacity as such, such person shall be
entitled to reimbursement out of any part of the estate
still undistributed or to a just and equitable contribution by
the persons whose interest in the estate of the decedent would
have been reduced if the tax liad been paid before the dis-
tribution of the estate or whose interest is subject to equal
or prior liability for the payment of taxes, debts or other
charges against the estate.

Section 6. If the amount of tax imposed by Title III of
said revenue act shall be increased or decreased as affecting
an estate taxable hereunder subsequent to the payment of
the tax on account of such estate imposed by section one
of this act, the tax imposed upon such estate hereunder
shall be changed accordingly. Any additional tax shall be
assessed by the commissioner and paid within thirty days
after the date of the notice from the commissioner of the
amount thereof. Any excess tax received by the common-
wealth shall be refunded within thirty days after the amount
shall have been certified by the commissioner with interest
at six per cent from the date of payment, without appro-
priation.

Section 7. This act shall become void and of no effect in
respect to the estates of persons who die subsequent to the
effective date of the repeal of Title III of said federal revenue
act or of the provision thereof providing for a credit of the
taxes paid to the several states of the United States not
exceeding eighty per cent of the tax imposed by said Title
III. If said provision for such a credit shall be declared
void, this act shall be null and void and all taxes paid here-
under shall be refunded with interest at six per cent from

Acts, 1920. -^ Chap. 356. 407

the date of payniont, and the time for bringing any petition
in aeeordance with tlie provisions of chapter sixty-five of
the General Laws shall he extended for one year from the
date when said provision shall be deelareil void.

Approved May 21, 1026,

Chap.356

An Act relative to the laying out and construction
of certain town ways or streets in the town of
lexington and to the assessment of betterments
therefor.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All action by the town of Lexington and by Action by town

lying

any of its boards or ofhcers for the purpose of laying out CL^^To^fay"
and constructing Pelhani road, CarA'ille avenue, Arcadia ^'"'^ =*"d con
avenue, Wilson avenue, Cliffe avenue. Grant street and Oak certain town
street as public town ways in said town in so far as such vaiTdated.'
action may be invalid by reason of failure to comply with
any provision of chapters seventy-nine, eighty and eighty-
two of the General Laws is hereby validated and confirmed;
provided, that an order of taking is adopted in each case Proviso.
by the selectmen of said town and recorded in tlie registry
of deeds in accordance with said chapter seventy-nine not
later than thirty days after the effective date of this act.
The time within which petitions for the assessment of dam- Petitions for
ages for the takings for the aforesaid improvements may be d;fmag2s"when
brought shall run from the recording of said orders of taking, I"-'''' ^.^^

, . , . 1 .."„.,, ^ brought.

subject otherwise to the provisions or said chapter seventy-
nine. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of Assessment of
said chapter eighty limiting the period for assessing better-
ments to six months after the completion of the improve-
ment and the provisions of section two of the said chapter
eighty prohibiting any such assessment unless the order of
taking, plan and estimate are recorded in the registry of
deeds within thirty days from the adoption of the order,
betterments for such of the said improvements as were laid
out under an order which expressly stated that betterments
were to be assessed and which was recorded in the registry
of deeds before such improvement was constructed, may be
assessed, subject otherwise to the provisions of said chapter
eighty, at any time within six months after said effective
date, if otherwise in accordance with law. The lien for Lien for such
said assessment shall take effect as of the date of the re- assessment.
cording of such order. The selectmen of said town may Certain powers
adopt an order for the taking of land for the purposes of ai to taking of
the town way known as Highland avenue, which may con- land for pur-
tain the description and estimate, and refer to a plan, in wiiy known as
accordance with section two of said chapter eighty, and ^'|nue?etc.
may cause said order and plan to be recorded, not later than
thirty days after the effective date of this act; and in such
case said order, the laying out of said way, and the assess-
ment of betterments therefor, if otherwise in accordance
with law, shall be valid, notwithstanding the failure of said

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selectmen to have adopted said order and to have caused
said order and plan to be recorded within the time specified
Proviso. in said chapters seventy-nine, eighty and eighty-two; pro-

vided, that if any land within the area shown on said plan
has been alienated between the date of the laying out of
said way and the recording of said order of taking said town
shall assume the betterments thereon.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 21, 1926.

Chap.Zbl An Act relative to the construction of the northern

ROUTE BETWEEN BOSTON AND THE TERRITORY NORTH AND

Emergency
preamble.

EAST THEREOF,

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessar}^ for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

1924, 489, § 1,
first par., etc.,
amended.

Metropolitan
district com-
mission may
take lands, etc.,
for constructing
northern route
between Boston
and territory
north and east
thereof.
Takings not to
constitute
revocation of
certain elevated
railway loca-
tions, etc.

1924, 489, § 1,
last par., etc.,
amended.

Commission
may sell and
convey certain
property not
needed, etc.,
for said way.

Proceeds of
sales, etc.,
disposition, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and
eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, as amended by chapter three hundred and nineteen of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence of the first para-
graph and inserting in place thereof the following: — The
commission may, in the name and on behalf of the com-
monwealth, take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or other-
wise, in fee or otherwise, such lands or rights therein as it
may deem necessary to lay out and construct the way above
described; but no taking under authority of this act when-
ever made shall be deemed to constitute a revocation of
any part of the locations of the elevated railway route con-
structed under the direction of section twenty-one of chap-
ter five hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and six, nor to aft'ect tlie right of the Boston Elevated Rail-
way Company to maintain and operate the elevated portion
of said elevated railway route at present existing.

Section 2. Said section one, as amended as aforesaid,
is hereby further amended by striking out the last para-
graph and inserting in place thereof the following: — After
so much of the above specified land and property has been
appropriated for said way as is needed therefor, said com-
mission may, in the name and on behalf of the common-
wealth, sell and convej' the remainder for value, with or
without suitable restrictions. The commission may also,
in the name and on the behalf of the commonwealth, sell
and convey land and property or any interest therein, or
abandon any such interest less than fee, taken or acquired
but no longer needed for the actual construction of said
way, with or without suitable restrictions. The proceeds of
all land and property so sold and of all betterments levied

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 358. 409

.and colloctcd uikKt tin's .act shall be p.aid to the coininoii-
weulth and applied to the j)aynient of the notes issued under
section five.

Locations in said way for conduits, pipes, wires, street Locations in
railway tracks, poles and other structures may be granted co'nduUs, pfpes.
in the manner provided by law with reference to locations '"'"^' etc.
in public streets or ways in Cambridge and Somerville,
respectively.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 21, 1926.

An XcT providing for precinct voting, representative QJjnj) 35©
TOWN meetings, TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, A REFEREN-
DUM AND A MODERATOR TO SERVE FOR A YEAR IN THE
TOWN OF DEDIIAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section ]. l^pon the acceptance of this act by the town Precinct voting,
of Dedham, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen and the towTmeeUngs
board of assessors, acting jointly and hereinafter referred to ^r^A^"}.*"^"
as the districting board, shall forthwith divide the territory
thereof into not less than four nor more than eight voting
precincts, each of which shall be plainly designated and shall
contain not less than four hundred registered voters.

The precincts shall be so established as to consist of com- Precincts,
pact and contiguous territory, to be bounded, as far as pos- |stabiishment,
sible, by the center lines of known streets and ways or by
other well defined limits. Their boundaries shall be reviewed
and, if need be, wholly or partly revised by the districting
board in October, once in five years, or in October of any
year when so directed by a vote of a representative town
meeting held not later than September thirtieth of that year.

The districting board shall within ten days after any Districting
establishment or revision of the precincts file reports of their dofngs^et'cf.^"'^*
doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the
assessors with a map or maps or description of the precincts
and the names and residences of the registered voters therein.
The districting board shall also cause to be posted in the
town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts as
established or revised from time to time, with the names
and residences of the registered voters therein. They shall
also cause to be posted in at least one public place in each
precinct a map or description of that precinct, with the names
and residences of the registered voters therein. The division Division into
of the town into voting precincts and any revision of such l^^'^l effective
precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the date, etc.
report thereof by the districting board with the town clerk.
Whenever the precincts are established or revised, the town Town clerk to
clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the state niTticIto^tate
secretary, stating the number, designation and official de- secretary, etc.
scription of such precincts. Meetings of the registered Meetings of
voters of the several precincts, as established or revised as Ind^wLwe'to
hereinbefore provided, for elections, for primaries, and for beheld.

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Certain provi-
sions of general
laws to apply,
etc.

Representative
town meeting
membership,
number, etc.

Town meeting
members, elec-
tion, terms, etc,

Notice to mem-
bers elected.

Town meetings
limited to
certain elected
members and
members at
large, etc.

voting upon any question to be submitted to all the voters
of the town shall be held on the same day and at the same
hour, and at such place or places within the town as the
selectmen shall in the warrant for such meeting direct. The
provisions of the general laws relating to precinct voting at
elections, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this
act, shall apply to all elections and primaries in the town
upon the establishment of voting precincts as hereinbefore
provided.

Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, the representative
town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of
the largest number divisible by three which will not exceed
three per cent of the registered voters in the precinct. The
registered voters in every precinct shall, at the first annual
town election held after the establishment thereof, and at
the first annual town election following any precinct revision,
conformably to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent
with this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters
in the precinct, other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, provided for in the
first sentence of this section, to be town meeting members
of the town. The first third, in order of votes received, of
members so elected shall serve three years, the second third
in such order shall serve two years, and the remaining third
in such order shall serve one year, from the day of the
annual town meeting; in case of a tie vote affecting the
division into thirds as aforesaid the members elected from
the precinct shall by ballot determine the same; and there-
after, except as is otherwise provided herein, at each annual
town election the registered voters of each precinct shall, in
like manner, elect one third of the number of elected town
meeting members to which that precinct is entitled for the
term of three years, and shall at such election fill for the un-
expired term or terms any vacancy or vacancies then exist-
ing in the number of elected town meeting members in anj'^
precinct. Upon every revision of the precincts the terms
of office of all elected town meeting members from every
precinct shall cease upon the qualification of their succes-
sors, who shall be elected at the annual town election held
next after such revision. The town clerk shall, after every
election of town meeting members, forthwith notify each
such member by mail of his election.

Acts, 1020. — Chap. 358. 411

of the soliool cominittoo, the eli:ii'rinan of tlie hoard of as-
sessors, the ehainnaii of tlie cemetery eoninu'ssion, the chair-
man of the hoard of Jiealtli, tlie chairman of the overseers of
the poor and the chairman of the warrant committee. Any Cprtain elected
elected town meeting member who is appointed or elected mmnbers! whca
to an oflicc the holder of which for the time being is herein gyjif etc*" ^^
designated as a town meeting member at large shall there-
upon cease to be an elected town meeting member. The Notice of town
town clerk shall notify the town meeting members of the "'<=<=t'"ss. etc.
time and place at which representative town meetings are
to be held, such notices to be sent by mail at least seven
days before the meeting and to be in addition to the war-
rant for such meeting duly published.

The elected town meeting members as aforesaid shall be JmiResof
the judges of the election and qualification of such mem- of^memijers. '
hers. A majority of the town meeting members shall con- Quorum,
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less
number may organize temporarily and may adjourn from
time to time. Notice of every adjourned representative Notice of ad-
town meeting shall be posted by the town clerk in one or meetings to be
more public places in each precinct, and he shall notify the Pasted, etc.
members by mail of the adjournment at least twenty-four
hours before the time of the adjourned representative town
meeting. The notices shall state briefly the business to be
acted upon at any meeting and shall include notice of any
proposed reconsideration. All town meetings shall l)e pub- Meetings
lie. The town meeting members as such shall receive no m1„!!„,^„„=o
compensatmn. Subject to such conditions as may be de- tion.
termined from time to time by the representative town
meeting mcml)ers, any registered voter of the town who is Voters may
not a town meeting member may speak at any representa- meetings, etc.
tive town meeting, but shall not vote. An elected town Resignations.
meeting member may resign by filing a written resignation
with the town clerk and such resignation shall take effect
upon the date of such filing. Any town meeting member Removal from
who removes from the town, or any elected town meeting c?^ct, "effect"
member who removes from one ])recinct to another or is so
removed by a revision of precincts, shall thereupon cease to
be a town meeting member.

Skction 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting Nomination of
members to be elected under this act shall be made by town meeting
nomination papers which shall have no political designa- [JJade*""^^' *^°"
tions, and shall be signed by not less than ten registered
voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides and
filed with the town clerk at least ten days before the elec-
tion; provided, that any elected town meeting member may Proviso.
become a candidate for re-election by giving written notice
thereof to the town clerk at least thirty days before election.
No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any candi- Acceptance of
date whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached '^°™"^*
thereto when filed.

Section 5. The articles in the warrant for every town Warrant

meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the mod- acted^uponr

etc.

412

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 358.

Moderator,
election, etc.

Moderator
pro tempore.

Vacancies in
full number of
town meeting
members,
filling, etc.

Notice of
vacancy.

Calling of spe-
cial meeting.

Choice by
ballot.

Certificate of
choice, etc.

Certain votes,
when operative.

erator, town officers, and town meeting members, as herein-
before provided, to referenda and to all matters to be acted
upon and, determined by ballot of the town, shall be so
acted upon and determined by the registered voters in their
respective meetings by precincts. All other articles in the
warrant for any town meeting, beginning with the annual
town meeting in the year when said town meeting members
are first elected, shall be acted upon and determined exclu-
sively by town meeting members at a representative town
meeting to be held at such time and place as shall be set
forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting, and
subject to the referendum provided for by section eight.

Section 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot by
the registered voters of the town at each annual town elec-
tion and shall serve as moderator of all town meetings, ex-
cept as otherwise provided by law, until a successor is elected
and qualified. Nominations for and election of a moderator
shall be as in the case of other elective town officers, and any
vacancy in the office may be filled by the town meeting
members at a representative town meeting held for that
purpose. If a moderator is absent, a moderator pro tempore
may be elected by the town meeting members.

Section 7. Any vacancy in the full number of elected
town meeting members from any precinct may be filled
until the next annual election by the remaining tov/n meet-
ing members of the precinct from among the registered
voters thereof. Notice of any vacancy shall promptly be
given by the town clerk to the remaining members from the
precinct in which the vacancy or vacancies exist, and he
may, and upon a petition therefor signed by not less than
ten elected town meeting members from the precinct shall,
call a special meeting of such members for the purpose of
filling such vacancy, notice of the purpose, time and place
whereof shall be mailed to every such member not less than
seven days before the time set for the meeting. At the said
meeting a majority of the members from such precinct shall
constitute a quorum, and they shall elect from their own
number a chairman and a clerk. The choice to fill any
vacancy shall be by written ballot and a majority of the
votes cast shall be required for a choice. The chairman
and clerk shall count the ballots and shall make a certificate
of the choice and forthwith file the same with the town
clerk, together with a written acceptance by the member or
members so chosen, who shall thereupon be deemed to be
elected and qualified as an elected town meeting member or
members, subject to the right of all the elected town meet-
ing members to judge of the election and qualifications of
the members, as set forth in section three.

Section 8. A vote passed at any representative town
meeting authorizing the expenditure of twenty-five thou-
sand dollars or more as a special appropriation shall not be
operative until after the expiration of five days, exclusive of

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 358. 413

Sundays and liolidays, from tlic dissolution of the meeting.
If, within said iive days a petition, signed by not less than Referendum,
fifty registered voters from each precinct, containing their
names and addresses, as they appear on the list of registered
voters is filed with the selectmen requesting that the ques-
tion or questions involved in such vote be submitted to the
voters of the town at large, then the selectmen, within four-
teen days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special
meeting of the voters of the town at large, which shall be
held within ten days after the issuing of the call, for the
sole purpose of presenting to such voters the question or
questions so involved. The polls shall be opened at two Polling hours,
o'clock in the afternoon and shall be closed not earlier than
eight o'clock in the evening, and all votes upon any questions Votes by
so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list ^ °*' ®**''
shall be used in the several precinct meetings in the same
manner as in the election of town officers. The question or Questions, how
questions so submitted shall be determined by the vote of ® ^^^^^ -^c-
the same proportion of voters at large voting thereon as
would have been required by law of the town meeting mem-
bers had the question been finally determined at a repre-
sentative town meeting. The question or cjuestions so sub- Questions, how
mitted shall be stated upon the ballot in substantially the b^aiiot, etc."
same language and form in which thej'^ were stated when
presented to said representative town meeting b}'^ the mod-
erator as appears from the records of the said meeting. If Vote operative

1 ..^^. nil •!• 1 •! • ^ p f^ 1 if no petition,

such petition is not hied within the said period of hve days, etc.
the vote of the representative town meeting shall become
operative and effective upon the expiration of said period.

Section 9. The town of Dedham, after the acceptance Powers of town
of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and be meeting^mem-
bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when bers, etc.
convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute
representative town meetings; and the representative town
meetings shall exercise exclusively so far as will conform to
the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal
corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of
law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town
affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any repre-
sentative town meeting in accordance with the provisions
of this act have the same force and effect as if such action
had been taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of
the town as heretofore organized and conducted.

Section 10. This act shall not abridge the right of tlie Certain rights
inhabitants of Dedham to hold general meetings, as that et"**^"'^^^'*'
right is secured to them by the constitution of the common-
wealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative
town meeting in Dedham the power finally to commit the
town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or
changing its government, w^ithout action thereon by the
voters of the town at large, using the ballot and check lists
therefor.

414

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 359.

Submission to
voters of town
of Dedham,
etc.

Time of taking
effect.

Section 11. This act sliall be submitted to the regis-
tered voters of tlie town of Dedham for their acceptance at
the next state election, or at any annual meeting or any
special town meeting called for that purpose within two
years from the passage of this act. The vote shall be taken
in precincts by ballot in accordance with the provisions of
general laws, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer
to the question " Shall an act passed by the general court
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six entitled 'An
Act providing for precinct voting, representative town
meetings, town meeting members, a referendum, and a
moderator to serve for a year in the town of Dedham' be
accepted?" If such question is to be voted upon at said
state election, it shall be placed upon the official ballot to
be used at such election; if to be voted upon at a special
meeting called for that purpose, it shall be placed upon the
ballot used for such meeting; and if to be voted upon at an
annual meeting, it shall be placed upon the official ballot
used for the election of town officers.

Section 12. So much of this act as authorizes its sub-
mission for acceptance to the registered voters of the town
of Dedham shall take effect upon its passage, and the re-
mainder shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority
of the voters voting thereon. Approved May 21, 1926.

Chap.359 An Act enabling the metropolitan district commission

TO MAINTAIN THE SHORES OF THE MYSTIC LAKES AS RESER-
VATIONS AND TO PROTECT THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
THEIR WATERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission may, on behalf of
the commonwealth, take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase
or otherwise, such lands or rights in lands on the shores of
the Mystic lakes in the towns of Arlington and Winchester
and the city of Mcdford as it may deem necessary to main-
tain said shores in a condition consistent with the use of
said lakes and shores as public open spaces for exercise and
recreation and to improve and maintain the sanitary condi-
tion of the waters of such lakes; provided, that no private
property shall be taken by eminent domain hereunder with-
out the concurrence of a majority of the commission and of
the board of park commissioners, if any, of the city or town
where said property is situated. For the purpose of carry-
ing out the provisions of this act, said commission may ex-
pend from the Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fund, after
an appropriation has been made, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand dollars. Approved May 21, 1926.

Metropolitan
district com-
mission may
maintain shores
of Mystic lakes
as reservations
and may pro-
tect sanitary
condition of
their waters.

Proviso.

Expenditures.

Acts, 1926, — Chaps. 3G0, 361. 415

An Act to providk furthkr funds for thk completion Chav.^QO

BY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMItSHION OF THE OLD
COLONY BOULEVARD, SO-CALLED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section two of ^^gtHcrcom"
this act, the metrojjolitan district commission may expend mission may
a further sum of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, sum "or con-^'^
in addition to the amounts authorized by cliapter six hun- compietfng'oicl
dred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and Colony bouie-
twelve and chapter tliree hundred and sixty-five of the acts ^ "■ • ^° '^-^ *^ •
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, for the purpose of
constructing and completing the Old Colony boulevard, so-
called, from a point at or near the crossing of Columbia road
and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad to a
point near the Neponset bridge in Boston, and from a point
near the Neponset bridge in Quincy to Quincy shore reser-
vation at Atlantic in said Quincy.

Section 2. To meet the additional expenditure provided Appropriations
tor in section one, there snail be appropriated in nineteen tionai expendi-
hundred and twenty-six a sum not exceeding two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, and in nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven a sum not exceeding five hundred thousand
dollars. One half of the said sums shall be paid by the cities Payment of
and towns of the metropolitan parks district as part of the printed!'"""
cost of maintenance of boulevards under section fifty-six of
chapter ninety-two of the General Laws, and the remaining
one half shall be paid from the Highway Fund.

Approved May 21, 192G.

An Act relative to motor vehicles used in the com- C/i«».361
mission of certain crimes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety of the General Laws is g. l. 90. new
hereby amended by inserting after section twenty -four tlie section after
following new section: — Section 24 A. If a motor vehicle Reports to
is used in connection with the commission of a felony, of any motorTehLies
larceny, or of any offence punishable under any provision of ^^j*?.,'"°*°'" .
sections twent^'-two, one hundred and thirteen to one hun- in commission
dred and seventeen, inclusive, and one hundred and twenty crimes!""
of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, of which a person is
convicted, the material facts relative to such use, including
the registration number of the vehicle, so far as disclosed in
the proceedings, shall be reported forthwith to the registrar
by the clerk of the court in which or by the trial justice
before whom the conviction occurs.

Section 2. Tliis act shall take effect on September first Effective date.
of the current year. Approved May 21, 192G.

416

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 362.

Harbor lines on
northerly side
of portion of
Charles river
changed and
established.

CJiaV.3Q2 ^^ ^^'^' CHANGING CERTAIN HARBOR LINES ON THE CHARLES
RIVER IN THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE AND PRO-
VIDING FOR CERTAIN NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ws:

Section 1. The harbor lines on the northerly side of a
portion of Charles river are hereby changed and established
as follows : — The location of each of the angle and tangent
points in the lines hereinafter described is fixed by a distance
hereinafter called longitude, in feet from a meridian passing
through the center of the apex of the dome of the state house
in Boston, and by a distance hereinafter called latitude, in
feet from a line at right angles to said meridian and passing
through the said center of the apex of the state house dome,
and the bearings refer to the true meridian passing through
the center of said apex. Beginning at point D in latitude
four thousand eighty-nine and three tenths feet north and
longitude five hundred eight and five tenths feet east being
a. point in the harbor line established by chapter one hun-
dred seventy of the acts of eighteen hundred eighty; thence
south eighty-seven degrees fifty-nine minutes four seconds
west about one thousand two Jmndred thirty-eight feet to
point A' in latitude four thousand forty-five and eight
tenths feet north and longitude seven hundred twenty-nine
and one tenth feet west; thence to the left by the arc of a
circle having a radius of seven hundred feet about six hun-
dred fifty-two feet to point B' in latitude three thousand
seven hundred forty-three and six tenths feet north and
longitude one thousand two hundred eighty and seven tenths
feet west; thence south thirty-four degrees thirty-five
minutes thirteen seconds west about seventy-six feet to
point C in latitude three thousand six hundred eighty and
nine tenths feet north and longitude one thousand three
hundred twenty-three and nine tenths feet west; thence to
the right by the arc of a circle having a radius of one hun-
dred twenty feet about one hundred eighty-eight feet to
point D' in latitude three thousand six hundred fifty and
two tenths feet north and longitude one thousand four hun-
dred ninety and nine tenths feet west; thence north fifty-
five degrees twenty-four minutes forty-seven seconds west
about six hundred sixty-one feet to point E' in latitude four
thousand twenty-five and one tenth feet north and longitude
two thousand thirty-five and three tenths feet west being a
point in the harbor line established by said chapter one
hundred seventy and distant two hundred fifty feet north-
erly from and at right angles to the northerly coping line of
the Charles river dam.

Section 2. Those portions of the harbor lines on the
northerly side of Charles river, established by said chapter
one hundred seventy, from point E', above described, to
point D are hereby abolished.

Certain harbor
lines on
Charles river
abolished.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 363. 417

Section 3. Bridges with necessary appurtenances, to- Bridges, etc.,
gether with structures for diverting the flow of water for the Uon/etc'-.'^oin-*'
protection of navigation, may be located or relocated, con- harborffnea on
structed or reconstructed outside the harbor lines established Charles river.
by section one, if, and as, approved by the division of water-
ways and public lands of the department of public works.

Section 4. Said division may require, as a condition to Certain require-

.!• n !■ , 'j^nM' !• 7" ment in con-

the issuance oi any license to permit niiing being made in nection with
the Charles river, between the Charles river dam and the ^^^^^^^
so-called Boston and Lowell freight bridge, that the peti- permit filling
tioner for said license, in order to protect navigation, shall, certeinportion
when and as directed by said division, erect and maintain a °fver^^
structure or structures of a design to be approved by said
division for the diversion of water discharged through the
sluices in said dam where said water flows into the navigable
channelway of said river. Approved May 21, 192G.

An Act establishing entry and other fees in the pro- C/za??.363

BATE COURTS IN CERTAIN CASES, AND INCREASING THE
ENTRY FEE IN THE SUPERIOR AND PROBATE COURTS FOR
LIBELS FOR DIVORCE AND AFFIRMING OR ANNULLING MAR-
RIAGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUotvs:

Section 1. Section four of chapter two hundred ^n<^ ^j^hdel' ^ ^'
sixty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in the eighth line, the words "or of a libel for di-
vorce,"— by striking out the word "which" in the tenth
line and inserting in place thereof the following: — and for
entry in the superior court of a libel for divorce or for af-
firming or annulling marriage, five dollars, each of which
fees, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4- The fees of ofcourts!^'^^^
clerks of courts shall be as follows:

For a blank writ of attachment and summons or an
original summons, five cents.

For a subpoena for one or more witnesses, ten cents.

For a venire facias for jurors, six cents.

For a writ of review or other writ in civil proceedings, not
before mentioned, five cents.

For entry of an action or suit, or of a petition in the su-
preme judicial or superior court or for filing a petition to
the county commissioners, three dollars, and for entry in
the superior court of a libel for divorce or for affirming or
annulling marriage, five dollars, each of which fees shall be
paid by the party entering the same, and no other fee shall
be charged for taxing costs, for issuing any subpoena, in-
junction or execution or for issuing any order of notice or
other mesne, interlocutory or final order, rule, decree or
process authorized by law.

Upon commencement of any proceedings under chapter
two hundred and twenty-four or under chapter two hun-
dred and twenty-five, relative to debtors in a district court,

418 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 363.

Fees of clerks there sliall be paid to the clerk of such court an entry fee
of three dollars or of one dollar respectively, which shall be
in payment of hearing applications, examination and con-
tinuances, and the issuing of .all notices and certificates re-
quired in such proceedings.

For the entry, record and transmission of papers of each
question or cause in the supreme judicial court for the
commonwealth, three dollars.

For a certificate of the proof of a deed in court, twenty
cents.

For the warrant for a county tax, twenty cents.

For taking and recording a recognizance under chapter

two hundred and fifty-six, fifty cents.

entered b"*'""^ 1" ^i^'i^ actions wliicli are entered by the commonwealth

commonwealth or by a couuty uo entry fee shall be paid; but, if the com-

coun^y, etc. monwcaltli Or the county prevails, the entry fee shall be

taxed against the other party,
[n whicif*'""^ ^^ ^^^'^^ actions in which Boston is a party no fee or ex-
Boston is a pense shall be paid to any clerk of a court of Suffolk county
party, etc. ^^^ ^^ ^^ bclialf of the city; but, if the city prevails, the

fees allowed by law sliall be taxed.
G- ^-'■Pr ^ ^°' Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and sixty-two is
hereby further amended by striking out section forty and
Fees of registers inserting in placc thereof the following: — Section Jfi. The

oi probate and . p*j p i^ i*i ii* i

insolvency. fccs ot registers OI probatc and insolvency, payable in ad-
vance by the petitioner or libellant, shall be as follows: —

For the entry of a libel for divorce or for affirming or an-
nulling marriage, five dollars.

For the entry of a petition for the probate of a will, for
administration on the estate of a person deceased intestate,
of a petition under section thirty-five or thirty-six of chap-
ter two hundred and nine by a husband or wife for authority
to convey land as if sole, of a petition for partition, of a
petition for change of name, of a petition for leave to carry
on the business of the deceased, and for filing a representa-
tion of insolvency, and, except when the petition is certified
by the register or assistant register to be incidental to pro-
ceedings already pending in the same county, for the entry
of a petition for the appointment of a special administrator,
conservator, trustee, receiver of the estate of an absentee,
or of a guardian except when the petitioner certifies that the
ward's estate does not exceed one hundred dollars, three
dollars.

For each certificate issued by the register, fifty cents.

For copies of records or other papers in the charge of
said registers at the rate of forty cents a page, except as
otherwise provided by law.
G. L. 208, j6A, Section 3. Section six A of chapter two hundred and

etc., amended. •i<.i/~, it • ii • -ffi

eight OI the General Laws, inserted by section six ot chap-
ter five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-two, is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — , except that section twenty of
chapter two hundred and seventeen shall apply to the dis-

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 364, 365. 419

position of such fees, — so that the second paragraph will

read as follows: — The provisions of law relative to fees for Entry fee for

the entry in the superior court of libels for divorce and for brougu'ln^'^

the service thereof shall apply in case such libels are brought probate court.

in a probate court, except that section twenty of chapter

two hundred and seventeen shall ai)ply to the disposition

of such fees.

Skction 4. This act shall take efl'ect on the first day of Effective date.
December of the current year. Ajiprovcd May 21, 1926.

An Act increabing the powers and purpobes of the (JJiat) 364

FLORENCE CRITTENTON LEAGUE OF COMPASSION.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ws:

The Florence Crittenton League of Compassion, a cor- Powers and
poration established under chapter one hundred and twenty- FiorMfce Crit-
five of the Revised Laws, shall have, so far as the same may ^^nton League

. . ' ' 11.°' Compassion

be additional to its present powers and purposes, the fol- increased.
lowing powers and purposes, to wit: — to conduct a non-
sectarian institution in whicli girls in need may receive
guidance and assistance, and be so trained along moral
and practical lines, that they may become useful and self-
supporting members of society. Approved May 21, 1926.

Chap.3Q5

An Act authorizing the metropolitan district com-
mission TO CONSTRUCT A PARKWAY OR BOULEVARD ON THE
SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THE CHARLES RIVER BASIN FROM BAY
STATE ROAD TO NORTH HARVARD STREET IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:

Section 1. Subject to appropriation, the metropolitan Metropolitan
district commission is hereby authorized to lay out and miss"onm™v
construct a parkway or boulevard from a point in Bay ''°"struct park-

ry 1 /^i-i 1 •!• n-n w^y or boule-

State road at or near Chilmark street in the city oi Boston, vard on
thence along the southerly side of the Charles river basin, ofChariesHver
passing under the Cottage Farm bridge, so-called, and under gfateroad to*^
the Grand Junction branch of the Boston and Albany Rail- North Harvard
road Company, to North Harvard street in said city, and of'^soston"*^
for that purpose to exercise all the powers conferred upon it
by chapter ninety-two of the General Laws relative to the
construction and maintenance of boulevards. In laying Restrictions as
out and constructing said parkway or boulevard at or near etc!!""^^" near*'
said Cottage Farm bridge, said commission shall not fill in ^dd^l^^''™
the waters of the Charles river basin beyond the limits pre-
scribed therefor in the construction of said bridge under
section seventeen of chapter four iiundred and ninety-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, inserted by
section two of chapter three hundred and twenty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

Section 2. One half of the expenditures made under Expenditures.
authority of this act shall be paid by the cities and towns of p^^^™®"*- ^^-

420

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 366.

the metropolitan parks district, as part of the cost of main-
tenance of boulevards under section fifty-six of chapter
ninety-two of the General Laws, and the remaining one half
shall be paid from the Highway Fund.

Ai^provcd May 21, 1926.

G. L. 218, § 10,
etc., amended.

District courts,
assistant clerks,
appointment,
etc.

C/lrt».366 ^N Act authorizing the appointment of third assistant

CLERKS in the FIRST AND THIRD DISTRICT COURTS OF
EASTERN MIDDLESEX.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the
General Laws, as amended in section ten by section one of
chapter two hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one, by section one of chapter
sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, and by section four of chapter one hundred and sixty-
four, section one of chapter three hundred and fourteen and
section one of chapter three hundred and seventy-nine, all
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and by
section one of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section ten and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 10. The clerk of a
district court may, subject to the approval of the justice,
appoint one or more assistant clerks, who shall be removable
at his pleasure or at the pleasure of the court, for whose
official acts the clerk shall be responsible and who shall be
paid by him unless salaries payable by the county are author-
ized in this section or in section fifty-three. Assistant clerks
with salaries payable by the county may be appointed
in the central district court of northern Essex, the munic-
ipal court of the Charlestown district, the district court of
western Hampden, the district court of Newton and in courts
the judicial districts of which have, according to the national
or state census last preceding, a population of sixty thousand
or more. Second assistant clerks with salaries payable
by the county may be appointed in the municipal court
of the Roxbury district, the East Boston district court, the
municipal court of the Charlestown district, the municipal
court of the West Roxbury district, and, subject to the ap-
proval of the county commissioners, in the first district court
of eastern Middlesex, the third district court of eastern
Middlesex and the district court of southern Essex. Third
assistant clerks with salaries payable by the county may be
appointed in the municipal court of the Roxbury district
and subject to the approval of the county commissioners, in
the first district court of eastern Middlesex and the third
district court of eastern Middlesex.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and eighteen, as
amended in section seventy-nine by section two of chapter
three hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by

Second assist-
ant clerks,
appointment,
etc.

Third assistant
clerks in mu-
nicipal court of
Roxbury dis-
trict and first
and third dis-
trict courts of
eastern Middle-

G. L. 218, § 79,
etc., amended.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 367. 421

striking out said section seventy-nine and inserting in place

thereof the following: — Section 79. In courts in which the Salaries of

salaries of justices are fixed by the preceding section, the e'stant^derktof

salaries of clerks shall he equal to seventy-five per cent of district courts.

the salaries established for the justices of their respective

courts; and the salaries of assistant clerks, other than second

and third assistant clerks, shall be equal to seventy-five per

cent, and the salaries of second assistant clerks shall be

equal to sixty per cent, and the salaries of. third assistant

clerks shall be equal to forty-five per cent, of the salaries of

the clerks of their respective courts.

Approved May 22, 1926.

An Act relative to the widening of bridge street in fi.r,^ QA7

THE CITY OF HAVERHILL. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of Essex county

•r-i 1 • J J 11 • • !• 1 !• 1 1 1 commissioners

iiSsex, subject to all provisions 01 law applicable thereto, to widen, etc.,
are hereby authorized and directed to lay out, widen and h/cltyof"^''
construct Bridge street in the city of Haverhill, and for that Haverhill.
purpose may, in the name and on behalf of the county or of
said city, take in fee by eminent domain under chapter May take cer-
seventy-nine of the General Laws by one or more takings, t^'^i Property.
or by purchase or otherwise, the land and property specified
and described as follows: —

A parcel of land located on the corner of Water and ^f^ofgjfc^'
Bridge streets in said Haverhill, owned now or formerly by property.
Mary W. Duncan, such parcel being bounded northerly by
Water street; easterly by land now or formerly of Agosto
Carbone and by other land now or formerly of said Mary
W. Duncan; southerly by land now or formerly of the D.
D. and A. W. Chase Corporation at the southerly side of a
passageway; and westerly by said Bridge street, containing
about nine hundred and eighty square feet, together with
the buildings thereon and all the rights, rights of way and
easements pertaining thereto and to which such parcel may
be subject; the same being more land and property than
are needed for the actual construction of said Bridge street,
and such additional land and property herein authorized to
be taken being no more in extent than would be sufficient
for suitable building lots on said street.

After so much of the above specified and described land May sell and
or property has been appropriated for said Bridge street as erty notn'e°ed'ed.
is needed therefor, said county commissioners may, in the ^^'^^
name and on behalf of said county or said city, sell and
convey the remainder thereof for value, with or without
suitable restrictions. The proceeds of all such sales shall Proceedsof
be paid to the treasurer of the county and by him applied tfo^' '^^°^*'
toward the payment of the cost and expenses incurred under
this act.

Section 2. The cost and expenses incurred under this Cost and
act, including the purchase price of such land and property tefionTnd™^'

payment.

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Acts, 1926. — Chap. 367.

Essex county
treasurer may
borrow money,
etc.

Money bor-
rowed, deposit,
etc.

County com-
missioners to
file detailed
statement of
cost and
expenses.

Notice to and
assessment
upon city of
Haverhill of
part of cost and
expenses, etc.

Proceedings
upon refusal or
neglect of city
of Haverhill
to pay, etc.

Essex county
treasurer may
borrow money,
etc.

County of
Essex, Bridge
Street Loan,
Act of 1926.

or the damages and expenses incurred in taking the same
whether acquired or taken in the name and on behalf of
said county or city, shall not exceed the sum of fifty thou-
sand dollars, and shall be paid in the first instance by the
county of Essex. The treasurer of said county, with the
approval of the county commissioners, may borrow by a
temporary loan or loans on the credit of the county such
sums not exceeding the said amount as may from time to
time be required for the cost and expenses aforesaid, in-
cluding interest, and may issue bonds or notes of the county
therefor bearing interest or discounted as may be deemed
advisable, and the county treasurer of said county may sell
such bonds or notes at public or private sale upon such
terms and conditions as the county commissioners may
deem proper. The notes may be renewed from time to
time for such periods as may be necessary. All money so
borrowed shall be deposited in the county treasury, and the
county treasurer shall pay out the same as ordered by the
special commission herein provided for and shall keep a
separate, accurate account of all moneys so borrowed and
expended, including interest or discount, as the case may be.

Section 3, Upon the completion of the work provided
for under this act, the county commissioners shall file in the
office of the clerk of the courts for said county a detailed
statement certified under their hands of the actual cost and
expenses, including interest on all moneys borrowed under
the authority of section two, and of the proceeds of such
sales as aforesaid, and they shall give notice to the city of
Haverhill and assess upon said city a sum equal to sixty-six
and two thirds per cent of said cost and expenses less the
amount of the proceeds of any sales as aforesaid but in-
cluding interest as aforesaid, and the said city shall pay into
the treasury of the county the amount so assessed within
sixty days after notice by the county commissioners that
the foregoing provisions of this act have been complied with.
If the said city shall refuse or neglect to pay the amount
assessed, said county commissioners shall, after notice to
the city, issue a warrant against said city for the same, with
interest and costs of the notice and warrant, and the same
shall be collected and paid into the treasury of the county
of Essex and applied in payment of the temporary loan or
loans issued by the county under section two or in payment
of the cost and expenses as aforesaid.

Section 4. For the purpose of paying the portion of
the cost and expenses as aforesaid which is to be borne
ultimately by the county of Essex, the county treasurer,
with the approval of the county commissioners, may bor-
row such sum as may be necessary not exceeding sixteen
thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars, and may issue
notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words. County of Essex, Bridge Street Loan, Act of
1926. Such loans shall be paid within one year from their
dates.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 368. 423

Such notes shall be signed by the treasurer of the county Notes, signing,
and countersigned by a majority of the county commis- ^
sioners. Said county may sell the said securities at public Sale of said
or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the county ^^"■"'*'^' ^^■
commissioners may deem proper, but not for less than their
par value. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall, except
as herein provided, l)e subject to chapter thirty-five of the
General Laws. The citv of Haverhill, for the purpose of p.'ty of Haver-

, ' , . , ^. ' , hill may bor-

paying the amount assessed upon it under section three, row money,
may borrow from time to time, such sums as may be neces- ^^^
sary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, thirty-three thousand
three hundred and thirty-three dollars, and may issue notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words. City of ^h^b^;?*^^''"
Haverhill, Bridge Street Loan, Act of 1926. Each author- street Loan,
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans ^^" ''*"''■
shall be paid within one year from their dates. Indebted-
ness incurred by said city under this act shall be in excess
of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided,
be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws. The Proceeds of
proceeds of loans issued by said city shall be paid into the tion,^'etc.^^°^''
county treasury of said county and, together with the pro-
ceeds of loans issued by said county under this section,
shall be applied to meet temporary loans of said county
issued in accordance with section two or to pay the cost and
expfnses as aforesaid.

Sfx'TIOn 5. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by the county commissioners of the county of Essex; pro- commissronM-s.
vided, that such acceptance occurs during the current year. Proviso.

Approved May 24, 1926.

ChapMS

An Act perfecting the compulsory motor vehicle in-
surance LAW, so-called.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety of the General Laws is g. l. 90, § ia,
hereby amended by striking out section one A, inserted by ^ "" *°^^°
section one of chapter three hundred and forty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section lA. No motor ve- Applications

1 • 1 . ■ 1 , ,1 r> for registration

nicle or trailer, except one owned by a person, farm or cor- of certain motor
poration for the operation of which security is required to traiierrt^be
be furnished under section forty-six of chapter one hundred accompanied
and fifty-nine, or one owned by any other corporation sub- aa^t^Tmotm-'^*
♦ ject to the supervision and control of the department of ^ucy^bondo?
public utilities or by a street railway company under public deposit, etc.
control or by the commonwealth or any political subdivision
thereof, shall be registered under sections two to five, in-
clusive, unless the application therefor is accompanied by a
certificate as defined in section thirty-four A.

Section 2. Section thirty-four A of said chapter ninety, g. l. oo, § 34a,
inserted by section two of said chapter three hundred and ^^" *°°^° ^ '
forty-six, is hereby amended by inserting after the word

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Acts, 1926. — Chap. 368.

Definitions.

"Certificate"

"registration" in the twelfth line the words: — or that it
has executed a binder, as defined in said section one hundred
and tliirteen A, under and in conformity with said section
covering such motor vehicle or trailer pending the issue of
a motor vehicle liability policy, — and by adding at the
end thereof the following: — , or a binder as defined in
section one hundred and thirteen A of said chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-five providing indemnity or protection as
aforesaid pending the issue of such a policy, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 34 A. The following words, as used in
sections thirty-four A to thirty-four I, inclusive, shall have
the following meanings: — "Certificate", the certificate of
an insurance company authorized to transact the business
specified in subdivision (b) of the sixth clause of section
forty-seven of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, stating
that it has issued to the applicant for registration of a motor
vehicle or trailer a motor vehicle liability policy which
covers such motor vehicle or trailer, conforms to the pro-
visions of section one hundred and thirteen A of said chapter
one hundred and seventy-five and runs for a period at least
coterminous with that of such registration or that it has
executed a binder, as defined in said section one hundred
and thirteen A, under and in conformity with said section
covering such motor vehicle or trailer pending the issue of
a motor vehicle liability policy; or the certificate of a surety
company authorized to transact business under section one
hundred and five of said chapter one hundred and seventy-
five as surety, stating that a motor vehicle liability bond,
paj^able to the commonwealth, which covers such motor
vehicle or trailer, conforms to the provisions of said section
one hundred and thirteen A, and runs for a period at least
coterminous with such registration, has been executed by
such applicant as principal and by such surety company
as surety; or the certificate of the division stating that
cash or securities have been deposited with the division as
j; Motor vehicle provided in section thirty-four E. "Motor vehicle liability
bond", a bond conditioned that the obligor shall wuthin
thirty days after the rendition thereof satisfy all judgments
rendered against him or against any person responsible for
the operation of the obligor's motor vehicle or trailer with
his express or implied consent in actions to recover damages
for bodily injuries, including death at any time resulting
therefrom, sustained during the term of said bond by any
person other than employees of the obligor or of such other
person responsible as aforesaid who are entitled to pay-
ments or benefits vmder the provisions of chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-two, and arising out of the ownership, opera-
tion, maintenance, control or use upon the ways of the
commonwealth of such motor vehicle or trailer to the amount
or limit of at least five thousand dollars on account of in-
jury to or death of any one person, and, subject to such
limits as respects injury to or death of one person, of at least
ten thousand dollars on account of any one accident re-

liability bond'

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 368. 425

suiting in injury to or deatli of more than one person.
"Motor vehicle liability policy", a policy of liability insur- '; Motor vehicle
ance which provides indemnity for or protection to the in- poUcyX •
sured and any person responsible for the operation of the
insured's motor vehicle or trailer with his express or implied
consent against loss by reason of the liability to pay dam-
ages to others for bodily injuries, including death at any
time resulting therefrom, sustained during the term of said
policy by any person other than employees of the insured
or of such other person responsible as aforesaid who are
entitled to payments or benefits under the provisions of
chapter one hundred and fifty-two and arising out of the
ownership, operation, maintenance, control or use upon the
ways of the commonwealth of such motor vehicle or trailer
to the amount or limit of at least five thousand dollars on
account of injury to or deatli of any one person, and, sub-
ject to such limits as respects injury to or death of one per-
son, of at least ten thousand dollars on account of any one
accident resulting in injury to or death of more than one
person, or a binder as defined in section one hundred and
thirteen A of said chapter one hundred and seventy-five
providing indemnity or protection as aforesaid pending the
issue of such a policy.

Section 3. Said chapter ninety is hereby further amended ^^ ^^^' ^.^^^
by striking out section thirty-four H, inserted by section two
of said chapter three hundred and forty-six, and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Sectio7i SJfU- The registrar Revocation of
shall forthwith upon receipt of a notice of cancellation of a j^gfsTra^ion ^
motor vehicle liability policy or bond send written notice to ceftlfcatTfiied
the owner of the motor vehicle or trailer covered by such when.
policy or bond that the registration thereof shall be revoked
unless he shall at least two days prior to the effective date
of such cancellation file with the registrar a new certificate
covering such motor vehicle or trailer from and after such
effective date. If the company issuing such policy or exe-
cuting such bond as surety shall cease to be authorized to
transact business in the commonwealth or if a deposit under
section thirty-four E is not maintained as required by sec-
tion thirty-four D or thirty-four E, the registrar shall forth-
with send written notice to the owner of the motor vehicle
or trailer covered thereby that the registration thereof shall
be revoked unless within five days after the sending of said
notice he shall file with the registrar a new certificate. Upon
failure of the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer in any of
such cases to file a new certificate as aforesaid, the registrar
shall immediately revoke the registration thereof; provided, Proviso.
that if a new certificate as aforesaid is filed prior to the actual
cancellation of the existing policy, he may in his discretion
rescind such revocation. A notice mailed by the registrar Notice, what
to the address given on the application for registration shall cient,\tc."
be deemed a sufficient notice, and an affidavit of the regis-
trar or any person authorized by him to send such notice
that such notice has been mailed in accordance with this

426

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 368.

Penalty for
operating, etc.,
motor vehicle
when liability
policy, etc.,
has not been '
provided, etc.

G. L. 175,
§ 113A, etc.,
amended.

Certain provi-
eions to be
contained in
motor vehicle
liability policies.

G. L. 175,
§ 113A, etc.,
amended.

Insurance
companies may
execute agree-
ments to be
known as
binders pending
the issue of
motor vehicle
liability
policies.
Provisions
applicable to
such binders.

G. L. 159, § 46,
etc., amended.

Common
carriers of
passengers by
motor vehicle,
licensing, rules,
regulatiomi, etc.

section shall be deemed prima facie evidence thereof. Who-
ever operates or permits to be operated a motor vehicle or
trailer subject to the provisions of section one A during such
time as the motor vehicle liability policy or bond or deposit
required by the provisions of this chapter has not been pro-
vided and maintained in accordance with this chapter shall
be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more
than one year.

Section 4. Section one hundred and thirteen A of chap-
ter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, in-
serted by section four of said chapter three hundred and
forty-six, is hereby amended by striking out the provision
numbered (2) and inserting in place thereof the following: —
(2) That no cancellation of the policy, whether by the com-
pany or by the insured, shall be valid unless written notice
is given by the party proposing cancellation to the other
party at least fifteen days prior to the intended effective date
thereof and also, except when said effective date is the date
of expiration of the period of registration of the motor ve-
hicle or trailer covered by such policy, to the registrar of
motor vehicles in such form as the division of highways
may prescribe at least fifteen days prior to said eflFective
date, and that in the event of a cancellation by the insured
he shall be entitled to receive a return premium after de-
ducting the customary monthly short rates for the time the
policy shall have been in force or, in the event of a cancel-
lation by the company, shall be entitled to receive a return
premium pro rata.

Section 5. Said section one hundred and thirteen A of
said chapter one hundred and seventy-five, as inserted as
aforesaid, is hereby further amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new paragraph: — Any company
authorized to issue motor vehicle liability policies, as de-
fined in section thirty-four A of chapter ninety, may, pend-
ing the issue of such a policy, execute an agreement, to
be known as a binder, which shall during such time pro-
vide indemnity or protection in like manner and to the
same extent as such a policy. The provisions of this section
shall apply to such binders, except that provisions numbered
(1) to (5), inclusive, need not be expressly stated therein but
may be incorporated by reference in a manner approved by
the commissioner, and the provisions of sections one hun-
dred and thirteen B and one hundred and thirteen D relative
to such motor vehicle liability policies shall likewise apply
to such binders.

Section 6. Chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the
General Laws, as amended in section forty-six by section
seven of said chapter three hundred and forty-six, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section forty-six and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 46. No
license shall be granted under the preceding section until
orders, rules or regulations shall have been adopted by the

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 369. 427

licensing authority in tlie town where the veiiicle is to be
operated, and any such authority may make such orders,
rules or regulations. No such motor vehicle shall be op- Licensees to
erated as aforesaid until the licensee of the vehicle, in addi- by'^bondTet*", ^
tion to complvinn; with all rules, orders and regulations of conditioned to

, ,. . ^ " ," . 1 11 1 1 • I • \ 1 pay judgment

the licensing authority, sJiall have deposited with the treas- for injury to
urer of the town security by bond or otherwise, running to p?op°erty^ etc.
the town treasurer and approved by him and by the licensing
authority, in such sum as the licensing authority may reason-
ably require, conditioned to pay any final judgment obtained
against the principal named in the bond for any injury to
person or property or damage for causing the death of any
person by reason of any negligent or unlawful act on the
part of the principal named in said bond, his or its agents,
employees or drivers, in the use or operation of any such
vehicle. Any person so injured or damaged, or his executor Suits on
or administrator, or the executor or administrator of any °"'^^"
person whose death was so caused, may enforce payment of
such judgment by suit on said bond in the name of the town
treasurer. Such a bond shall be furnished in each town Where bonds to
where said motor vehicle is licensed to operate, and shall,
in each instance, be in accordance with the rules, orders and
regulations of the licensing authority in such town.

Approved May 24, 1926.

be furnished.

C/iap.369

An Act relative to the laying out and construction
OF a southern route to accommodate traffic be-
tween BOSTON AND THE TERRITORY TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST THEREOF.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an ^''^'^
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacied, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three hundred and thirty of the 1925, 330, § i,
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended
by striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 1. The division of highways of the de- Division of
partment of public works, hereinafter called the division, is consSt cer-^
hereby authorized to lav out and construct convenient and ^^'"^ ^r^^^" ,

, "^ p "■' ^ • ^ 11 rr»'i ways in Boston

adequate waj^s tor motor vehicles and other traffic in the and Quincy.
cities of Boston and Quincy along substantially the follow-
ing routes:

First — Beginning at a point in Morton street in the city First route.
of Boston (Dorchester district) at the easterly side line of
the location of the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad (Midland division), thence southeasterly along
Morton street to a point near Codman street and thence
over public or private land and along Codman street and
over other public or private land to Adams street, thence

428

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Width.
Second route.

Widths.

1925, 330, § 2,
amended.

May take
lands, etc.

Assessment of

betterments,

etc.

Betterments,
disposition, etc,

1925, 330, § 3,
amended.

along Adam.s street, Marsh street and over public or private
land to Neponset avenue at a point near the Old Colony
boulevard; the width of said new way to be not less than
eighty feet.

Second — Beginning at a point on the easterly side of
Hancock street in the city of Quincy, north of Furnace
Brook parkway; thence over public or private land and
over existing streets and over portions of Mount Wollaston
cemetery and other public or private land to a point at or
near the junction of Valley and Sea streets; thence over
existing streets and public or private land to a point at or
near the junction of Brackett and Field streets with a suit-
able connection with Sea street; thence over existing streets
and public or private land to a point at or near the junction
of Bay View and River streets; thence over existing streets
and public or private land to the junction of Washington
street and North street; thence over North street and pub-
lic or private land to Quincy avenue.

From Hancock street to Sea street, the width of said way
shall be not less than seventy feet; from Sea street to Wash-
ington street, the width of said way shall be not less than
eighty feet; from Washington street to Quincy avenue, the
width of said way shall be not less than seventy feet.

Section 2. Said chapter three hundred and thirty is
hereby further amended by striking out section two and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 2. The
division may, on behalf of the commonwealth, take under
and in accordance with chapter seventy-nine of the General
Laws except as hereinafter provided, or acquire by purchase
or otherwise, such lands or rights therein as it may deem
necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act, includ-
ing such land as may be necessary for the construction of
any necessary drainage outlets, and shall assess betterments
therefor under the provisions of chapter eighty of the Gen-
eral Laws, but no awards or payments shall be made because
of any taking of cemetery land or of any other land devoted
to a public use except as required by the constitution, and
no betterments shall be assessed on any such land. The
provisions of section five of said chapter seventy-nine shall
not apply to any taking under this act. Of the betterments
received in any city, one third shall be paid to such city and
two thirds shall be retained by the commonwealth. Of the
portion retained by the commonwealth, one half shall be
credited to the highway fund and one half to the cities and
towns of the metropolitan parks district in proportion to
the respective taxable valuations of the property of said
cities and towns, as defined by section fifty-nine of chapter
ninety-two of the General Laws.

Section 3. Section three of said chapter three hundred
and thirty is hereby amended by striking out, in the last line,
the words "five hundred ninety" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — eight hundred, — so as to read as

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 369. 429

follows: — S(Ttion S. The cost of laying out and con- What to be
stnicting said proposed new ways, including any damages oftvork.*^"^*
awarded or paid on account of any taking of land or prop-
erty therefor or for injury to any property and any sums
paid for lands or rights purchased and including the interest
on all money borrowed by the state treasurer on the credit
of the commonwealth as provided in section five and all
other expense incurred in carrying out the provisions of
section one, shall be deemed to be the cost of the work; pro- Proviso,
vided, that such cost shall not exceed in the aggregate one
million eight hundred thousand dollars.

Section 4. Section four of said chapter three hundred ^m^'^j^^ ^ *•
and thirty is hereby amended by striking out, in the third
line, the words "five hundred thirty" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — six hundred, — and by striking out,
in the fourth line, the words "two hundred sixty-five" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — three hundred, —
so as to read as follows: — Section I. To meet one third of Apportionment

I p , 1 , . , . . , 1111°' '^ost of work.

the cost ot the work authorized in section one there shall be
paid by the commonwealth not exceeding six hundred thou-
sand dollars, of which not exceeding three hundred thousand
dollars shall be appropriated from the highway fund in each
of the years nineteen hundred and twenty-six and nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven. One third of the cost of said
work shall be paid by the cities and towns of the metro-
politan parks district including Boston and Quincy in pro-
portion to the respective taxable valuations of the property
of said cities and towns, as defined by section fifty-nine of
said chapter ninety-two. One third of the cost of said work
shall be paid by the cities of Boston and Quincy, in the man-
ner provided in sections five and six, in the proportion which
the amount expended in each of said cities bears to the whole
cost of the work as determined by the division.

Section 5. Said chapter three hundred and thirty is i925, 330, § 5,
hereby further amended by striking out section five and '""^°
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 5. The Part of cost,
third of the cost of said work to be paid by the cities and ^te^^iT first
towns of the metropolitan parks district including Boston instance.
and Quincy and the third of the cost of said work to be paid
by the cities of Boston and Quincy shall in the first instance
be paid by the commonwealth. On or before June tenth, Assessments,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and in each subsequent certahfci^ties
year on or before said date, until the work is completed and ^"'^ towns.
the entire cost thereof ascertained and thereafter, the di-
vision shall ascertain and certify to the state treasurer the
amount expended since the last certification by the com-
monwealth under this act, including interest actually paid
by the commonwealth on temporary loans, and the amount
due from each said city and town to meet its share of two
thirds of the amount so expended and certified, and the
amounts due as aforesaid shall be assessed and collected by
the state treasurer in the apportionment and assessment of

430

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 370.

Assessments,
how may be
paid.

Issue of
temporary
notes by state
treasurer, etc.

the annual state tax in such year. Such assessments may
be paid from the proceeds of taxation or, in the case of the
cities of Boston and Quincy, from the proceeds of loans is-
sued under section six.

The state treasurer shall, upon the request of the division
and subject to the approval of the governor and council,
issue and sell at public or private sale temporary notes of
the commonwealth to an amount to be specified from time
to time by the division, sufficient to provide means for the
payment of the two thirds of the cost of the work to be
borne by the cities of Boston and Quincy, and by the cities
and towns of the metropolitan parks district including
Boston and Quincy. All such temporary notes shall be
issued, and may be renewed, for such maximum term of
years as the governor may recommend to the general court
in accordance with section three of Article LXII of the
amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth and
shall bear interest payable semi-annually at such rate as
shall be fixed by the state treasurer, with the approval of
the governor and council. The total amount of any notes
issued hereunder shall not exceed the sum of one million
two hundred thousand dollars. Approved May 25, 1926.

Chap. 370 An Act relative to the taking, marketing and trans-
portation OF SHELLFISH.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would leave
an existing emergency unprovided for, inasmuch as the act
which it supersedes expires by limitation June first of the
current year, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health and convenience.

G. L. 130, three
new sections in
place of §§ 137-
142.

Department of
public health to
examine tidal
waters and flats
and samples
of shellfish
therein.

To determine
and promul-
gate bounds of
contaminated
areas, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follou's:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out sections one
hundred and thirty-seven to one hundred and forty-two,
inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following new
sections: — Section 137. The department of public health,
in this and the two following sections called the department,
shall examine from time to time the tidal waters and flats
in the commonwealth and samples of the shellfish therein
in order to determine what areas thereof are so contaminated
that shellfish obtained therefrom are unfit for food or dan-
gerous to the public health. The department shall de-
termine and promulgate definite bounds of areas found to
be contaminated as aforesaid and shall publish in a news-
paper published in the town in which or adjacent to which
any such contaminated area is situated, the results of its
examination in relation thereto, and shall cause to be posted
at points on or near any such area a description thereof
specifying said bounds, and a statement that such area is

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 370. 431

contaminated. The department shall also notify the di- Notice to
vision of fisheries and game of the department of conserva- Bsheriesand
tion of its determination as aforesaid. ^*™®-

Section 13S. AVhoever, without the written approval of Penalty for
the commissioner of public health, takes shellfish for any certain shellfish
purpose from any area determined under the preceding sec- approvairet"*"
tion to he contaminated and while such determination is
in force, or whoever knowingly transports or causes to be
transported or has in possession shellfish so taken, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days, or both. The provisions of this section shall ^roXioM^b* °^
be enforced by fish and game wardens and deputy fish and fish and game
game wardens of the division of fisheries and game of the ^^"^ *^°^' ^^'^■
department of conservation and by all other officers author-
ized to make arrests.

Section 139. Subject to such rules and regulations as it Department to
may promulgate, the department shall issue certificates cates as to con-
relative to the condition of the tidal waters and flats and waters and'flats
shellfish taken therefrom, in respect to contamination, in and shellfish
such form as will most effectively safeguard the public from, etc.
health and meet the requirements of the laws, rules and
regulations of the United States as to interstate commerce
in shellfish and of other states in relation to the importation,
inspection and consumption of shellfish within their re-
spective limits. The department may also promulgate Form, con-
rules and regulations relative to the form, contents and use orsai'd^clrtifi-'
of said certificates to such extent as may be necessary to ^atea.
safeguard the public health and to enable the shellfish in-
dustry to comply with said requirements. Such rules and J^f te^3°or^*
regulations of the department may provide for the use in certificates as
connection with shipments or consignments of shellfish to ar^.s'from""
points outside the commonwealth of tags or certificates have\)»en"^^'*
stating or certifying that the shellfish to which the same re- uken, etc.
late have been taken from areas found by the department to
be apparently free from contamination or not found by the
department to be contaminated, as the case may be, and
setting forth such other facts in relation thereto as may be
necessary to meet the requirements of law in force at such
points.

Section 2. The department of public health may ex- Expenditures
pend during the current fiscal year for the purposes of this of^ptwtc*h^?th
act such sum, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and the and department

' . " 1 1 • • 7 °i conservation.

department or conservation may expend durmg said year
for the enforcement of said section one hundred and thirty-
eight, such sum, not exceeding six thousand dollars, as may
be appropriated by the general court.

Section 3. Areas examined and determined by tlie de- Certain areas
partment of public health to be contaminated under and in J;" haylfbM^if
accordance with the provisions of chapter three hundred of ^et^mfned'to
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five or of section becontami-
one hundred and thirty-seven of chapter one hundred and prottions^o'^f
thirty of the General Laws as heretofore in force shall be ^^^^ act, etc.

432

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 371.

deemed to have been so examined and determined under the
provisions of section one of this act until further action by
said department in relation thereto, and rules and regula-
tions promulgated by said department under said chapter
three hundred shall continue in force until it otherwise
provides; and the provision in section one for posting on
to°becamed°^ or near any such contaminated area shall be carried out
within sixty days of the passage of this act.

Section 4. Except as provided in section three, said
chapter three hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five is hereby repealed. Approved May 25, 1926.

Rules, etc., to
continue in
force.

Certain provi-

1925, 300,
repealed,
except, etc

ChaV 371 ^^ ^^'^ '^^ ENABLE THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HART-
FORD RAILROAD COMPANY TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD THE
SECURITIES AND PROPERTIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND IN-
VESTMENT AND SECURITY COMPANY, OF THE SPRINGFIELD
RAILWAY COMPANIES, OF THE SPRINGFIELD STREET RAIL-
WAY COMPANY AND OF THE WORCESTER CONSOLIDATED
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.

Be it enacted, etc., asfoUoics:

Section 1. For the purpose of rehabilitating the trans-
portation systems of the Springfield Street Railway Com-
pany and the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Com-
pany, and thereby promoting the ultimate payment and
liquidation of its loans to the voluntary associations which
hold a controlling interest in the stock of these companies,
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com-
pany is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase,
guarantee, hold, own, manage and enjoy the evidences of
indebtedness, or any part thereof, of, and to purchase, hold,
own, manage and enjoy the capital stock, or any part thereof,
of, the New England Investment and Security Company
and the Springfield Railway Companies, both voluntary
associations under declaration of trust, and of the Spring-
field Street Railway Company and the Worcester Con-
solidated Street Railway Company, both corporations es-
tablished under the laws of this commonwealth; provided,
that The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company shall not, through the exercise of the powers
hereby granted, by itself or by or through the New England
Investment and Security Company or the Springfield Rail-
way Companies, exercise or cause to be exercised any powers
or privileges other than those possessed by said Springfield
Street Railway Company and said Worcester Consolidated
Street Railway Company and their leased and affiliated
lines under the laws of this commonwealth. Before exer-
cising any other powers or privileges hereby granted. The
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
shall first have acquired, on such terms and conditions as
shall be approved by the department of public utilities, all
the common stock of said New England Investment and

The New York,
New Haven and
Hartford Rail-
road Company
may acquire
and hold secur-
ities and prop-
erties of New
England In-
vestment and
Security Com-
pany, of
Springfield
Railway Com-
panies, of
Springfield
Street Railway
Company and
of Worcester
Consolidated
Street Railway
Company.

Proviso.

Certain condi-
tions precedent
to exercising
of certain
powers or privi-
leges granted,
etc.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 372. 433

Security Company, and through such acquisition shall
liavc obtained control of all the common stock of said Spring-
field Railway Companies, or shall have first acquired the
voting control of the Worcester Consolidated Street Rail-
way Company and of the Springfield Railway Companies
now possessed by the said New England Investment and
Security Company. No other purchases and no loans, Restrictions
guaranties, or expenditures shall thereafter be made l)y The purehases!^
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company j"5"s, etc' by

^,', , r^i- J- i^f 1 i The New York,

pursuant to the terms oi this act, except tor sucJi amounts, New Haven
upon such terms, for such securities, and for such specific R^uiroad Com-
purposes as the department of public utilities shall ap- pa°y-
prove.

Section 2. Section one shall not take efl'ect unless and Subject to
until it is accepted, as finally determined by the department city councils
of public utilities, by vote of the several city councils and selectman 0°^
boards of selectmen of three fourths of the cities and towns certain citiea
in which the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Com-
pany and the Springfield Street Railway Company operate
and certified copies of said votes have been filed in the Copies of votes,
office of the said department and of the state secretary. ^'^^' ^ '^'

Section 3. Acceptance under the preceding section shall a°cgptance
be in such form as the department of public utilities shall
approve. Ai^proved May 25, 1926.

An Act to establish congressional, councillor and Chav. S72

SENATORIAL DISTRICTS AND TO APPORTION REPRESENT-
ATIVES TO THE SEVERAL COUNTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotcs:

Section 1. Chapter fifty-seven of the General Laws is g. l. 57, § 1,
hereby amended by striking out section one and inserting ''™^° ^ '
in place thereof the following: — Section 1. For the pur- state divided
pose of electing representatives in the congress of the United co^grMsfonai
States, until otherwise provided by law, the commonwealth districts,
is divided into the following sixteen districts, each of which
shall elect one representative:

Number One, — Consisting of North Adams, Pittsfield Number One.
and the towns in Berkshire county: Ashfield, Bernardston,
Buckland, Charleraont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Gill,
Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe,
Montague, Northfield, Rowe, Shelburne, Sunderland and
Whately in Franklin county; Chesterfield, Cummington,
Goshen, Huntington, Middlefield, Plainfield, Southampton,
Westhampton, Williamsburg and Worthington in Hamp-
shire county; and Blandford, Chester, Granville, Holyoke,
Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland and Westfield in
Hampden county.

Number Two, — Consisting of Amherst, Easthampton, Number Two.
Granby, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton and South Hadley
in Hampshire county; and Agawam, Chicopee, East Long-
meadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Springfield, West
Springfield and Wilbraham in Hampden county. '

434

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 372.

Number Three.

Number Four.

Number Five.

Number Six.

Number Seven.

Number Eight.

Number Nine.

Number Ten.

Number Three, — Consisting of I^rving, New Salem,
Orange, Shutesbury, Warwick and Wendell in Franklin
county; Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer and Wales in
Hampden county; Belchertown, Enfield, Greenwich, Pel-
ham, Prescott and Ware in Hampshire county; and Ash-
burnham, Athol, Barre, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton,
Clinton, Dana, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Gard-
ner, Hardwick, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester,
Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, North Brookfield,
Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton,
Royalston, Rutland, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Stur-
bridge, Templeton, W^arren, W^ebster, West Boylston, West
Brookfield, Westminster and W^inchendon in W^orcester
county.

Number Four, — Consisting of Auburn, Blackstone,
Douglas, Grafton, Mendon, Millbury, Millville, North-
borough, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Sutton, Upton, Ux-
bridge, Westborough and W^orcester in Worcester county;
and Hopkinton in Middlesex county.

Number Five, — Consisting of Andover and Methuen in
Essex county; Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Box-
borough, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut,
Dunstable, Groton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton,
Lowell, Marlborough, Maynard, Pepperell, Reading, Shirley,
Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsborough,
Wayland, W^estford, AVilmington, in Middlesex county, and
Berlin, Bolton and Harvard in Worcester county.

Number Six, — Consisting of Amesbury, Beverly, Dan-
vers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton,
Haverhill, Ipswich, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac,
Newbury, Newburyport, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salis-
bury, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham and W^est Newbury
in Essex county.

Number Seven, — Consisting of Boxford, Lawrence, Lynn,
Lynnfield, Middleton, Nahant, North Andover, Peabody
and Saugus in Essex county; and North Reading in Middle-
sex county.

Number Eight, — Consisting of Arlington, Belmont, wards
numbered two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
and eleven in Cambridge in Middlesex county; Medford,
Melrose, Stoneham, W^akefield, Watertown, W^inchester and
Woburn in Middlesex county.

Number Nine, — Consisting of Everett, Maiden and
Somerville in Middlesex county; and wards numbered
three, four and five in Chelsea in Suffolk county; Revere and
W'inthrop in Suffolk county.

Number Ten, — Consisting of ward numbered one in
Cambridge in Middlesex county; wards numbered one and
two in Chelsea in Suffolk county; wards numbered one,
two and three in Boston in Suffolk county; that part of
ward numbered eight in Boston now designated as precincts
numbered one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and
fourteen, and bounded as follows: beginning at the junction

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 372. 435

of Washington and Union Park streets, thence tlirouf^h the
renter of Union Park, Albany and Lehigh streets and Broad-
way to the New Knghmd division of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, thence by the said railroad
to Sonthanipton street, thence through the center of South-
ampton street, ISIassachusetts avenue, Girard, Howard,
Hampden, Prescott, Eustis, Hampden and Dudley streets,
Mount Pleasant avenue, Fairland, Greenville, Dudley, War-
ren and Washington streets, to the point of beginning; and
that part of ward nine in Boston in Suffolk county, now
designated as precincts numbered ten, eleven, twelve, thir-
teen, fourteen and fifteen, and bounded as follows: beginning
at the junction of the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad (Providence Division) and Ruggles street, thence
through the center of Ruggles, Cabot, Weston, Warwick,
Ruggles, Auburn, Vernon, Washington, Warren, Dudley,
Washington, Circuit, Regent, Dale, Oakland, Thornton and
Cedar streets, Lambert avenue, Dorr, Highland, Linwood,
Center, Gardner and Roxbury streets, Columbus avenue,
Tremont, Parker and Ward streets, and Ward street ex-
tended in a straight line to the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad (Providence Division) and thence by
said railroad to the point of beginning.

Number Eleven, — Consisting of wards numbered four, Number
five, ten, eleven, twelve, nineteen and twenty in Boston in
Suffolk county; and that part of ward nine in Boston in
Suffolk county, now designated as precincts numbered one,
two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine, and bounded
as follows: beginning at the junction of Tremont and Upton
streets, thence through the center of Upton street, Shawraut
avenue, Pelham, Washington, Vernon, Auburn, Ruggles,
Warwick, Weston, Cabot and Ruggles streets to the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (Providence
Division) thence by said railroad to a point opposite Welling-
ton street, thence through the center of Wellington and
Tremont streets to the point of beginning.

Number Twelve, — Consisting of wards numbered six, Number
seven, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and that "'® ^^'
part of ward eight in Boston in Suffolk county, now desig-
nated as precincts numbered nine, ten, eleven, twelve and
thirteen, and bounded as follows: beginning at the junction
of Southampton street and the New England Division of
the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, thence
by said railroad to Dudley street, thence through the center
of Dudley and West Cottage streets. Blue Hill avenue, More-
land and Fairland streets, Mount Pleasant avenue, Dudley,
Hampden, Eustis, Prescott, Hampden, Howard and Girard
streets, Massachusetts avenue and Southampton street, to
the point of beginning.

Number Thirteen, — Consisting of wards numbered ^^™^|^
twenty-one and twenty-two in Boston in Suffolk county;
Bellingham, Brookline, Dover, Franklin, Medfield, Medway,
Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley and

436

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 372.

Number
Fourteen.

Number
Fifteen.

Number
Sixteen.

G. L. 57, § 2,
amended.

State divided
into eight coun-
cillor districts.

First.

Second.

Third.

Fourth.
Fifth.
Sixth.
Seventh.

Eighth.

G. L. 57, § 3,
amended.

Wrentham in Norfolk county; Ashland, Framingham,
Holliston, Natick, Newton, Sherborn, Waltham and Weston
in Middlesex county; and Hopedale, Milford and South-
borough in Worcester county.

Number Fourteen, — Consisting of Easton in Bristol
county; Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Foxborough,
Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon,
Stoughton, Westwood and Weymouth in Norfolk county;
Abington, Brockton, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater
and Whitman in Plymouth county; and ward numbered
eighteen in Boston in Suffolk county.

Number Fifteen, — • Consisting of Attleboro, Berkley,
Dighton, Fall River, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attle-
borough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset,
Swansea, Taunton and Westport in Bristol county; and
Lakeville in Plymouth county.

Number Sixteen, — Consisting of Acushnet, Dartmouth,
Fairhaven, and New Bedford in Bristol county; Bridge-
water, Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hing-
ham, Hull, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett,
Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton,
Rochester, Rockland, Scituate and Wareham in Plymouth
county; Cohasset in Norfolk county; the towns in Barn-
stable and Dukes counties; and Nantucket county.

Section 2. Said chapter fifty-seven is hereby further
amended by striking out section two and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Bection 2. For the purpose of
choosing councillors until the next decennial apportionment,
the commonwealth is divided, agreeably to the constitution,
into the following eight councillor districts:

First, — Consisting of the Cape and Plymouth, the
Plymouth, and the first, second and third Bristol senatorial
districts.

Second, — Consisting of the Norfolk, Norfolk and Plym-
outh, Norfolk and Middlesex, and the sixth and eighth
Suffolk senatorial districts.

Third, — Consisting of the third Suffolk, the Norfolk
and Suffolk and the first, second and fifth Middlesex sena-
torial districts.

Fourth, — • Consisting of the first, second, fourth, fifth
and seventh Suffolk senatorial districts.

Fifth, — Consisting of the first, second, third, fourth and
fifth Essex senatorial districts.

Sixth, — Consisting of the third, fourth, sixth, seventh
and eighth Middlesex senatorial districts.

Seventh, — Consisting of the first, second, third and
fourth Worcester and the Worcester and Hampden senatorial
districts.

Eighth, — Consisting of the Berkshire, the Berkshire,
Hampshire and Hampden, the Franklin and Hampshire and
the first and second Hampden senatorial districts.

Section 3. Said chapter fifty-seven is hereby further
amended by striking out section three and inserting in place

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 372. 437

thereof the followlne;: — Section S. For tl\e purpose of state divided

, . '^., , , . , ' . ' into forty sena-

choosing senators until the next flecennial apportu^nment, tonal districts.
the commonwealth is divided, agreeably to the constitution,
into the following forty senatorial districts:

Cape and Plymouth, — Consisting of the towns in Barn- Cape and
stable, Dukes "^ and Nantucket counties, and Duxbury, P'>'"'°»ti>-
Halifax, Hanson, Kingston, Marion, Mattapoisett, Pem-
broke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Wareham and
Whitman in Plymouth county.

First Bristol, — Consisting of Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, First Bristol.
Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton,
Raynham. Rehoboth, Seekonk and Taunton.

Second Bristol, — Consisting of Fall River, Somerset and Second Bristol.
Swansea.

Third Bristol, — Consisting of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Third Bristol.
Fairhaven, New Bedford and Westport.

Plymouth, — Consisting of Bridgewater, Brockton, Car- Plymouth.
ver, East Bridgewater, Lakeville, Middleborough and West
Bridgewater.

Norfolk and Plymouth, — Consisting of Avon, Canton, Norfolk and
Cohasset, Foxborough, Holbrook, Sharon, Stoughton and ^^y'"""*'^-
Weymouth in Norfolk county; and Abington, Hanover,
Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Rockland and Scituate
in Plymouth county.

Norfolk, — Consisting of Braintree, Milton, Quincy and Norfolk.
Randolph.

Norfolk and Middlesex, — Consisting of Dedham, Dover, ^9^^°^^ ^^"^
Medfield, Medway, Millis, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood,
Wellesley, Walpole, and Westwood in Norfolk county; and
Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Natick and Sherborn in
Middlesex county.

Norfolk and Suffolk, — Consisting of Brookline in Nor- Norfolk and
folk county; and wards numbered twenty-one and twenty- '^ ° ■
two in Boston in Suffolk county.

First Suffolk, — Consisting of Chelsea, Revere and Win- First Suffolk.
throp in Suffolk county; and Saugus in Essex county.

Second Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered one, Second Suffolk.
two and three in Boston.

Third Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered four and Third Suffolk.
five in Boston, in Suffolk county, and wards numbered one,
two and three in Cambridge in Middlesex county.

Fourth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered six. Fourth Suffolk.
seven and eight in Boston.

Fifth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered nine, ten Fifth Suffolk.
and eleven in Boston.

Sixth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered twelve, sixth Suffolk.
nineteen and twenty in Boston.

Seventh Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered thirteen, l^^^®'?^^
fifteen and sixteen in Boston.

Eighth Suffolk, — Consisting of wards numbered fourteen, Eighth Suffolk.
seventeen and eighteen in Boston.

First Essex, — Consisting of Lynn, Nahant and Swamp- First Essex.
scott.

438

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 372.

Second Essex.
Third Essex.

Fourth Essex.

Fifth Essex.

First
Middlesex.

Second
Middlesex.

Third
Middlesex.
Fourth
Middlesex.

Fifth
Middlesex.

Sixth
Middlesex.

Seventh
Middlesex.

Eighth
Middlesex.

First Worcester.

Second
Worcester.

Third
Worcester.

Fourth
Worcester.

Worcester and
Hampden.

Second Essex, — Consisting of Beverly, Danvers, Marble-
liead and Salem.

Third Essex, — Consisting of Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton,
Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, Middleton, Newbury, New^-
buryport, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Topsfield, Wenhara
and West Newbury.

Fourth Essex, — Consisting of Amesbury, Andover, Box-
ford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Merrimac, North
Andover and Salisbury.

Fifth Essex, — Consisting of Lawrence and Methuen.

First Middlesex, — Consisting of Framingham, Marl-
borough, Newton, Wayland and Weston.

Second Middlesex, — ■ Consisting of Belmont and wards
numbered four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven
in Cambridge.

Third Middlesex, — Consisting of Somerville.

Fourth Middlesex, — Consisting of Everett, Maiden and
Melrose.

Fifth Middlesex, — Consisting of Acton, Boxborough,
Concord, Hudson, Lincoln, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury,
Waltham and Watertown.

Sixth Middlesex, — Consisting of Arlington, Medford,
Winchester and W^oburn.

Seventh Middlesex, — Consisting of wards numbered one,
nine and ten in Lowell, and Bedford, Billerica, Burlington,
Lexington, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Tewksbury,
Wakefield and Wilmington in Middlesex county.

Eighth Middlesex, — Consisting of w^ards numbered tw^o,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight and eleven in Lowell, and
Ashby, Ayer, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable,
Groton, Littleton, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend, Tyngs-
borough and Westford.

First Worcester, — Consisting of wards numbered five,
six, seven, eight and nine in Worcester.

Second Worcester, — Consisting of wards numbered one,
two, three, four and ten in Worcester.

Third Worcester, — Consisting of Ashburnham, Athol,
Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, Lunenburg, Phillipston,
Royalston, Templeton, W^estminster and Winchendon.

Fourth Worcester, — Consisting of Auburn, Blackstone,
Douglas, Grafton, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Millbury,
Millville, Northborough, Northbridge, Oxford, Shrewsbury,
Southborough, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster and
Westborough in Worcester county, and Bellingham, Frank-
lin, Plainville and Wrentham in Norfolk county.

Worcester and Hampden, — Consisting of Barre, Berlin,
Bolton, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Dana,
Dudley, East Brookfield, Hardwick, Harvard, Holden,
Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, New Braintree, North
Brookfield, Oakham, Paxton, Petersham, Princeton, Rut-
land, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Warren,
West Boylston and West Brookfield in Worcester county,
and Brimfield, Hampden, Holland, Ludlow, Monson,
Palmer, Wales and Wilbraham in Hampden county.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 372. 439

Berkshire, — Consisting of Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Berkshire.
Dalton, Florida, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, New
Ashford, North Adams, Peru, Pittsfield, Savoy, Williams-
town and ^Yindsor.

Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden, — Consisting of H^'^^g^f^
Alford, Becket, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, and Hampden.
Monterey, Mount \Yashington, New Marlborough, Otis,
Richmond, Sandisfield, ShefHeld, Stockbridge, Tyringham,
Washington and West Stockbridge in Berkshire county,
Easthampton, Huntington, Northampton, Southampton and
Westhampton in Hampshire county, and Agawam, Bland-
ford, Chester, Granville, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick,
Tolland, West Springfield and Westfield in Hampden county.

Franklin and Hampshire, — Consisting of the towns in Franklin and
Franklin county and Amherst, Belchertown, Chesterfield, Hampshire.
Cummington, Enfield, Goshen, Granby, Greenwich, Hadley,
Hatfield, Middlefield, Pelham, Plainfield, Prescott, South
Hadley, Ware, W^illiamsburg and Worthington in Hampshire
county.

First Hampden, — Consisting of wards numbered two. First Hampden.
three, four, five, six, seven and eight in Springfield, and East
Longmeadow and Longmeadow,

Second Hampden, — Consisting of Chicopee, Holyoke Second

, , 1, • c • n ^ J Hampden.

and ward numbered one m Spnngneld.

Section 4. Said chapter fifty-seven is hereby further g. l. 57 § 4,
amended by striking out section four and inserting in place ^™^°
thereof the following: — Section 4- The two hundred and ^p^^ofttone^d^^^^
forty members of the house of representatives are appor- to the several
tioned to the several counties, agreeably to the constitution,
until the next decennial apportionment as follows:

counties.

County.

Number of
Representatives.

Barnstable .........

Berkshire .........

Bristol

Dukes ..........

Essex ..........

Franklin .........

Hampden .........

Hampshire .........

Middlesex

Nantucket .........

Norfolk (excluding Cohasset) ......

Plymouth (including Coiiasset) ......

Suffolk

Worcester .........

7
19

1
31

3
16

4
52

1
17
11
48
28

{This hill, returned by the governor to the senate, the branch
in which it originated, with his objections thereto, loas passed
by the senate, May 27 (P.M.) and, in concurrence, by the
house of representatives. May 28, the objections of the governor
notwithstanding, in the manner prescribed by the constitution;
and thereby has the "force of a law".)

440

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 373, 374.

Chav.2>12> An Act authorizing annual allowances to commis-
sioned OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR UNI-
FORMS.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose of providing adequate compensation for
officers of the national guard, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the public convenience.

G. L. 33, § 145,
etc., amended.

Annual allow-
ances to
commissioned
officers of
national guard
for uniforms.

Effective date.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one hundred and forty-five of chap-
ter thirty-three of the General Laws, as appearing in chap-
ter four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four, is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new paragraph: — ((/) There shall
be allowed and paid by the commonwealth, as of April first
in each year, to each commissioned officer who served as such
for the year preceding said date, or for a part thereof, a
sum for uniform allowance computed at the rate of thirty-
five dollars for the full year, upon the approval of the ad-
jutant general and of the intermediate commanders in the
chain of command and upon their certification that such
commissioned officer has served for the whole or a specified
part of said year and during such service has complied with
the requirements of section one hundred and nine.

Section 2. This act shall take efl'ect as of April first of
the current year.

{The foregoing was laid before the governor on the nineteenth
day of May, 10S6, and after Jive days it had "the force of a
law", as ■prescribed by the constitntion, as it was not returned
by kim ivith his objections thereto within that time.)

Chap.S74:

Annual town
meeting of
town of North
Andover in
current year
validated.

An Act validating the annual town meeting of the
town of north andover in the current year.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1. The acts and proceedings of the town of
North Andover at the annual town meeting, or any ad-
journment thereof, in the current year, and all acts done in
pursuance thereof, are hereby confirmed and made valid,
to the same extent as if the said meeting had been called,
held and conducted in strict compliance with law.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 28, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375. 441

An Act makixg additional provision for the water Chaj).S75

SUPPLY NEEUK of the METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT
and OTHER COMMUNITIES WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER
MAY REQUIRE WATER THEREFROM, AND OF THE CITY OF
WORCESTER.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act wouhl, in part, ^^'"^^u,"''^
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency Law necessary for the immediate preservation of
the pul^lic convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. A special metropohtan district water supply Special metro-

. , , , 1 !• 1 1 • j_- i? J.1 politaa district

commission is hereby estabhslicd, consisting oi the com- water supply
missioner of the metropolitan district commission as chair- e°t"aWishme'nt,
man and of two associate commissioners to be appointed by composition,

1 . , , , . , J i> ii •! terms of omce,

the governor with the advice and consent oi the council, etc.
said commission to be hereinafter referred to as the com-
mission. The associate commissioners shall serve for terms
of five years, or until their successors are appointed and
qualified. The governor may with like advice and consent Removals and

' ° . ." . 1 /?ii J? vacancies.

remove any associate commissioner and hll tor any unex-
pired term vacancies which may occur in the associate com-
missionerships. The chairman shall receive in addition to Chairman,
his salary as commissioner of the metropolitan district com- ^^^^y-
mission the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars a year, and
the associate commissioners shall each receive a salary of ^om°mTss!oners,
four thousand dollars a year. The commission may hire salary.
such offices and other quarters as may be needed for the offices, etc.
conduct of its work. The commission may appoint a chief Chief engineer,
engineer, and with the advice and consent of the governor etc.
and council mav fix his salary.

The commission, on behalf of the commonwealth, shall f^^^reasi^of^"'^
forthwith for the purpose of extending and increasing the '^^^^J^^'^^^l^^ °^
water supply of the metropolitan water system, and of such water system,
cities and towns not members of the metropolitan water *'*°-
district as may hereafter require water from said system,
divert into the Wachusett reservoir of said district the flood wichusett'"*°
waters, as defined in section four, of the Ware river at a reservoir of

• 1 i> /"v 1 1 1 p Tt J. nood waters of

pomt in the town or Oakham or the town oi tsarre not Ware river, etc.
more than one mile from the bridge of the Boston and
Albany railroad crossing said river in the village of Cold-
brook, and construct as a part of the metropolitan water
system, such works as may be necessary for such extension
and increase, and all structures and appurtenances inci-
dental or complementary thereto; provided, that said flood Proviso.
waters shall not be so diverted between May thirty-first
and December first in any year unless such diversion be
first approved by the state department of public health.
Said works, and particularly the aqueduct or tunnel required Works to be so
for said diversion, shall be constructed at such grade and of that*they%an
such capacity and otherwise so that they can be used as a ^f ^^j^g^fj^fg^/*^

442

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375.

to be con-
structed for
diverting into
Wachuaett
reservoir the
waters of Swift
river, etc.

Plans, maps
etc., as to pro-
posed extension
to Ware, Swift
and Millers
rivers to be
available to
commission,
etc.

Commission
may adopt
emergency
methods, etc.

Aqueduct or
tunnel to be
turned over to,
and maintained
by metropoli-
tan district
commission.

Annual report
by commission.

To be printed
as public
document.

Contracts by
commission
may contain
certain provi-
sions as to hours
of labor of
laborers, etc.

Engineering,
legal, clerical,
etc., assistants,
appointment,
compensation,
etc.

Such appoint-
ments not
subject to
certain classifi-
cation.
Civil service
laws, as affect-
ing such
appointments.

part of works that shall later be constructed for diverting
into the Wachiisett reservoir the waters of the Swift river,
in substantial accordance with the plans and recommenda-
tions of the joint board on water supply needs and resources
of the commonwealth as contained in its report to the
general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
printed as house document number fifteen hundred and fifty
of said year. All plans, maps and records of said joint board
relating to the proposed extension to the Ware, Swift and
Millers rivers shall be made available to tlie commission, and
the department of public health shall, at the expense of the
commission, furnish it, on request, with any information
relative to said projects that said department may have in
its possession. In constructing the works herein authorized,
the commission may adopt such emergency methods as in
its opinion may be necessary or desirable to secure their
completion as soon as the public necessity may require.

Said aqueduct or tunnel upon completion to said point
of diversion and the diverting dam and other works and
property incidental thereto, when completed shall be turned
over to the metropolitan district commission, and shall be
thereafter maintained by said commission as a part of the
metropolitan water system under chapter ninety-two of the
General Laws with all the powers and duties conferred by
said chapter.

The commission established hereby shall annually, on or
before January fifteenth, make a report, in conformity with
the provisions of section thirty-two of chapter thirty of the
General Laws, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of
November preceding, and said report shall be printed as a
public document under section six of chapter five of the
General Laws.

Section 2. In contracts entered into by the commission
for the construction of the works herein authorized, there
may be inserted a provision that the commission or any
contractor or sub-contractor for the commission may em-
ploy laborers, workmen and mechanics for more than eight
hours in any one day and for more than forty-eight hours in
any one week in such construction, when, in the opinion of
the commissioner of labor and industries, public necessity so
requires. The commission may appoint and in its dis-
cretion remove such engineering, legal, clerical and other
assistants as it may deem necessary to carry on the work
herein authorized, and may fix their compensation in ac-
cordance with such rules and regulations as the commission
may establish and as shall be approved by the governor and
council. Such appointments shall not be subject to classi-
fication under sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chap-
ter thirty of the General Laws, and chapter thirty-one of
the General Laws shall not apply to removals, and, in ac-
cordance with such regulations as the commission may es-
tablish and as shall be approved by the goA-ernor and council,
any appointment, including that of the chief engineer, may

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375. 443

be Nvliolly exempt from said chapter thirty-one. Upon re- Special civil

quest of the commission, the division of civil service shall inations^''*'"'

hold special examinations.

SECTION 3. For the purpose of providing for the future Commission

extension of the metropolitan water system, the commission, ™rtain lands,

on behalf of the commonwealth, may take by purchase or water rights.

. .,*' 11 ^^^' '" water-

otherwise such lands, water rights, casements and other shed of Swift

property in the watershed of the Swift river as it may deem

necessary or desirable in preparation for the development of

this river as a potential water supply for future use. The To submit

commission shall submit to the general court not later than tion for d?vei-

the first Wetlnesday of January, nineteen hundred and fut'JJre water

twenty-seven, a draft of such legislation as it may deem supply from

necessary or advisable for the development of an adequate

future water supply from the Swift river.

The commission shall also consider the recommendations To consider

of the metropolitan district commission relative to making mendatjons'as

available by filtration or chlorination, or both, the waters of avafiabie^by

the Sudbury and Cochituate watersheds as contained in filtration or

1 1, 1 1 iiiio^ t • chlorination the

house document number eleven hundred and ten of nine- waters of
teen hundred and twenty-six and as referred to in the report cochituate"*^
of the metropolitan water supply investigating commission watersheds.
in house document number nine hundred of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six; shall consider the effect on the present To consider
water supply of the metropolitan district of the addition poutan water"^
thereto of water purified by filtration or other means and tron^the°efo^of'
the effect of such water upon the present aqueducts, reservoirs water purified
and other facilities of the metropolitan water district; and etc.
shall report in detail plans and specifications for such land To report
takings and for the construction of such additional works in {^nd^takhigs**'
the town of Framingham, and of such covered reservoirs as it l^^ inTow'n of
may recommend, and the estimated expense thereof. The Framingham.
commission shall also consider and report on the amount of ^^"tTs'^to ^"'^
water which should be required for reasons of health and flow of water

n 11 1 1 ,1 r-t 11 below dam

sanitation to now below dam number one on the Sudbury number one on
river notwithstanding any provision of chapter one hundred ft"'?'^"'^^ "^^'^'
and seventy-seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, and on all matters set forth in house docu- To consider

1 iiiii> 'ii-- 1 fl'id report as

ment number ten hundred and lorty-eight or nineteen hun- to water supply
dred and twenty-six and the petition accompanying the ["ownoTFram-
same, especially the present and future water supply needs i"gham, etc.
and resources of the town of Franiingham, and the terms
and conditions upon which said town should be entitled to
receive water from the water supply now owned by the
metropolitan district. The commission shall also consider To consider
and report upon the effect of the diversion for water supply diversion of
purposes of the waters of the South Sudbury river upon sudb'^ury^fver'^
public health in the town of Ashland, and whether or not a »» fi^*^,*^'"!,

' „ ,. 11111 -ii- -1^ public health

system of sewage disposal should be provided in said town in town of
in the event of such diversion. The commission shall report ;^shiand, etc.

, , .^,. , ,. , "^ . xo report to

to the general court its fandings and recommendations relative general court
to the questions outlined in this paragraph, together with etc.^with^drafts
drafts of such legislation as may be necessary to effect its oUegisiation,

444

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375.

Flood waters
of Ware river,
etc., defined.

Gauging sta-
tions or regu-
lating devices
to establish
limit of diver-
sion.

Records to be
open to inspec-
tion and infor-
mation to be
furnished, etc.

Certain waters
of Ware river
to be available
for water sup-
ply of city of
Worcester and
certain towns,
etc.

Commission
may take flood
waters of Ware
river, etc.,
water rights,
lands, etc.

Takings may
be in fee or
otherwise, etc.

Takings to
conform to
certain laws,
except, etc.

recommendations, by filing the same with the clerk of the
house of representatives not later than December first of
the current year, and it shall at the same time file a copy
thereof with the budget commissioner.

Section 4. For the purposes of this act, the flood waters
of the said Ware river which the commission is authorized
to divert as provided in section one are hereby defined to
be the waters thereof at and above the point of diversion
established under section one in excess of a flow of eighty-
five million gallons a day, meaning thereby that on any day
when the natural flow of said river is less than eighty-five
million gallons no water shall be diverted.

The commission shall establish and maintain proper
gauging stations or such suitable regulating devices as may
be convenient and practical to establish the aforesaid limit
of diversion with reasonable accuracy. Copies of all records
obtained at such stations or by such devices shall be open
to inspection during reasonable oflfice hours and information
shall be furnished, from time to time whenever reasonably
requested, to any person owning or operating any mill or
manufacturing establishment below the point of diversion
or taking, or to the mayor of any city or the chairman of the
board of selectmen of any town bordering on said river.

The waters of said Ware river and its tributaries at or
above the point of diversion established as aforesaid, other
tlian those authorized to be taken by the provisions of this
act, and other than those waters not so taken which are
needed for the processes of industry or for reasons of public
health, are within its contemplation to be, when and as
hereafter authorized by the general court, available for the
domestic and public water supply of the city of Worcester
and of the towns within the watershed of said river and
its tributaries.

Section 5. For any of the purposes of this act, the
commission, on behalf of the commonwealth, may at any
time and from time to time take by eminent domain or
acquire by purchase or otherwise the flood waters, as here-
inbefore defined, of the Ware river and its tributaries, or
any of said flood waters, at or above the point of diversion
established under section one, and all water rights, water
sources, lands, rights of way, easements and other interests
in land, including any cemetery, that may be deemed by
the commission to be necessary or desirable for any of said
purposes, or for the further protection of the purity of the
waters to be diverted under this act.

Any taking under this act may be in fee or otherwise,
perpetual in duration or for a limited period of time, accord-
ing as the commission shall determine and set forth in the
order of taking.

All takings under this act and all proceedings in relation
to or growing out of the same shall conform to the provisions
of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, except in the
following particulars:

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375. 445

(a) The coinmissiun need iniikc no awanl of damages sus- Commission
tained hy persons or corporations in their property by any aw^^Jd^ff^dam-
such taking. ages, etc.

(h) The notice reqniretl l»y section eight of said chapter Time for giving
may be given at any time witliin one year after the recording •^'"'^"^ notice.
of the order of taking as provided in section three of said
chapter.

(c) Petitions for the assessment of damages under section Time for aiing
fourteen of saiil chapter may be filed witJiin two years after assessment^of
the recording of tlie order of taking provided for in said damages.
section three, l)ut petitions for the assessment of damages

for the taking of rights of diversion may be filed within two
years after, and not before, the actual diversion. The last
six lines of section sixteen of said chapter seventy-nine,
beginning with the word "but" in line three, shall have
no application to takings under this act.

(d) For all property taken under this act, except rights Rights to
of diversion, the right to damages shall vest upon the re- to vesl!^' ^
cording of the taking in the registry of deeds. For taking

of rights of diversion the right to damages shall vest upon
and not before the actual diversion of water.

The owner of any real estate, whether within or without Damages for
the commonwealth, Avhich is not taken but is injured by taken but
the taking of the waters of Ware river under authority of "^J"'"®'^' ^*^'=-
this act or by the construction of the works incidental thereto
shall be entitled to damages therefor and may recover the
same from the commonwealth as in the case of a taking in
accordance with the provisions of this act.

Section 6. In carrying out the powers and duties con- Commission
ferred upon it by this act, the commission may construct ^Ynia^nta^n*
and maintain buildings, machinery, roads, conduits and buildings,
aqueducts; may lay and maintain pipes, drains and wires; May lay pipes,
may alter or change the grades or directions of any water ^^'^:- change

*^ 11 1 1 • water courses,

course; may carry and conduct any aqueduct, conduit, carry aque-
pipe, drain or wire under or over any water course, or any et'i'^^under^or*^'
railroad, street or other way, in such a manner as not unneces- °^'^'' '^'^^■'^^

., , . -^ , ,. courses, ways,

sarily to obstruct or impede travel thereon; may dig up etc., dig up
any such road, street or way, and lay, maintain and repair ^°^ ^' ®'^°'
aqueducts, conduits, pipes, wires and other works beneath
the surface thereof, conforming to any reasonable regula-
tions made by the mayor and aldermen of cities and the
selectmen of towns, respectively, wherein such works are
performed, and restoring, so far as practicable, any such road,
street or way, to as good order and condition as the same
was in when such digging was commenced; the commission May enter upon
may enter upon and use the lands of others; may take take down Ind
down dams to such an extent as it may deem necessary for H^^^^'^ ^^'"^'
prosecuting its works, and shall rebuild such dams when-
ever the necessity for keeping them down ceases; shall use To use lands,
such lands and do all work relating to such dams, in a reason- able maMw,'^
able manner with regard to the interests of the owners thereof, ^*''-
and, so far as practicable, shall heed all reasonable requests
made by such owners; and in general may do any other act General powers.

446

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375.

Commission
may alter or
discontinue
parts of any
railroad or
public way.

In case of a
railroad, duties,
etc.

Department of
public utilities
to adjudicate in
case of disagree-
ment, etc.

Taking of
lands, etc., and
conveyance
thereof to rail-
road company,
etc.

New lines of
railroad,
location, etc.

Duties, etc., a
to raisings or
alterations of
public ways,
etc.

Division of
highways, etc.,
to adjudicate in
case of disagree-
ment, etc.

Duties of com-
mission as to
burial grounds.

Commission
may make
surveys,
borings, etc., or
private lands.

Sale, exchange
or lease of
property no
longer needed,
etc.

or thing necessary or proper for carrying out the powers and
duties conferred upon it by this act.

The commission may raise or alter or discontinue parts of
any railroad or public way, and, in case of a railroad, shall
make such raisings or alterations of the railroad or construct
upon existing or other locations parts of the railroad to take
the place of the parts so discontinued, as and in such manner
as shall be mutually agreed upon by the commission and the
board of directors of the railroad company, and, if they can-
not agree thereon, then as and in such manner as shall be
determined on the application of either party in writing by
the department of public utilities, which is hereby author-
ized and directed to adjudicate finally upon the same; and,
if the commission shall be of the opinion that the making of
any such change of grade, alteration or construction requires
that lands or rights therein be taken therefor, the commission
shall, on behalf of the commonwealth, take such lands or
rights therein and convey the same to the railroad company,
to be thereafter held and used as the board of directors of
such company may determine, and the railroad company
may, if it desires, locate its lines over any lands or rights
therein so conveyed to it, and, when said new lines of rail-
road are completed, the railroad company may discontinue
the operation of the portions of its existing lines for which
the new lines are substituted, and may maintain and operate
said ncAv lines of railroad; and the commission shall make
the raisings or alterations of public ways as aforesaid and
build in place of the parts of public waj^s discontinued as
aforesaid such other reasonable and suitable ways, which
shall thereafter be highways, as and in such manner as
shall be mutually agreed upon by the commission and the
county commissioners of the county in which the work is
done, or, if they cannot agree thereon, then as and in such
manner as shall be determined on the application of the
commission in writing by the division of highways of the
department of public works, which division is hereby author-
ized and directed to adjudicate finally upon the same.

The commission, in flooding or otherwise affecting any
burial ground, shall conform to any reasonable requirements
relating thereto of the board of health of the city or town
in which the same is located.

The commission may make such surveys, borings and do
such other preliminary work on private lands as the com-
mission may determine to be necessary or desirable, doing
as little damage as possible and paying for the same.

Section 7. The commission may sell at public or private
sale, or exchange or lease any property, real or personal, or
any easement or water right, whether taken by eminent
domain or otherwise acquired, which in the opinion of the
commission is no longer needed for the purposes of this act.
Any sums of money so received shall be applied to reduce
construction costs or to reduce the bonded indebtedness fox:

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375. 447

the works. The commission may, by lease, h'cense or con- Commission
tract, permit the construction and maintenance on or over construction
anv land or waters under its control of towers, poles, wires »od mainte-

", , PI !• I • • 1 • nance of elec-

and otJier structures lor tlie purpose ot transnntting electric trictransmis-
power. The commission may construct, maintain and f^°" ''°®®' **•"■
operate such power plants and other structures as may in etc., power
its opinion be necessary to utilize the fall of water created p'*"*"' ^•^''•
at any of the flams, channels, tunnels or other structures
under its control, for the production of power or electricity;
may locate, construct and maintain lines for transmitting
the same; and mav sell or contract for the sale or use of May sell, etc.,

, ". . ,11 (• power or elec-

any power or electricity so created, and any sums or money tricity, etc.
so received shall be applied to reduce the charges of main-
tenance of said works.

Section 8. For the purpose of carrying out the pro- Expenditures
visions of this act, the commission may expend such amounts, iimit!™to.'*^'°°'
not exceeding in the aggregate fifteen million dollars, in-
cluding the sum required to be paid by the city of Worcester
under section twelve, as may, from time to time, be approved
by the governor and council. To meet such expenditures, state treasurer
the state treasurer shall, from time to time, on the request bcmdsretc.
of the commission and subject to such approval, issue bonds
of the commonwealth to an amount not exceeding the sum
of fourteen million dollars, which shall be designated on their
face, Metropolitan Additional Water Loan, Act of 1926. KtSr
Such bonds shall be issued as coupon or registered bonds, Water Loan,
for such term of years as may be recommended by the gov-
ernor, in accordance with section three of Article LXII of
the amendments to the constitution, and shall bear interest
at such rate as shall be fixed by the state treasurer, with the
approval of the governor and council. The amounts neces-
sary to meet interest and serial payment requirements on
said bonds and the expenses of maintaining and operating
the works to be constructed by the commission under this
act, and such other expenses as may be authorized here-
under, shall be added to the annual assessments upon the
cities and towns comprising the metropolitan water district
and apportioned and collected as provided by section twenty-
six of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws.

Section 9. The supreme judicial court or any justice Court enforce-
thereof and the superior court or any justice thereof, during ^oMofact!^*'
a sitting of the court or in vacation, on the petition of the **•'•
commission or of any city, town, corporation or person inter-
ested, or of the attorney of any such petitioner, shall have
jurisdiction in equity or otherwise to enforce the provisions
of this act and of any rule, regulation or order made under
the authority of the same and to prevent any violation of
said provisions, rules, regulations or orders; provided, Pi^^'so.
however, that no suit in which the right of the commission
to make any taking authorized by this act is questioned
shall be brought except in the supreme judicial court for the
county in which said taking has been made or is to be made.

448

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375.

Restrictions as
to erection of
mill dams
across Ware
river, etc.

Recovery of
damages caused
by refusal of
consent for
erection of such
dams, etc.

Taking of water
from certain
portion of Ware
river by certain
towns.

Payment to
commonwealth
by such towns
in case, etc.

Determination
of amount to
be paid, etc.

Determination
by master in
case of disagree-
ment.

City of

Worcester may
acquire waters
of South Wa-
chusett brook
and waters of
Quinapoxet
river in town of
Holden, etc.

nor unless the said suit is brought within six months after
the passage of this act.

Section 10. No person shall after the effective date of
this act erect a dam for mill purposes across the Ware river
or any of its tributaries above the point of diversion author-
ized by this act without the consent in writing of the com-
mission, or, after said works have been turned over to the
metropolitan district commission, of said metropolitan dis-
trict commission. In granting its consent, either commis-
sion may impose such conditions as it may deem to be for
the public interest. Any person owming a practicable mill
site on said river or any of its tributaries who applies for
such consent and is refused, or is granted consent subject
to conditions, and who is damaged in his property by such
refusal or by the imposition of such conditions, may recover
from the commonwealth the damage so caused in the manner
provided in section five.

Section 11. The towns of Hubbardston, Barre, Oakham,
Hardwick, New Braintree, Palmer and Ware, or any of them,
may take from the Ware river above the point of diversion
established under section one so much of the water thereof
as they, or any of them, have already been, or may here-
after be, authorized by the legislature to take for supplying
their inhabitants with water, and in case any of said towns
shall hereafter on its application therefor be authorized to
take such water it shall pay to the commonwealth, on behalf
of the metropolitan district, a fair proportion of the cost
incurred by the commonwealth for the acquisition under the
provisions of this act of the waters of said river, or rights
therein, and for the construction, maintenance and operation
of such works and structures as are by this act provided for,
including a fair proportion of the cost of maintaining the
purity of said water, the said proportion to be determined
by an engineer designated by the metropolitan district
commission and by an engineer appointed by such applicant
town, and, if they cannot agree, such proportion shall be
determined by a master to be appointed by the supreme
judicial court on the petition of the commonwealth or said
applicant town, and the report of the master when affirmed
by said court shall be final and conclusive on all parties.

Section 12. The city of Worcester is hereby authorized,
for the purpose of meeting the requirements of said city for
increasing its water supply and such requirements of adja-
cent and nearby towns now supplied or hereafter required
to be supplied by said city, from time to time, to acquire
by purchase or otherwise, or take by eminent domain in
accordance with the procedure set forth in section five, and
subject to the provisions thereof, and to hold and convey,
directly or indirectly, into and through said city the waters
of South Wachusett brook, so-called, and the waters of
Quinapoxet river, so-called, in the town of Holden, at or
near an elevation of seven hundred and eight feet above
mean sea level at Boston, at or above the outlet of Quinapoxet

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 375. 449

pond, including the waters in any ponds or reservoirs thereon
an(i the waters Howing directly or indirectly, into and from
the same, and all springs and tributaries thereto, and the
water rights connected with the aforesaid waters and sources
above the places of taking; and the said city may take exist- Said city may
ing reservoirs and ponds upon said streams and their tribu- resCTvofrsand
taries above the points at which it is authorized as aforesaid ponds, etc.
to take the said waters, but the total supply herein author- Total supply
ized to be taken shall not exceed in any calendar year an ^'™'t'^d, etc.
average quantity of ten million gallons of water per diem,
and the balance of the waters remaining, and also from time Excess waters
to time such part of the quantity of water herein authorized *° flow to"wa-'^'^
to be acquired and diverted as is not, in the opinion of the chusett reser-
water commissioner of said city, needed for the supply of ^"^^•^'^■
the water system of said city, shall be permitted to flow to
the Wachusett reservoir of the metropolitan water system;
provided, that if in the opinion of the metropolitan district Proviso,
commission, the needs of the metropolitan water system,
pending the completion of the works necessary to divert the
flood waters of the Ware river as authorized in section one,
require that said amount herein authorized to be taken by
the said city be reduced, the metropolitan district commis-
sion may, at any time and from time to time, reduce said
amount to not less than an average quantity of five million
gallons of water per diem. In case of such reduction the Payment to
commonwealth on behalf of the metropolitan district shall reducTiwiof""
pay the city of Worcester for the amount of w^ater so with- supply, etc.
held by such reduction at the rate of fort}^ dollars per million
gallons. The said city shall take such measures to protect Said city to
and preserve the purity of the said waters and shall main- o[waters,"etc^
tain such sanitary conditions relative thereto and in their
respective watersheds as the state department of public
health may require. Said city may by aqueduct or pipe said city may
line conduct the waters so taken, into the city directly or go "akenTtc"^^
through any reservoir and any aqueduct or pipe line belong- may lay'pipes,
ing to said city and now existing. The said city may, for
the purposes aforesaid, construct, lay and maintain con-
duits, pipes, canals, water courses, dams, reservoirs and other
works under or over lands, water courses, railroads, railways,
public or private ways and along such ways, and may take May take
by purchase or otherwise and hold in fee or otherwise any l^el,' Itc.*"^"
lands, dams or structures, easements or rights in land that
may be deemed necessary for said purposes and for collect-
ing, purifying, storing, discharging, conducting or dis-
tributing said waters or preserving the purity thereof.
The water taken by said city under this section shall be Measurement
measured in a manner approved by the metropolitan dis- tlk^n?etc.
trict commission which shall have at all reasonable times
free access to any apparatus or device used for measuring
the same and to the records thereof.

In addition to such payments and damages as said city Payment to
may be required to make for any purchases or takings here- of^worces'ter.
inbefore authorized, it shall pay into the state treasury on

450

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 376.

Release and
conveyance,
etc., to said
city upon such
payment.

Use of amount
paid.

No further
claim by city
of Worcester
as to watershed
tributary to
Wachusett res-
ervoir, etc.

City of

Worcester may
borrow
money, etc.

City of Worces-
ter Water Loan,
Act of 1926.

Payment of
said loan, etc.

or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, the sum of one million dollars, and thereupon the
metropolitan district commission, acting for the common-
wealth, shall release and convey to said city all right and
title to said waters, subject to the provisions of this act.
The amount so paid into the state treasury shall be used
toward defraying construction costs incurred by the com-
mission under this act.

In consideration of the provisions of this section, it is
within the contemplation of this act that no further claim
be made by the city of Worcester to any further part of the
watershed tributary to the Wachusett reservoir for water
supply purposes.

Section 13. For the purpose of meeting expenditures
required under the preceding section, the city of Worcester
may borrow' from time to time, within a period of eight
years from the effective date of this act, such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two million
five hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
City of Worcester Water Loan, Act of 1926. Each author-
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be payable in not more than thirty years from their
dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein pro-
vided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 14. The said city shall, at the time of author-
izing said loan or loans, provide for the paj^ment thereof in
accordance wath section thirteen; and when a vote to that
effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived
from w^ater rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense
of operating its water works and the interest as it accrues on
the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the city and to make
such payments on the principal as may be required under
the provisions of said section thirteen shall, without further
vote, be assessed by the assessors of the city annually there-
after in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt
incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished.

Ajyjnoved May 28, 1926.

Chap.S7Q ^N ^CT TO APPORTION AND ASSES.S A STATE TAX OF TWELVE

MILLION DOLLARS.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, A delay in the taking effect of this act would
cause great inconvenience in the collection of the state tax,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.

Be ii enacted, etc., as foUoics:

appwtkmed SECTION 1. Each city and town in the commonwealth

and assessed, shall be asscsscd and pay the sum with which it stands
charged in the following schedule, that is to say: —

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 376.

451

Abington, eleven thousand two hundred and eighty dol-
lars ........

Acton, fiftj'-one hundred and sixty dollars
Acushnet, seventy-four himdred and forty dollars .
Adams, thirty-five thousand one hundred and sixty dol
lars ........

Agawam, thirteen thousand three hundred and twenty
dollars ........

Alford, six hundred dollars .....

Amesburj', twenty-five thousand four hundred and forty
dollars ........

Amherst, sixteen thousand two hundred dollars
Andover, forty thousand two hundred dollars
Arlington, sixty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty
dollars ........

Ashburnham, thirty-seven hundred and twenty dollars
Ashby, twenty-one hundred and sixty dollars
Ashfield, twenty-two himdred and eighty dollars
Ashland, fifty-one hundred and sixty dollars .
Athol, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and sixty
dollars ........

Attleboro, fifty-four thousand six hundred dollars .
Auburn, eight thousand and forty dollars
Avon, forty-three hundred and twenty dollars
Ayer, si.xty-three hundred and sixty dollars .
Barnstable, twenty-one thousand two hundred and forty
dollars ........

Barre, ninety-'three hundred and sLxty dollars
Becket, eighteen hundred dollars ....

Bedford, forty-six hundred and eighty dollars
Belrhertown, thirty-seven hundred and twenty dollars
Bellingham, forty-four hundred and forty dollars .
Belmont, thirty-eight thousand two hundred and eighty
dollars ........

Berkley, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars .
Berlin, eighteen hundred dollars ....

Bernardston, sixteen himdred and eighty dollars
Beverly, eighty-one thousand nine hundred and sixty
dollars ........

Billerica, fifteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars
Blackstone, fifty-six hundred and forty dollars
Blandford, nineteen hundred and twenty dollars
Bolton, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars
Boston, three million eighty-three thousand six hundred
and forty dollars ......

Bourne, fourteen thousand one hundred and sixty dollars
Boxborough, six hundred dollars ....

Boxford, eighteen hundred dollars
Boylston, fourteen hundred and forty dollars
Braintree, thirty thousand two hundred and forty dollars
Brewster, twenty-four hundred dollars .
Bridgewater, thirteen thousand and eighty dollars .
Brimfield, twenty-four hundred dollars .
Brockton, one hundred forty-three thousand two hun-
dred and eighty dollars .....

Brookfield, twenty-seven hundred and sixty dollars
Brookline, two hundred twelve thousand six hundred and
forty dollars .......

Buckland, five thousand and forty dollars
Burlington, three thousand dollars

Cambridge, three hundred thirteen thousand four hun
dred and forty dollars .....

Canton, fifteen thousand two hundred and forty dollars

Carlisle, one thousand and eighty dollars

Carver, forty-eight hundred dollars

Charlemont, nineteen hundred and twenty dollars .

$11,280
5,160
7,440

00 State tax
rxQ apportioned
X„ and assessed.
00

35,160 00

13,320
600

25,440
16,200
40,200

63,960
3,720
2,160
2,280
5,160

23,760

54,600

8,040

4,320

6,360

21,240
9,360
1,800
4,680
3,720
4,440

38,280
1,680
1,800
1,680

81,960

15,360

5,640

1,920

1,680

3,083,640

14,160

600

1,800

1,440

30,240

2,400

13,080

2,400

143,280
2,760

212,640
5,010
3,000

313,440

15,240

1,080

4,800

1,920

00
00

00
00
00

00
00
00
00
00

00
00
00
00
00
00

00
00
00
00

00
00
00
00
00

00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00

00
00

00
00
00

00
00
00
00
00

452

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 376.

state tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Charlton, four thousand and eighty dollars .
Chatham, sixty-eight hundred and forty dollars
Chelmsford, sixteen thousand nine hundred and twenty

dollars . . . . .

Chelsea, ninety-seven thousand eight hundred dollars
Cheshire, twenty-seven hundred and sixty dollars .
Chester, twenty-eight hundred and eighty dollars .
Chesterfield, nine hundred and sixty dollars .
Chicopee, one hundred five thousand six hundred dollars
Chilmark, eight hundred and forty dollars
Clarksburg, twenty-four hundred dollars
Clinton, thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty

dollars .......

Cohasset, thirteen thousand nine hundred and twenty

dollars .......

Colrain, thirty-nine hundred and sixty dollars

Concord, fourteen thousand eight hundred and eighty

dollars .......

Conway, eighteen hundred dollars

Cummington, nine hundred and sixty dollars

Dalton, twelve thousand seven hundred and twenty

dollars .......

Dana, fourteen hundred and forty dollars
Danvers, twenty-two thousand and eighty dollars
Dartmouth, eighteen thousand eight hundred and forty

dollars .......

Dedham, thirty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty

dollars ........

Deerfield, eighty-five hundred and twenty dollars .

Dennis, thirty-six hundred dollars

Dighton, seventy-five hundred and sixty dollars

Douglas, four thousand and eighty dollars

Dover, fifty-four hundred dollars ....

Dracut, ninety-nine hundred and sixty dollars
Dudley, ten thousand eight hundred dollars .
Dunstable, one thousand and eighty dollars .
Duxbury, eight thousand and forty dollars
East Bridgewater, eighty-seven hundred and sixty dol-
lars ........

East Brookfield, two thousand and forty dollars
East Longmeadow, five thousand and forty dollars .
Eastham, fourteen hundred and forty dollars
Easthampton, thirty-one thousand and eighty dollars
Easton, twelve thousand one hundred and twentj^ dol

lars . . . . . .

Edgartown, forty-five hundred and sixty dollars
Egremont, fourteen hundred and forty dollars
Enfield, fourteen hundred and forty dollars .
Erving, sixty-one hundred and twenty dollars
Essex, twenty-seven hundred and sixty dollars
Everett, ninety-nine thousand four hundred and eighty

dollars ........

Fairhaven, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars
Fall River, four hundred eight thousand four hundred

and eighty dollars .....
Falmouth, twenty thousand four hundred dollars
Fitchburg, one hundred fifteen thousand six hundred and

eighty dolhirs ......

Florida, twenty-four hundred dollars

Foxborough, eight thousand forty dollars

Framingham, fifty-six thousand Hvc hundred and twenty

dollars .......

Franklin, sixteen thousand four hundred and forly

dollars .......

Freetown, thirty-six hundred dollars

(Gardner, forty-six thousand two hundred dollars

$4,080 00
6,840 00

16,920 00

97,800 00

2,760 00

2,880 00

960 00

105,600 00

840 00

2,400 00

36,120 00

13,920 00
3,960 00

14,880 00

1,800 00

960 00

12,720 00

1,440 00

22,080 00

18,840 00

32,760 00
8,520 00
3,600 00
7,560 00
4,080 00
5,400 00
9,960 00

10,800 00
l;080 00
8,040 00

8,760 00
2,040 00
5,040 00
1,440 00
31,080 00

12,120 00
4,560 00
1,440 00
1,440 00
6,120 00
2,760 00

99,480 00
22,800 00

408,480 00
20,400 00

115,680 00
2,400 00
8,040 00

56,520 00

16,440 00

3,600 00

46,200 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 376.

453

Gay Head, twd ImiKlred and forty dollars

Georgotown, tiiirty-six hundred dollars

Gill, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars

Gloucester, fifty-eight thousancl nine hundred and twenty

dollars ........

Goshen, six hundred dollars ....

Gosnold, eighteen hundred dollars

Grafton, eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars

Granby, nineteen hundred and twenty dollars

Granville, fourteen hundred and forty dollars

Great Barrington, twenty-one thousand dollars

Greenfield, forty-seven thousand seven hundred and

sixt}' dollars .......

Greenwich, one thousand and eighty dollars .
Groton, sixty-eight hundred and forty dollars
Groveland, thirty-six hundred dollars .
Hadley, sixty-six hundred dollars
Halifax, twenty-one hundred and sixty dollars
Hamilton, eight thousand and forty dollars .
Hampden, twelve hundred dollars
Hancock, one thousand and eighty dollars
Hanover, fifty-eight hundred and eighty dollars
Hanson, fortj'-five hundred and sixty dollars
Hard\vick, eighty-eight hundred and eighty dollars
Harvard, thirty-four hundred and eighty dollars
Harwich, fifty-four hundred dollars
Hatfield, sixty-nine hundred and sixty dollars
Haverhill, one hundred eighteen thousand two hundred

dollars ........

Hawley, four hundred and eighty dollars

Heath, eight hundred arid forty dollars

Hinghani, nineteen thousand six hundred and eighty

dollars ........

Hinsdale, nineteen hundred and twenty dollars

Holbrook, fifty-eight hundred and eighty dollars

Holden, fifty-six hundred and forty dollars

Holland, three hundred and sixty dollars

Holliston, sixty-two hundred and forty dollars

Holyoke, two hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred

dollars . . . . . . ...

Hopedale, thirteen thousand and eighty dollars
Hopkinton, forty-nine hundred and twenty dollars
Huhbardston, twenty-two hundred and eighty dollars
Hudson, fifteen thousand two hundred and forty dollars
Hull, twenty-six thousand five hundred and twenty

dollars ........

Huntington, twenty-eight hundred and eighty dollars
Ipswach, fifteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars
Kingston, forty-nine hundred and twenty dollars .
Lakeville, twenty-eight hundred and eighty dollars
Lancaster, fifty-eight hundred and eighty dollars .
Lanesborough, twenty-four hundred dollars .
Lawrence, three hundred two thousand two hundred and

eighty dollars .......

Lee, ten thousand six hundred and eighty dollars .
Leicester, eighty-four hundred dollars .
Lenox, eleven thousand six hundred and forty dollars
Leominster, forty-five thousand three hundred and sixty

dollars . . . . .

Leverett, one thousand and eighty dollars
Lexington, twenty-two thousand three hundred and

twenty dollars. ......

Ley den, six hundred dollars ....

Lincoln, fifty-one hundred and sixty dollars .
Littleton, thirty-three hundred and sixty dollars
Lotigmeadow, twelve thousand dollars .

S240 00 f **„®rtkrncd
o,b()(.) (n) and assessed.
1,(380 00

58,920 00
600 00

1,800 00
11,760 00

1,920 00

1,440 00
21,000 00

47,760 00
1,080 00
6,840 00
3,600 00
6,600 00
2,160 00
8,040 00
1,200 00
1,080 00
5,880 00
4,560 00
8,880 00
3,480 00
5,400 00
6,960 00

118,200 00
480 00
840 00

19,680 00
1,920 00
5,880 00
5,640 00
360 00
6,240 00

225,600 00
13,080 00

4,920 00

2,280 00
15,240 00

26,520 00

2,880 00
15,120 00

4,920 00

2,880 00

5,880 00

2,400 00

302,280 00

10,680 00

8,400 00

11,640 00

45,360 00
1,080 00

22,320 00
600 00

5,160 00

3,360 00
12,000 00

454

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 376.

State tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Lowell, two hundred ninety-seven thousand two hundred

and forty doUars _ . $297,240 00

Ludlow, seventeen thousand one hundred and sixty

dollars 17,160 00

Lunenburg, thirty-three hundred and sixty dollars . 3,360 00
Lynn, two hundred twenty-one thousand two hundred

and eighty dollars 221,280 00

Lynnfield, forty-three hundred and twenty dollars . . 4,320 00
Maiden, one hundred one thousand eight hundred and

eighty dollars 101,880 00

Manchester, twenty thousand and forty dollars . . 20,040 00
Mansfield, seventeen thousand five hundred and twenty

dollars 17,520 00

Marblehead, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and

sixty dollars ; 26,760 00

Marion, sixty-nine hundred and sixty dollars . . 6,960 00

Marlborough, thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars . 33,600 00

Marshfield, seventy-five hundred and sixty dollars . 7,560 00

Mashpee, one thousand and eight}' dollars . . . 1,080 00

Mattapoisett, forty-nine hundred and twenty dollars . 4,920 00
Maynard, seventeen thousand one hundred and sixty

dollars 17,160 00

Medfield, five thousand and forty dollars . . . 5,040 00
Medford, ninety-three thousand four hundred and eighty

doUars 93,480 00

Medway, six thousand dollars ..... 6,000 00

Melrose, forty-seven thousand and forty dollars . . 47,040 00

Mendon, two thousand and forty dollars . . . 2,040 00

Mcrrimac, forty-two hundred dollars .... 4,200 00
Methuen, forty-two thousand nine hundred and sixty

dollars , . . . . 42,960 00

Middleborough, seventeen thousand six hundred and forty

dollars 17,640 00

Middlefield, six hundred dollars ..... 600 00

Middleton, twenty-six hundred and forty dollars . . 2,640 00
Milford, twenty-nine thousand six hundred and forty

dollars , . 29,640 00

Millbury, twelve thousand three hundred and sixty

dollars 12,360 00

Millis, fifty-four hundred dollars ..... 5,400 00

Millville, forty-two hundred dollars .... 4,200 00

Milton, forty-three thousand and eighty dollars . . 43,080 00

Monroe, fifteen hundred and sixty dollars . . . 1,560 00

Monson, sixty-nine hundred and sixty dollars . . 6,960 00
Montague, twenty-one thousand two hundred and forty

dollars 21,240 00

Monterey, twelve hundred dollars .... 1,200 00

Montgomery, four hundred and eighty dollars . . 480 00

Mount Wasliington, three hundred and sixty dollars . 360 00

Nahant, eighty-five hundred and twenty dollars . . 8,520 00

Nantucket, fourteen thousand and forty dollars ' . . 14,040 00

Natick, twenty-two thousand and eighty dollars . . 22,080 00
Needham, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and sixty

dollars 26,760 00

New Ashford, two hundred and forty dollars . . 240 00
New Bedford, four hundred forty-eight thousand eight

hundred dollars 448,800 00

New Braintree, one thousand and eighty dollars . . 1,080 00
New Marlborough, twenty-seven hundred and sixtj"^ dol-
lars 2,760 00

New Salem, thirteen hundred and twenty dollars . . 1,320 00

Newbury, forty-five hundred and sixty dollars . . 4,560 00
Newburyport, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and

sixty dollars 26,700 00

Newton, one hundred eighty-eix thousand eight hundred

and forty dollars 186,840 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 376.

455

Norfolk, thirty-two hundred and forty dollars

North Adams, lifty-ninc thousand one hundred and sixty

dollars .......

North Audover, eighteen thousand dollars

North Attleborough, twenty-one thousand two hundred

and forty dollars .....
North Brookfield, sixty-one hundred and twenty dollars
North Reading, thirty-two hundred and forty dollars
Northampton, fifty-three thousand seven hundred and

sixty dollars .......

Northborough, thirty-nine hundred and sixty dollars

Northbridge, twenty-five thousand two hundred dollars

Northfield, forty-three hundred and twenty dollars

Norton, fifty-six hundred and forty dollars

Norwell, thirty-two hundred and forty dollars

Norwood, forty-six thousand two hundred dollars

Oak Bluffs, sixty-three hundred and sixty dollars

Oakham, nine hundred and sixty dollars

Orange, twelve thousand six hundred dollars

Orleans, fifty-six hundred and forty dollars .

Otis, nine hundred and sixty dollars

Oxford, seven thousand and eighty dollars

Palmer, twenty-seven thousand six hundred dollars

Paxton, fifteen hundred and sixty dollars

PeaboUy, fifty-three thousand one hundred and sixty

dollars .......

Pelham, twelve hundred dollars ...
Pembroke, four thousand and eighty dollars .
Pepperell, sixty-nine hundred and sixty dollars
Peru, six hundred dollars ....

Petersham, three thousand dollars

Pliillipston, eight hundred and forty dollars .

Pittsfield, one hundred ten thousand two hundred and

eighty dollars ......

Plainfield, seven hundred and twenty dollars
Plainville, thirty-two hundred and forty dollars
Plymouth, fifty-two thousand and eighty dollars
Plympton, fourteen hundred and forty dollars
Prescott, six hundred dollars

Princeton, twenty-two hundred and eighty dollars
Provincetown, eighty-one hundred and sixty dollars
Quincy, one hundred fifty-five thousand two hundred

and eighty dollars ......

Randolph, eight thousand and forty dollars .
Raynham, thirty-four hundred and eighty dollars .
Reading, twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars
Rehoboth, thirty-eight hundred and forty dollars .
Revere, sixty-two thousand two hundred and eighty dol

lars ........

Richmond, fourteen hundred and forty dollars
Rochester, twentj^-five hundred and twenty dollars
Rockland, sixteen thousand and eighty dollars
Rockport, ninety-one hundred and twenty dollars .
Rowe, seven hundred and twenty dollars
Rowlej'', twenty-five hundred and twenty dollars .
Royalston, twenty-four hundred dollars
Russell, eighty-eight hundred and eighty dollars
Rutland, twenty-seven hundred and sixty dollars .
Salem, ninety-five thousand five hundred and twenty

dollars .......

Salisbury, forty-nine hundred and twenty dollars

Sandisfield, twelve hundred dollars

Sandwich, forty-two hundred dollars

Saugus, nineteen thousand three hundred and twenty

dollars .......

Savoy, six hundred dollars ....

$3,240 00 State tax

apportioned

59,100 00 '^'"^ "•''''^'*"'-
18,000 00

21,240 00
6,120 00
3,240 00

53,760 00

3,960 00
25,200 00

4,320 00

5,640 00

3,240 00
46,200 00

6,360 00

960 00

12,600 00

5,640 00
960 00

7,080 00
27,600 00

1,560 00

53,160 00
1,200 00
4,080 00
6,960 00

600 00
3,000 00

840 00

110,280 00

720 00

3,240 00

52,080 00

1,440 00

600 00

2,280 00

8,160 00

155,280 00

8,040 00

3,480 00

21,600 00

3,840 00

62,280 00

1,440 00

2,520 00
16,080 00

9,120 00
720 00

2,520 00

2,400 00

8,880 00

2,760 00

95,520 00
4,920 00
1,200 00
4,200 00

19,320 00
600 00

456

Acts, 1926. — Cpiap. 376.

State tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Scituate, fifteen thousand eight hundred and forty

dollars ........

Seekonk, seven thousand and eighty dollars .
Sharon, eightj^-four hundred dollars
.Sheffield, twenty-seven hundred and sixty dollars .
Shelburne, five thousand and forty dollars
Sherborn, three thousand dollars ....

Shirley, forty-nine hundred and twenty dollars
Shrewsbury, ten thousand and eighty dollars
Shutesbury, seven hundred and twenty dollars
Somerset, eighty-two hundred and eighty dollars .
Somerville, one hundred eighty-nine thousand four luni

dred and eighty dollars .....
South Hadley, thirteen thousand four hundred and forty

dollars ........

Southampton, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars .
Southborough, fifty-seven hundred and sixty dollars
Southbridge, thirty-one thousand four hundred and forty

dollars ........

Southwick, thirty-six hundred dollars .
Spencer, ninety-three hundred and sixty dollars
Springfield, four hundred sixty-five thousand three hun

dred and sixty dollars .....
Sterling, twenty-eight hundred and eighty dollars .
Stockbridge, ninety-one hundred and twenty dollars
Stonehara, seventeen thousand seven hundred and sixty

dollars .......

Stoughton, fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty

dollars ........

Stow, thirty-two hundred and forty dollars .
Sturbridge, thirty-one hundred and twenty dollars
Sudbury, thirty-seven hundred and twenty dollars
Sunderland, twenty-five hundred and twenty dollars
Sutton, forty-three hundred and twenty dollars
Swampscott, tliirty-one thousand two hundred dollars
Swansea, sixty-one hundred and twenty dollars
Taunton, eighty-three thousand two hundred and eighty

dollars .......

Templeton, seventy-six hundred and eighty dollars
Tewksbury, fifty-seven hundred and sixty dollars
Tisbury, sixty-six hundred dollars
Tolland, seven hundred and twenty dollars .
Topsfield, forty-six hundred and eightj'^ dollars
Townsend, forty-four hundred and forty dollars
Truro, fifteen hundred and sixt.y dollars
Tyngsborough, twenty-two hundred and eighty d
Tyringhara, eight hundred and forty dollars .
Upton, twenty-eight hundred and eighty tlollars
Uxbridge, fifteen thousand three hundred and sixty

dollars .......

Wakefield, thirtj'-four thousand nine hiuidred and twenty

dollars .......

Wales, nine hundred and sixty dollars .

Walpole, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and twenty

dollars ........

Waltham, eighty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty

dollars .......

Ware, eighteen thousand four lunidred and eighty dol

lars .......

Wareham, eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty

dollars .......

Warren, ten thousand and eighty dollars
Warwick, one thousand and eighty dollars
Washington, four hundred and eighty dollars
Watertown, seventy thousand and eighty dollars
Wayland, seventy-four hundred and forty dollars

$15,810 00
7,080 00
8,400 00
2,7(50 00
5,040 00
3,000 00
4,920 00
10,080 00
720 00
8,280 00

189,480 00

13,440 00
1,680 00
5,760 00

31,440 00
3,600 00
9,360 00

465,360 00
2,880 00
9,120 00

17,760 00

14,280 00
3,240 00
3,120 00
3,720 00
2,520 00
4,320 00

31,200 00
0,120 00

83,280 00
7,680 00
5,760 00
6,600 00

720 00
4,680 00
4,440 00
1,560 00
2,280 00

840 00
2,880 00

15,360 00

34,920 00
960 00

22,920 00

86,880 00

18,480 00

18,480 00
10,080 00

1,080 00

480 00

70,080 00

7,440 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 376. 457

Webster, thirty thousand four hundred and eighty dol-
lars $30,480 00 State tax

Wellesley, forty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty ^^S"*^!'"" In

dollars 44,880 00 '^■

Welltlcct, two thousand and forty dollars . . . 2,010 00

Wendell, eighteen hundred dollars .... 1,800 00

Wenhani, forty-nine hundred and twenty dollars . . 4,920 00

West Boylston, twenty-eight hundred and eighty dollars 2,880 00

West Bridgewater, forty-nine hundred and twenty doliai-s 4,920 00

West Brooklield, twentj'-scvcn hundred and sixty dollars 2,7(10 00

\\'cst Newbury, twenty-one hundred and si.xty dollars . 2, IGO 00
West Springfield, forty-seven thousand eight hundred

and eighty dollars 47,880 00

West Stockbridge, twentj'-fivc hundred and twenty dol-
lars 2,520 00

West Tisbury, thirteen hundred and twenty dollars . 1,820 00

Westborough, seventy-three hundred and twenty dollars 7,320 00

Westfield, forty-one thousand four hundred dollars . 41,400 00

Westford, ninety-two hundred and forty dollars . . 9,240 00

Westhanipton, seven hundred and twenty dollars . . 720 00

Westminster, twenty-four hundred dollars . . . 2,400 00
Weston, twelve thousand seven hundred and twenty

dollars 12,720 00

Westport, ten thousand four hundred and forty dollars . 10,440 00

Westwood, sixty-one hundred and twenty dollars . . 6,120 00
Wej'moutli, thirty-eight thousand two hundred and

eighty dollars 38,280 00

Whatel}', twenty-five hundred and twenty dollars . . 2,520 00
Whitman, fifteen thousand three hundred and sixty

dollars 15,360 00

Wilbraham, sixty-two hundred and forty dollars . . 6,240 00

Williamsburg, thirty-four hundred and eighty dollars . 3,480 00
Williamstown, eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty

dollars 11,880 00

Wilmington, fifty-four hundred dollars .... 5,400 00

Winchendon, thirteen thousand two himdred dollars . 13,200 00

Winchester, forty thousand six hundred and eighty dollars 40,680 00

Windsor, eight hundi'ed and forty dollars . . . 840 00
Winthrop, thirty-five thousand six hundred and forty

dollars . 35,640 00

Woburn, thirty-six thousand dollars .... 36,000 00

Worcester, five hundred fifty thousand and eighty dollars 550,080 00

Worthington, one thousand and eighty dollars . . 1,080 00

Wrentham, forty-nine hundred and twenty dollars . 4,920 00

Yarmouth, forty -eight himdred dollars .... 4,800 00

$12,000,000 00

Section 2. The state treasurer shall forthwith send his state treasurer
warrant, according to the provisions of section twenty of warrant.
cliapter fifty-nine of the General Laws to the selectmen or
assessors of each city and town taxed as aforesaid, requiring
them respectively to assess the sum so charged, and to add
the amount of such tax to the amount of city, town and
county taxes to be assessed by them respectively on each
city and town.

Secxiox 3. Tlic state treasurer in his warrant shall re- Payment of
quire the selectmen or assessors to pay, or issue severally their cftlesTnd*^^ ^
warrant or warrants requiring the treasurers of their several *owns.
cities and towns to pay to the state treasurer, on or before
November twentieth in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, the sums set against said cities and towns in

458

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 377.

Notice to
treasurers of
delinquent
cities and
towns.

the schedule aforesaid; and the selectmen or assessors,
respectively, shall return a certificate of the names of the
treasurers of their several cities and towns, with the sum
which each may be required to collect, to the state treasurer
at some time before September first in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-six.

Section 4. If the amount due from any city or town,
as provided in this act, is not paid to the state treasurer
within the time specified, then the state treasurer shall notify
the treasurer of such delinquent city or town, who shall
pay into the treasury of the commonwealth, in addition to
the tax, such further sum as would be equal to one per cent
per month during the delinquency from and after November
twentieth in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six; and
if the same remains unpaid after December first in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, an information may be
filed by the state treasurer in the supreme judicial court, or
before any justice thereof, against such delinquent city or
town; and upon notice to such city or town, and a summary
hearing thereon, a warrant of distress may issue against
such city or town to enforce the payment of said taxes under
such penalties as the court, or the justice thereof before
whom the hearing is had, shall order. Nothing herein con-
due tom™'^'^''^ tained shall be construed to prevent the state treasurer
commonwealth. fj-Qni deducting at any time, from any moneys which may
be due from the commonwealth to the delinquent city or
town, the whole or any part of said tax, with the interest
accrued thereon, which shall remain unpaid.

Approved May 28, 1926.

Warrant of
distress, when
may issue.

Deduction of

G. L. 12. § 16,
etc., amended.

Chap. 377 An Act relative to the salary of the third assistant

DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixteen of chapter twelve of the Gen-
eral Laws, as amended by section tAvo of chapter three hun-
dred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, by section two of chapter two hundred and eleven
and section two of chapter three hundred and ninety-eight,
both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by
section two of chapter two hundred and sixty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and by section
two of chapter two hundred and eighty-five and by chapter
three hundred and thirty-seven, both of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the sixteenth line, the word "eighteen" and
inserting in place thereof the words: — twenty-four, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 10. Assistant, second assistant
and third assistant district attorneys and deputy district
attorneys shall receive from the commonwealth salaries as
follows :

For the Suffolk district, two assistants, sixty-five hundred
dollars; two assistants, five thousand dollars; two assistants,

Salaries of
assistant dis-
trict attorneys,
etc.

Suffolk
district.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 378. 459

four thousand dollars; and two assistants, twenty-four
hundred dollars.

For the northern district, assistant, five thousand dollars; Nortiiem
second assistants, four thousand dollars. district.

For the eastern district, assistant, thirty-six hundred f-^trtc"
dollars; second assistant, three thousand dollars; third
assistant, eighteen hundred dollars.

For the middle district, assistant, thirty-six hundred Middle district.
dollars; second assistant, three thousand dollars; third
assistant, twenty-four hundred dollars.

For the southeastern district, assistant, thirty-six hundred Southeastern
dollars; second assistant, three thousand dollars; deputy
district attorney, such compensation as shall be fixed by the
district attorney, with the approval of the chief justice of
the superior court.

For the southern district, assistant, three thousand drsulcT"
dollars; second assistant, twenty-four hundred dollars.

For the western district, assistant, twenty-four hundred ^|trfcT
dollars; second assistant, two thousand dollars.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient Effective date,
appropriation has been made and then as of the first day of
June in the current year. Approved May 28, 1926.

An Act establishing the status of certain officials (JJiar) 378

AND public officers IN RESPECT TO CERTAIN COUNTY
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1, Section twenty of chapter thirty-two of the G. l. 32, § 20,
General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter two ^^''" ^'"*^" ^'
hundred and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out the
paragraph contained in lines nine and ten as printed in the
General Laws, amended as aforesaid, and inserting in place
thereof the following paragraph: — "Employees", any per- County retire-
sons permanently and regularly employed in the direct ^^'^ systems.
service of the county whose sole or principal employment is "Employees",
in such service, except teachers employed in any day school "^^^^ defined.
conducted under sections twenty-five to thirty-seven, in-
clusive, of chapter seventy-four, and also any officials or
public officers whose compensation is paid by the county,
whether employed or appointed for a stated term or other-
wise, except, in counties other than Worcester, an official or
public officer elected by the people.

Section 2. The membership, active or retired, in any Membership of
county retirement association established under said chapter in'^Jounfy'^®"'^
thirty-two or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, of retirement

1 . , • , . , , , associations

every person who at any time presumptively entered any illegal or
such system in any manner or by any method, if and in so such^pereo^nJ^^
far as such membership was illegal or invalid by reason of were officials
the fact that such person was at the time of such presumptive officers at
entrance an official or a public officer, is hereby made legal sumptive"^^
and valid, and all acts done by any such county retirement entrance, etc.,

460

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 379.

made legal
and valid.

Admission to
membership in
county retire-
ment systems
of certain
county officials
or public
officers, etc.

association or any officer thereof in connection with any such
presumptive entrance are hereby ratified and confirmed, to
the same extent and in Hke manner as if the provisions of
said section twenty, as amended by section one of this act,
had been in effect at the time of such presumptive entrance.
Section 3. Any oflicial or pubUc officer of any county
having a retirement system estabhshed under sections twenty
to twenty-five, inclusive, of said chapter thirty-two or cor-
responding provisions of earher laws, who at any time prior
to the effective date of this act has not presumptively entered
said system shall, if otherwise eligible, be admitted to mem-
bership therein if he shall, within thirty days after such date,
file with the retirement board of such county a written notice
that he desires to be so admitted, and thereupon he shall,
upon retirement, be entitled to pension benefits for service
rendered by him prior to the date of the establishment of
such retirement system. Approved May 28, 1926.

G. L. 180, § 5,
amended.

State secretary
may forward
certain state- _
ment to certain
local authorities
before issuing a
certificate of
incorporation
to a corporation
formed for civic,
educational,
social, etc.,
purposes or
approving
change of name
of an incorpo-
rated club, etc.

C/i(XX>.379 An Act regulating the incorporation and change of

NAME OF CLUBS AND CERTAIN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as jolloios:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eighty of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out section five and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 5. Before
making and issuing a certificate of incorporation to a cor-
poration formed for any of the purposes described in section
two or approving the change of name of any corporation
formed as aforesaid which is subject to section twenty-six,
the state secretary may forward a statement to the aldermen
of any city, except Boston, or to the selectmen of any town,
where such corporation occupies or uses or is to occupy or
use any premises for the transaction of any of its corporate
activities, and, if such premises are or are to be in Boston,
to the police commissioner, giving a list of the applicants for
incorporation or the officers of the corporation seeking to
change its name, the purposes of such proposed incorporation
or change of name as stated by them, the location of the
premises occupied or used or proposed to be occupied or
used, which shall include the street and number, if any, and
all other facts which may be stated in the application for
incorporation or the petition for approval of change of name.
The mayor and aldermen, selectmen or police commissioner,
upon the receipt of such statement, shall immediately make
an investigation for the purpose of ascertaining whether any
of the proposed incorporators, or officers of the petitioning
corporation, or any other persons known to be, or apparently,
identified with the said proposed or petitioning corporation
as members, stockholders, employees or otherwise, and
actually participating or to participate in the management
of its affairs, or in the direction of its business, have been
engaged in the illegal selling of intoxicating liquor or in keep-
ing places or tenements used for illegal gaming, or in any

Said local
authorities to
investigate and
report to state
secretary
certain facts.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 379. 461

other business or vocation prohibited by law, or are persons
of ill repute, or whether any location to be occupied is un-
suitable, and shall forthwith report to the state secretary
all the facts ascertained. If, in his opinion, it appears from stiite secretary
said report or otherwise that a probable purpose or probable *°guc^certificate
result of the formation of the proposed corporation or of of incorporation

1 11 /. • -ii 1 J 1 • 1 J or approve

the proposed change or name is or will be to cover or sliield change of '
any illegal business or practices, or any business not within "'*'"'' '^' '^^•
the scope of the expressed corporate purposes, he shall re-
fuse to issue a certificate of incorporation or approve the
change of name, as the case may be.

Section 2. Section eleven of said chapter one hundred G- ^- ,^^^' ^ "•
and eighty is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new sentence: — No petition hereunder for a Petitions for
change of name of a corporation subject to section twenty- CnnforpLateT
six shall be considered by the commissioner of corporations clubs, etc.
and taxation until after such change of name has been ap-
proved by the state secretary.

Section 3. Chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the g. l. iss, § lo,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section ten ^'^^'^'^ed.
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 10. Change.of name
A corporation, except one subject to chapter one hundred corporations.
and fifty-six or chapters one hundred and sixty to one hun-
dred and sixty-three, inclusive, may at a meeting duly called
for the purpose, by vote of two thirds of each class of stock
outstanding and entitled to vote, or, in case such corporation
has no capital stock, by vote of two thirds of the persons
legally qualified to vote in meetings of the corporation, or
by a larger vote if its agreement of association or by-laws
shall so require, change its name; provided, that no corpora- Proviso.
tion subject to section twenty-six of chapter one hundred
and eighty shall change its name until after approval of such
change by the state secretary. Articles of amendment Articles of
signed and sworn to by the president, treasurer and a ma- be^prepared,*''
jority of the directors or other officers having the powers of etc.
directors, shall within thirty days after such meeting be
prepared, setting forth such amendment, and stating that it
has duly been adopted by the stockholders. Such amend- Submission to
ment shall be submitted to the commissioner who shall of corporations
examine it, and if he finds that it conforms to the require- ^nd taxation,
ments of law, he shall so certify and endorse his approval
thereon. Thereupon the state secretary shall direct the state secretary
officers of the corporation to publish in such form as he may catforTetc.""^''"
see fit, in a newspaper published in the county where the
corporation has its principal office or place of business, notice
of such change of name. When the state secretary is satis- To grant certif-
fied that such notice has been published as required by him, oTcorp^orat^™^
he shall upon the payment of a fee of one dollar grant a etc.
certificate of the name which the corporation shall bear,
which name shall thereafter be its legal name, and he shall
cause the article of amendment and the endorsements thereon
to be recorded in his office. In the case of corporations Approval of
subject to chapter one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred ofTnTurance!'^ '

when required.

462

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 380.

Article of
amendment,
when to take
effect.

and seventy-six or one hundred and seventj^-seven, the ap-
proval of the commissioner of insurance shall be required
before the commissioner of corporations and taxation ap-
proves the article of amendment. No article of amendment
changing the name of any corporation shall take effect until
it has been filed in the ofiice of the state secretary as aforesaid.

Approved May 28, 1926.

Chap.SSO -'^N ^CT ESTABLISHING THE SALARIES OF THE JUDGES, REGIS-
TERS AND ASSISTANT REGISTERS OF PROBATE AND IN-
SOLVENCY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and seventeen of the
General Laws, as amended in section thirty-four by section
one of chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section thirty-four and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 34- The
salaries of all judges of probate shall be paid by the com-
monwealth, and, except in Suffolk county, shall be based
upon population as determined by the state census of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five, as follows:

G. L. 217. I 34,
etc., amended.

Salaries of
judges of pro-
bate and
insolvency.

Population of County.

Under 25,000 .
25,000 to 100,000
100,000 to 200,000
200,000 to 300,000
300,000 to 400,000
400,000 to 600,000
600,000 to 900,000

Judges.

Salary.

$3,000
4,500
5,000
6,000
0,500
7,000
8,000

G. L. 217, I 35,
amended.

Salaries of
registers and
assistant regis-
ters of probate
and insolvency.

G. L. 217, § 36,
etc., repealed.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and seventeen is
hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-five
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 35.
The salaries of registers and all assistant registers shall be
paid by the commonwealth, and, except in Suffolk county,
shall be as follows:

Registers, seventy-five per cent of the salaries paid the
judges of their respective counties.

Assistant registers, sixty-six and two thirds per cent of
the salaries paid their respective registers, except that in a
county in which there is more than one judge of probate the
salaries of assistant registers shall be seventy-five per cent
of the salary of the register.

Second and third assistant registers, sixty and fifty-five
per cent, respectively, of the salaries paid their respective
registers.

Section 3. Section thirty-six of said chapter two hun-
dred and seventeen, as amended by section four of chapter
three hundred and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hun-

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 381. 4G3

<lrc<l juul twenty-two aiul by section ninety-one of cliapter
three hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, is hereby repealed.

Section 4. Section thirty-seven of said chapter two luin- g. l. 217, 5 37.
dred and seventeen, as amended by chapter three liundred etc., repealed,
and sixty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one and by section two of chapter three hundred and eighty-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby repealed.

Section 5. Said chapter two hundred and seventeen is g. l. 217, § 38,
hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-eight ^'"ended.
and inserting in place thereof the following: — -Section 3S. Salaries of
In Suffolk county tlie salaries of the judges of probate shall and^Ssistlnt'"^
be ninety-five hundred dollars; of the register, sixty-five probate! etc
hundred dollars, and of the assistant registers, seventy-five i" Suffolk
per cent of that of the register. ^ ^'^ ^'

Section 6. The retirement allowances, under sections Basis of retire-
sixty-one and sixty-tAvo of chapter thifty-two of the General ^ces of certain
Laws, of judges of probate and insolvency appointed before ^^og®tg°^gtg
July second, nineteen hundred and twenty-one shall be
based on the salaries received bj' them immediately prior to
the time this act takes effect.

Section 7. The provisions of this act shall not be con- No salaries
strued to reduce the salary of any person now holding an ^^ ""^^ ' ^ *^'
office affected thereby.

Section S. This act shall take effect on December first, EEfective date.
nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

Approved May 28, 1926.

An Act relative to the admission of material facts and QJidj) 381
papers and documents in actions at law or suits in

EQUITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the g. l. 231, § 69,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section '^'^le"^^-
sixty-nine and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 60. In any action at law or suit in equity a party in actioiw at
by written notice filed in the clerk's office and served by iq'^^y p"aJty "
copy on the other party or his attorney, not less than ten may call upon
days before the trial of the action or suit, may call upon the admission of
other party to admit, for the purposes of the case only, any ^^d^plpert'^and
material fact or facts or the execution of any material paper documents.
or document which he intends to use at the trial. The Court may
court may delay the trial until such notice is answered and u^fif notice
on motion before trial may strike out of such notice or any answered and
ansAver filed in response thereto any matter which is irrele- irrelevant,
vant, immaterial or improperly included therein. If no ^*''' ™^"®''*
answer is filed in the clerk's office within ten days after the aiwwer'fiiS,
filing therein of said notice or within such further time as the etc.
court may on motion allow, the truth of the fact or facts or
the execution of the paper or document shall, for the pur-

464

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 382, 383.

Notice and
answer as
evidence.

Party unreason-
ably refusing
to admit facts,
etc., to pay
expense of
proving such
facts, etc.

G. L. 231, J 146,
amended.

Certain laws
as to pleading
and practice to
apply to suits
in equity.

poses of the case, be held to be admitted. Such notice, in
so far as it relates to a material fact or document, and any
answer filed in response thereto shall, if offered by the party
who filed such notice, be admitted in evidence. If the party
upon whom such notice is served refuses to admit any fact
or the execution of any paper or document mentioned in
the notice, the reasonable expense of proving such fact or
the execution of such paper or document, as determined
after summary hearing by the justice presiding at the trial,
shall, unless the justice certifies that the refusal to admit
was reasonable, be paid by said party to the other party
and the amount thereof shall be added to the taxable costs
of the party in whose favor such amount is awarded or
deducted from the amount of any judgment or decree against
him.

Section 2. Section one hundred and forty-six of said
chapter two hundred and thirty-one is hereby amended by
inserting after the word " fifty-eight " in the second line the
words : — , sixty-nine, — so as to read as follows : • — Section
l/fG. Sections twelve, twenty-nine, forty-two, forty-three,
forty-four, forty-five, forty-seven, forty-eight, fifty-five,
fifty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy-four, seventy-five, eighty-
eight, ninety, and one hundred and thirty-eight, in addition
to those named in section one hundred and forty-four, shall
apply to suits in equity. Approved May 28, 1926.

Chap.^82 An Act authorizing the establishment of a legal

STANDARD OF SIZES FOR ANTHRACITE COAL SOLD IN THE
COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as f allows. •

Chapter ninety-four of the General LaM^s is hereby

amended by inserting after section two hundred and thirty-

the following new section: ^ — ■Section 230 A. The di-

G. L. 94, new

section after
§ 239.

Standard sizes

coafsoidkfcom- Tcctor of standards shall from time to time by rule or regu

monwealth,

establishment

etc.

nine

lation establish standard sizes for anthracite coal offered for
sale Avithin the commonwealth, with variances or tolerances
not to exceed five per cent determined by weight.

Approved May 28, 1926.

Chap.383

Trustees of
state infirmary
may convey or
lease to Boston
and Maine
Railroad cer-
tain land owned
by common-
wealth.

An Act authorizing the trustees of the state infirmary

TO convey or lease to the boston and MAINE RAILROAD
CERTAIN LAND OWNED BY THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

The trustees of the state infirmary, in the name and on
behalf of the commonwealth, are hereby authorized, within
two years from the effective date of this act, to convey in
fee or otherwise or to lease to the Boston and Maine Rail-
road subject to such restrictions, approved by the depart-
ment of public health, as will protect both the purity and
the yield of the water supply of said institution, and to such

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 383. 465

other terms and conditions as may he approved hy the gov-
ernor and council, all or any portion of certain parcels of
land owned hy the commonwealth and situated in the town
of Tewk^shury, heing a part of the land of said state infirmary.
Said parcels arc bounded and described as follows: — Boundariee, etc.

Parcel Nvmbcr One. Beginning at a point on Livingston Parcel
street at land owned by' Stasis and Marie Ceslawycius; ^""''''"■°"^-
thence running southeasterly by said Livingston street about
five hundred fifty-nine feet to the location of the Boston
and Maine railroad; thence running westerly by said location
about six hundred fifty feet to said land of Stasis and Marie
Ceslawycius; thence running southeasterly by said land of
Stasis and Marie Ceslawycius about four hundred sixty-five
feet to the point of beginning. Said parcel containing about
two acres, be the same more or less, and being a portion of
the premises acquired by the commonwealth of Massachu-
setts by deed from C. PL Tucker in eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine.

Parcel Number Two. Beginning at a point on Pinnacle Parcel
street at land of Daniel A. Mace; thence running north- Number Two.
easterly and easterly by said Pinnacle street about one
thousand two hundred thirty feet to land now or formerly
of Cahill; thence running southeasterly by land of said
Cahill about four hundred twelve feet to the location of the
Lowell and Lawrence branch of the Boston and Maine rail-
road; thence running southwesterly by said location about
seven hundred fifty-two feet to said land of Mace; thence
running westerly by said land of Mace about seven hundred
twenty feet to the point of beginning. Said parcel contain-
ing about twelve acres, be the same more or less, and being
a portion of the premises acquired by the commonwealth of
Massachusetts from J. L. Burtt in eighteen hundred and
ninety-six.

Parcel Number Three. Beginning at a point on Pinnacle Parcel
street at the location of the Lowell and Lawrence branch of ^"°^^" '^''''^•
the Boston and Maine railroad; thence running easterly
and northerly by said Pinnacle street about four hundred
sixty-seven feet to land now or formerly of Foster; thence
running southerly by said land now or formerly of Foster
and land of other parties about twelve hundred feet; thence
running easterly by land now or formerly of Folsom about
two hundred feet to land and location of the Boston and
Maine railroad; thence running southerly by said land and
location of said railroad about one hundred feet; thence
running westerly still by said land and location of said railroad
about nine hundred twenty feet to land of Daniel A. Mace;
thence running northwesterly by said land of said Mace
about one hundred fifty feet; thence running westerly still
by said land of Mace about six hundred feet to said location
of the Lowell and Lawrence branch; thence running north-
easterly by said last named location about nine hundred fifty
feet to the point of beginning. Said parcel containing about
twenty-two acres, be the same more or less, and being a

4G6

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 384.

portion of the premises acquired by the commonwealth of
Massachusetts by deed from Ephraim B. Patch in eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight and by deed from Abby J. James
in eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

Approved May 28, 1026.

G. L. 12, § 14.
etc., amended.

CJiap.'SS4: An Act relative to the nfmber and compensation of

ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS FOR THE SUFFOLK DIS-
TRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fourteen of chapter twelve of the
General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter three
hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, by section one of chapter two hundred and eleven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by section
one of chapter two hundred and sixty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four and by section one of
chapter two hundred and eighty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the fifth line, the word "eight" and insert-
ing in place thereof the word : — ten, — so that the two
paragraphs appearing in said section one of said chapter two
hundred and eighty-five will read as follows: — Section 14-
District attorneys of the following districts may appoint the
following officers, as herein specified, and may at their
pleasure remove them :

For the Suffolk district, ten assistant district attorneys.

Section 2. Section sixteen of said chapter twelve, as
amended by section two of said chapter three hundred and
four, by section two of chapter two hundred and eleven and
by section two of chapter three hundred and ninety-eight,
both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by
section two of said chapter two hundred and sixty-five, and
by section two of chapter two hundred and eighty-five and
by chapter three hundred and thirty-seven, both of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word " dollars" in the seventh
line the following: — ■; two assistants, thirty-five hundred
dollars, — so that the paragraph contained in lines five to
eight, inclusive, will read as follows: — For the Suffolk
district, two assistants, sixty-five hundred dollars; two
assistants, five thousand dollars; two assistants, four thou-
sand dollars; two assistants, thirty-five hundred dollars;
and two assistants, twenty-four hundred dollars.

Section 3. This act sluill take effect on the first Wednes-
day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.

Approved May 28, 1020.

District attor-
neys may
appoint assist-
ant district
attorneys, etc.

Suffolk district.

G. L. 12, § 16,
etc., amended.

Salaries of
assistant dis-
trict attorneys
for Suffolk
district.

Effective date.

Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 385, 380. 467

An Act providimg for the fuutiiek iripuovkment of the (JJidj) 335

AIRCKAFT LANDING FIELD IN EAST BOSTON.

Be it enacicd, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Tlie division of wiiterwaj's and public lands improvement
of the department of public works of the commonwealth is hmdlngVieid in
hereby authorized and directed to expend or supervise the by'^jivbton'of
expenditure of, for grading, filling and resurfacing the air- waterways and
craft landing field in East Boston, such sum not exceeding ^"
ten thousand dollars as the city of Boston may hereafter Appropriation
appropriate. The said city of Boston is hereby authorized Boston."^
to raise by taxation money sufficient to cover the appropri-
ation authorized as aforesaid.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- etc^^"""""''
visions of its charter. ' Approved May 28, 192G.

An Act graxting the consent of the commonwealth to (JJiaj) 3^5

THE acquisition BY THE united states OF CERTAIN LANDS
SITUATED IN THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The consent of the commonwealth is hereby Consent of
granted to the United States of America to acquire by pur- to'^^ufsTtlon''
chase the following parcels of land situated in the city of of .^"^''f^
Northampton, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, bounded certain lands
and particularly described as follows: — Northampton.

Parcel No. 1. Beginning at a Massachusetts highway Parcel No. 1.
boundstone (M. H. B.) standing at the intersection of the
(supposed) northeasterly side of North Main street with the
easterly side of the Haydenville road, a Massachusetts state
highway, thence north eleven degrees fourteen minutes
fifteen seconds west along the said road nine hundred sixty-
one and fifty-four one hundredths feet to a M. H. B.; thence
north eleven degrees thirty-one minutes forty-four seconds
west along the said road seven hundred seventy-one and
sixty-seven one hundredths feet to a M. H. B.; thence
north ten degrees thirty-one minutes fifty-eight seconds
west along the said road six hundred fourteen and six one
hundredths feet to a M. H. B.; thence north eleven degrees
thirty-nine minutes one second west along the said road
three hundred fifty-eight and seventy-one one hundredths
feet to a stake; thence north eighty degrees forty-eight
minutes forty-five seconds east three hundred ninety-four
and nineteen one hundredths feet to a corner post in a fence;
thence north eleven degrees thirty-seven minutes twenty-one
seconds west one hundred sixty-four and thirty-six one hun-
dredths feet to a walnut tree; thence north eighty-one de-
grees three minutes thirty-six seconds east two thousand six
hundred fifty-nine and sixty-nine one hundredths feet to a
stake and stones; thence south one degree forty-six minUtes

468

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 386.

Consent of
commonwealth
to arquisition
by United
States of
certain lands
in city of
Northampton.

Parcel No. 1.

twenty-eight seconds east four hundred forty-nine and
ninety-four one hundredths feet to a stake; thence north
eighty degrees fifty-one minutes twenty-six seconds east two
hundred eighty-eight feet to a stake; thence south thirteen
degrees forty-six minutes thirty-three seconds east sixtj^-
eight and ten one hundredths feet; thence south three de-
grees thirty minutes thirty-three seconds east two hundred
ten and eighty-nine one hundredths feet to an iron pin and
stones; thence south seven degrees fifteen minutes ten
seconds east two hundred and nineteen one hundredths feet
to a stake; thence south ten degrees twenty-nine minutes
ten seconds east one hundred seventy-four and nineteen one
hundredths feet to a stake; thence south twenty-five de-
grees eleven minutes ten seconds east one hundred eleven
and fifty-four one hundredths feet to a stake; thence south
ten degrees twenty minutes ten seconds east ninety-six and
seventy-four one hundredths feet to a stake; thence south
twenty-nine degrees fifty-nine minutes ten seconds east
eighty-three and five tenths feet to a stake; thence south
thirteen degrees fifty-five minutes sixteen seconds east one
thousand three hundred twenty-three and twenty-one one
hundredths feet to a stake; thence south twelve degrees
fifty-two minutes forty-three seconds east sixty-five and
twenty-three one hundredths feet to a stake; thence south
sixty-six degrees eleven minutes three seconds west one hun-
dred thirty and forty-seven one hundredths feet to a stake;
thence south one degree fifty-five minutes eight seconds east
three hundred twenty-seven and ninety-one one hundredths
feet to a chestnut tree; thence south three degrees forty-
seven minutes forty-six seconds east eight hundred seventy-
nine and fifty-four one hundredths feet to a walnut tree;
thence south eighty degrees forty-three minutes fortj^-two
seconds west one thousand sixty-four and eighty-seven one
hundredths feet to a stake and stones; thence south eighty-
one degrees twelve minutes fifty-one seconds west seven
hundred ninety-seven and sixty-five one hundredths feet
to an iron pin at or near the northeasterly side of North
Main street; thence north fifty-three degrees twenty-three
minutes twenty-two seconds west along the said street seven
hundred fifty and seventy-nine one hundredths feet to an
iron pin; thence north four degrees fifty-one minutes four
seconds east seventy-nine and sixty-three one hundredths
feet to a stake and stones; thence north eight degrees forty-
six minutes fifty-five seconds east three hundred thirty-eight
and thirty one-hundredths feet to a stake; thence north
seventy-seven degrees seventeen minutes four seconds west
sixty-three and eighty-five one hundredths feet to an iron
pin; thence north sixty-one degrees six minutes eleven
seconds west one liundred fifty-three and four one hundredths
feet to an iron pin; thence south thirty-seven degrees nine
minutes fifty-three seconds west two hundred forty-seven
and forty-five one hundreilths feet to an iron pin; thence

Acts, 192C. — Chap. 386. 469

south forty-nine degrees fifteen minutes fifty seconds east
two hundred eighty-eight and ninety-five one liundredtlis
feet to a stake; thence south thirty-eight degrees tliirty-
seven minutes forty-six seconds west fifty-nine and tliirty-
one one hundredths feet to an iron pin; thence north fifty-
three degrees tliirty-one minutes twelve seconds west along
said North Main street eight hundred fifty-five and ninety-
seven one hundredths feet to the place of beginning, and
containing two hundred eighty and eight hundred thirty-
seven one thousandths acres. Bearings are given from the
true meridian.

Parcel No. 2. Beginning at a stake on the easterly line Parcel No. 2.
of the location of the Williamsburg branch of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad at a point opposite and
fifty-seven and seventy-five one hundredths feet from a
center line monument on the said railroad at their station
153 + 05.6 (P. C), thence southeasterly along the said loca-
tion line two hundred seventy-eight feet to a stake; thence
northerly, making a contained angle of twenty-three degrees
two minutes with the preceding line and along other land
of this grantor one hundred seventy-seven and three tenths
feet to a stake; thence continuing northerly on a curve to
the left with a radius of thirty-three hundred fifty-five and
sixty-five one hundredths feet and to which the preceding
line is tangent five hundred fifty-four and thirty-one one
hundredths feet to a stake at land now or formerly of A. S.
Warner; thence westerly along land of the said Warner
three hundred nineteen and five tenths feet to an iron pin
on or near the easterly line of North Main street; thence
southeasterly along the said street four hundred thirteen
feet to a stake on the easterly location line of the said rail-
road; thence southerly along the said location line two
hundred feet to the place of beginning and containing two
and seventy-eight one hundredths acres.

Section' 2. Jurisdiction over said parcels of land is jurisdiction
hereby granted and ceded to the United States of America, "Z^tl^ ^""^^
but upon the express condition that this commonwealth shall United states
retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States of conditions.
America in and over the parcels of land so acquired, in so far
that all civil processes, and such criminal processes as may
issue under the authority of this commonwealth against any
person or persons charged with crimes committed without
said parcels of land, may be executed thereon in the same
manner as though this consent and cession had not been
granted; provided, that the exclusive jurisdiction shall re- Proviso.
vert to and revest in the commonwealth whenever the area
so acquired shall cease to be used for purposes of national
defense. Approved May 2S, lfi2G.

470

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 387, 388.

G. L. 45, tliroe
new sections
after § 23.

Shore reserva-
tions bordering
on tidewater in
towns, estab-
lishment, etc.,
petitions for,
etc.

Not applicable
to cities.

County com-
missioners to
submit to
general court
plans, etc., of
such reserva-
tions.

Chap.S87 An Act relative to the establishment and maintenance

OF SHORE reservations IN CERTAIN TO\VNS.

Be it rnacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty-five of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section twentv-three, under the heading
SHORE RESERVATIONS IN TOWNS, the three follow-
ing new sections: — Section 23 A. A town bordering on tide-
water may, at an annual town meeting, vote to instruct its
selectmen to petition in writing the county commissioners of
the county in which said town is situated, in this and the
two following sections called the commissioners, to establish,
lay out and maintain, on behalf of the county, a shore
reservation bordering on tidewater in such town, and there-
upon said selectmen shall so petition. This section and
sections twenty-three B and twenty-three C shall not apply
to cities.

Section 23B. If the commissioners, after a public hearing
upon the petition and after such further investigation as the
commissioners consider desirable, determine that public
necessity requires that such a reservation should be so estab-
lished, laid out and maintained, they shall submit plans
and estimates of the cost to the general court by filing the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives not later
than December first following such determination, for such
action as to the general court may seem advisable.

Section 23C. After being authorized by the general court
to establish any such reservation, the commissioners, on
behalf of the county, may take by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase, gift, devise
or otherwise, such land in fee as may be necessary therefor,
and may establish, lay out and maintain the same. Any per-
son injured in his property by the establishment and laying
out of such a reservation may recover compensation therefor
from the county under said chapter seventy-nine.

The selectmen of any town instructed to petition for the
establishment of such a reservation, if and to the extent
authorized by vote of the town at a town meeting, may
stipulate in writing in behalf of the town to indemnify
and save harmless the county against all or any part of any
claims for damages sustained under this section, and to con-
ti'ibute money, labor or materials toward the cost of estab-
lishing, laying out, maintaining and properly policing such
a reservation. Approved May 28, 1926.

Upon author-
ization by
general court
county com-
missioners may
establish, etc.,
such reserva-
tions.

Compensation
for injuries
to property.

Towns to
indemnify
counties against
claims for
damages, etc.

To contribute
money, labor
or materials,
etc.

Chap.SSS ^'^ -A^"^ PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BREAKWATER
OR SEA WALL AT GREAT HEAD IN THE TOWN OF WINTHROP.

Division of
waterways and
public lands to
construct
breakwater or

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1. Subject to the conditions herein imposed,
the division of waterways and public lands of the depart-
ment of public works is hereby authorized and directed to

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 389. 471

construct a I)i'rak\vater or sea wall witli such backfilling as soa wall at
it considers necessary along the easterly and southerly sides towiiV/°* '"
of Great Head, so-called, in the town of Winthrop for the winthrop.
purpose of protecting said Great Head from erosion by the
sea. No work shall be begun until .July first, nineteen hun- No work until
dred and twenty-seven, nor until the town of Winthrop has J^^^'l^^^'

,,.,.,.*„ , , , . , ', 1 own of

assumed liability tor damages that may be incurred here- winthrop to
under in the manner provided bj^ section twenty-nine of f^r damagos" ^
chapter ninetv-one of the General Laws, nor until said town and to pay to

1 m'i i-i' 1 CI state one half

has contril>uted and paid into the treasury or the common- of cost, etc.
wealth one half of the maximum total cost of such improve-
ment hereinafter set forth, which together with such sum,
not exceeding one half of such maximum total cost as
aforesaid, as may hereafter be appropriated by the common- Appropriation
wealth in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, shall 19^7, etc.'"
constitute a fund for the improvement herein authorized;
provided, that the total cost of such improvement shall not Provisos.
exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, and provided, further,
that if any of the aforesaid fund remains after the com-
pletion of such improvement one lialf of such remainder
shall be paid to said town.

Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the payments Town of
required to be made by the tow^n of Winthrop under this bo"row°mo'uey,
act, said town may borrow from time to time such sums as ®**'-
may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate thirty-
seven thousand five hundred dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words.
Town of Winthrop, Great Head Sea Wall Loan, Act of 1926. Town of
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and Great H^d
such loans shall be payable in not more than five years from |®^ 0^92^°^'*'
their dates. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall be out-
side the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided,
be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, in-
cluding the proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter
by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Effective upon
on or before December thirty-first in the current year by vote^of town^
vote of said town in town meeting and the filing in the office of^Wmthrop,
of said division of a certified copy of said vote. So much
thereof as provides for acceptance as aforesaid shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved May 28, 1026.

Chap,3S9

An Act making a necessary correction in the current

LAWS relative TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF
SECOND ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT
OF BRISTOL.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio irs:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the g. l. 218, § 10,

r^ IT 11* J.' .L I J.' J! etc., amended.

General Laws, as amended in section ten by section one 01
chapter two hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one, by section one of chapter sixty-

472

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 390.

District courts,
assistant clerks,
appointment,
etc.

Second assist-
ant clerks,
appointment,
etc.

Third district
court of
Bristol.

Third assistant
clerks, appoint-
ment, etc.

Submission to
Bristol county
commissioners.

three of the aets of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and
by section four of chapter one hundred and sixty-four, sec-
tion one of chapter three hundred and fourteen and section
one of chapter three hundred and seventy-nine, all of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by section one
of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five and by section one of chapter
sixty-nine and section one of chapter three hundred and
sixty-six, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
ten and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section
10. The clerk of a district court may, subject to the ap-
proval of the justice, appoint one or more assistant clerks,
who shall be removable at his pleasure or at the pleasure of
the court, for whose official acts the clerk shall be responsible
and who shall be paid by him unless salaries payable by the
county are authorized in this section or in section fifty-three.
Assistant clerks with salaries payable by the county may
be appointed in the central district court of northern Essex,
Ihe municipal court of the Charlestown district, the district
court of western Hampden, the district court of Newton and
in courts the judicial districts of which have, according to
the national or state census last preceding, a population of
sixty thousand or more. Second assistant clerks with
salaries payable by the county may be appointed in the
municipal court of the Roxbury district, the East Boston
district court, the municipal court of the Charlestown dis-
trict, the municipal court of the West Roxbury district, and,
subject to the approval of the county commissioners, in the
first district court of eastern Middlesex, the third district
court of eastern Middlesex, the district court of southern
Essex and the third district court of Bristol. Third assist-
ant clerks with salaries payable by the county may be ap-
pointed in the municipal court of the Roxbury district and,
subject to the approval of the county commissioners, in the
first district court of eastern Middlesex and the third dis-
trict court of eastern Middlesex.

Skction 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by the county commissioners of
Bristol county. Approved May '2S, 1926.

Chap.390 An Act establishing the status of officials and public

OFFICERS PAID BY THE CITY OF BOSTON OR THE COUNTY OF
SUFFOLK OR BOTH IN RESPECT TO THE BOSTON RETIREMENT
SYSTEM.

Be it enacted, etc., an follows:

Section 1. Section two of chapter five hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
as amended by section three of chapter three hundred and
eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three
and by section one of chapter eighteen of the acts of nine-

1922, 521, § 2,
etc., amended.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 390. 473

teen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by
strikinsj out paragraph (b) and inserting in place thereof the
following:- — ■ (h) "Employee" shall moan any ])erson rogu- Definition of
larly and jxTnunuMitly in the employ of the city of Boston pb^ee'^as used
or county of Suffolk and any official or public officer whose i" Boston

• . . • I 1 • i' • II II rolireiiieiit act.

compensation is paid l)y said city or county or hotli, wlictlicr
employed or appointed for a stated term or otherwise, (except
persons elected by the people and except court officers of
the supreme judicial and superior courts appointed prior to
February first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and
teachers who, on September first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, are employed by the city of Boston and are
members of the state teachers' retirement association) whose
employment is such as to require that his time be devoted to
the service of the city or county, or both, in each year during
one half or more of the ordinary working hours of a city
employee, or any regular and permanent employee of this
commonwealth whose compensation is wholly paid by the
city of Boston or by the county of Suffolk, and the working
superintendent and his employees of the index commis-
sioners of the county of Suffolk.

Section 2. The membership, active or retired, in the Membership of
Boston retirement system established by said chapter five in'^Bostoii"""^
huntlred and twenty-one, of every person who at any time retirement
prior to the effective date of this act purportedly entered or invalid
said system, if and in so far as such membership was illegal p^sMs were
or invalid by reason of the fact that such person was at the fi^^^'^g"'' J^'!'*^'
time of such purported entrance to said system an official time of pur-
er a public officer, is hereby made legal and valid to the same et'c.*^made7e'gl1'
extent as if the provisions of section one of this act had been ^^^ ^^'i'^-
in efi'ect on and after February first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-three.

Section 3. Any official or public officer appointed by Withdrawal
the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, or retlremen^t^sys-
by the justices of the supreme judicial or superior courts of^i^^j^ 0^'^*^'^'°
whose membership in said system is made legal and valid public otiicera.
by the provisions of sections one and two of this act, may
withdraw from membership in said system if a written notice
signed by him that lie desires so to withdraw is received by
the Boston retirement board, established under said chapter
five hundred and twenty-one, within thirty days after the
effective date of this act, and upon the receipt of such notice
as aforesaid his membership in the said system shall cease
as of said eft'ective date and none of the provisions of said
chapter five hundred and twenty-one shall apply to him.

Section 4, Any official or public officer whose compen- Admission to
sation is paid by the city of Boston or county of Suffolk, or BosTon^et'ire^"
both, who prior to the effective date of this act has not pur- ^rtain'^officiaia^
portedly entered said system, and who is an employee as or public
defined in section one of this act, shall, if otherwise ebgible, ° ''^^^'
be admitted to membership if he shall, within thirty days
after said date, file with the said retirement board a written
notice that he desires to be so admitted, and he shall, upon

474

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retirement, be entitled to the pension benefits for his service
prior to February first, nineteen liundred and twenty-three,
provided in section ten of said chapter five hundred and
twenty-one.

Sfxtion 5. Tliis act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 29, 192G.

C/ia7).391 ^^ ^^^ '^^ PROMOTE THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF CANCER
AND THE EXTENSION OF RE,SOURCES FOR ITS CARE AND

Emergency
preamble.

TREATMENT.

Whereas, It is important for the protection of the public
health that immediate steps be taken for tlie further pre-
vention of cancer and the cure and treatment of persons
afflicted with cancer, therefore this act is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public health.

Department of
public health
to formulate
plan for care
and treatment
of persons
suffering from
cancer, etc.

To submit
plan to gover-
nor and coun-
cil, budget
commissioner
and general
court, etc.

To establish,
organize and
conduct cancer
clinics.

Expenditures.

Use of Norfolk
state hospital
for immediate
care, etc., of
persons suffer-
ing from
cancer.

E.xpenditmre3.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public health, hereinafter
called the department, is hereby authorized and directed to
formulate a plan for the care and treatment of persons suf-
fering from cancer, with a view to taking any necessary initial
steps toward the establishment of necessary hospital facilities
for such care and treatment by the construction of new
hospital buildings, by the use of existing buildings or by
additions to existing buildings. The department shall,
from time to time, submit such plan to the governor and
council and to the budget commissioner, and shall report its
final plan to the general court not later than October fifteenth
in the current year, with drafts of such legislation as may be
necessary to carry the same into effect, and shall at the
same time file copies thereof with the said budget commis-
sioner.

Section 2. The department shall establish and organize
cancer clinics in such parts of the commonwealth as it may
deem most advantageous to the public health and sliall
conduct such clinics with or without co-operation on tlie
part of municipahties, local physicians and other agencies.

Section 3. Subject to appropriation, the department
may expend during the current fiscal year for the purposes
of sections one and two a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars.

Section 4. For the purpose of providing immediate care
and treatment for persons suffering from cancer, the de-
partment is hereby authorized to make use of the Norfolk
state hospital and may suitably condition and equip the
same. Subject to appropriation, there may be expended for
the purposes of this section during the current fiscal year a
sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.

Approved May 29, 1926.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 392. 475

An Act authorizing the department of public utilities Chav.S92

TO GRANT LICENSES TO COMMON CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS
BY MOTOR VEHICLE IN CERTAIN TOWNS AND TO ADOPT
ORDERS, RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE THERETO IN
SUCH TOWNS.

IVhcreas, The deferred operation of this act would, in part, Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p""^**™
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the o. l. 159, § 45.
General Laws, as amended in section forty-five by section ^^" *™''°'^°'^-
one of chapter two hundred and eighty of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five and by chapter one hundred
and sixty-three of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section forty-five and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 45. No Motor vehicles
person or railroad or railway company shall, in any city or ated^upoV^*"^"
town, operate any motor vehicle upon any public way, for ^j^rrk Jof ^ ^""^
the carriage of passengers for hire, in such a manner as to persons for hire
afford a means of transportation similar to that afforded by ncense, etc.
a railway company, by indiscriminately receiving and dis-
charging passengers along the route on which the vehicle is
operated or may be running, or for transporting passengers
for hire as a business between fixed and regular termini,
without first obtaining a license therefor from the city council
of such city or the selectmen of such town, in this and sec-
tions forty-six and forty-seven called the licensing authority;
provided, that in respect to any boulevard or way under the Proviso as to
jurisdiction of the metropolitan district commission such metro'poiitan
commission shall constitute the licensing authority within district com-
the meaning of this and said sections forty-six and forty-
seven, and provided, further, that if a person or railroad or Proviso as to
railway company desiring to operate any motor vehicle for department <>f
the purposes and in the manner aforesaid over a route cover- P"l?i":'i^'l!nff

• 1 •1111 !• ir»»i case appiica."

ing at least twenty miles holds a license therefor in the tions for licenses
terminal municipalities and also a license in all but one of abVacte^d^"'^'
the intervening municipalities, or, in case seven or more nfuniJh)afities'^
municipalities intervene, in all but one or two thereof, the
department, on petition of and as affecting such person or
railroad or railway company, shall act as the licensing au-
thority under this and said section forty-six in the one or
two municipalities, as the case may be, in wliich such per-
son's or railroad or railway company's application for such
an original license has not been favorably acted upon within
three months after the filing thereof or in which a license
already granted has been revoked or is expiring or has ex-
pired, and as to the renewal of which favorable action has
not been taken for five days after the filing of the applica-

476

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 392.

Department to
give public
hearing before
granting such
licenses, etc.

To specify
routes, etc.

Such licenses
to be limited
to through
traffic, etc.

Mayor to ap-
prove licenses
issued by
city council.

Limit of local
license fee.

Ijicensees
declared to he
common car-
riers, etc.

To be subject
to orders, regu-
lations, etc.

No license for

carriage of

passengers

exclusively

interstate.

G. L. 159, § 46,

etc., amended.

Common car-
riers of passen-
gers by motor
vehicle, li-
censing, rules,
regulations,
etc.

I,icenscps to
deposit security
by bond, etc.,
conditioned to
pay judgment
for injury to
person or
property, etc.

tion for sucli renewal. The department, before granting
such a license, shall give a public hearing thereon after notice
to the licensing authority of such a municipality, and if the
department finds that public convenience and necessity
require that the applicant be allowed to operate a motor
vehicle through such a municipality and over a route as
aforesaid, it may grant a license therefor and shall specify
therein the route or routes over which such vehicle shall be
operated therein, but such a license shall be limited to
through traffic except in case of a railroad or railway com-
pany operating a bus line as a part of its system, without
stopping in such municipality for taking on or discharging
passengers. Any license issued by a city council under this
section shall be subject to the approval of the mayor and
shall not be valid unless such approval has been endorsed
thereon in writing. The fee for any motor vehicle covered
by a license issued by the city council or selectmen under
this section shall not exceed ten dollars for any one year.
Any person or railroad or railway company receiving a
license under this section and a certificate under section
forty-eight A, and operating thereunder, is hereby declared
to be a common carrier and shall, in respect to the operation
of such a vehicle, be subject to such orders, rules or regu-
lations as shall be adopted by the licensing authority under
section forty-six; and such carrier and the service furnished
or rendered for public use by him or it shall be included under
the general supervision and regulation of the department and
shall be subject to its jurisdiction and control in the same
manner and to the same extent as the services and agencies
referred to in clause (a) of section twelve as fully in all
respects as if specifically named and included therein. No
license shall be required under this section in respect to such
carriage of passengers as is exclusively interstate.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, as
amended in section forty-six by section seven of chapter
three hundred and forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five and by section six of chapter three luindred
and sixty-eight of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section forty-six and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 46. No
license shall be granted under the preceding section, except
by the department acting as the licensing authority in a city
or town, until orders, rules or regulations shall have been
adopted by the licensing authority in the toAvn where the
vehicle is to be operated, and any such authority may make
such orders, rules or regulations. No such motor vehicle
shall be operated as aforesaid until the licensee of the vehicle,
in addition to complying Avith all rules, orders and regula-
tions of the licensing authority, shall have deposited with the
treasurer of the town security by bond or otherwise, running
to the town treasurer and approved by him and by the
licensing authority, in such sum as the licensing authority

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 393. 477

may reasonably require, conditioned to pay any final judj;-
ment obtained against the princii)al named in the bond for
any injury to person or property or damage for causing the
death of any person by reason of any negligent or unlawful
act on the part of the principal named in said bond, his or
its agents, employees or drivers, in the use or operation of
any such vehicle. Any person so injured or damaged, or Suits on bonds.
his executor or administrator, or the executor or adminis-
trator of any person whose death was so caused, may enforce
payment of such judgment by suit on said bond in the name
of the town treasurer. Such a bond shall be furnished in where bonds to
each town where said motor vehicle is licensed to operate,
and shall, in each instance, be in accordance with the rules,
orders and regulations of the licensing authority in such town.

Approved May 29, 1926.

be furnished.

C7?a/7.393

An Act rklative to the improvement of low land and

6WAMPK,

Be it enacted, etc., asfollotrs:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and "^-^'^^'j '.•

f.» piz-i IT •• • ^^■' amended.

nfty-two of the (jeneral Laws, as appearing in section one
of chapter four hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "leading" in the third line the words:
— thereto or, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1 . If it improvement

P I , 1 • n 1 of low land

IS necessary or useiul to drain or ilow a meadow, swamp, and swamps.
marsh, beach or other low land held by two or more pro-
prietors, or remove obstructions in rivers or streams leading
thereto or therefrom, such improvements may be made as
provided in the fifteen following sections.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-two is G- L- 252, 5 2,
hereby further amended by striking out section two, as ^ "" ^^^^
appearing as aforesaid, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 2. One employee of the department of fion*^ board™*"
public health designated by it, one employee of the depart- composition,
ment of agriculture designated by it and a third member
designated by the heads of said departments acting jointly
and with the approval of the governor and council shall
constitute the state reclamation board, in the fourteen
following sections called the board. The designation of any Designation of
member of said board may be revoked at any time, and in StionretJ^^^"
such case or in ease of the resignation or disability of any
member his successor shall be designated in the same manner
as in the original designation. The board shall serve in the Service in
department of agriculture, and the members thereof shall agncuitifre*^ "
receive no additional compensation for service on said board. No additional
but shall be entitled to their reasonable traveling and other ctc"^^°^'^ '""'
exj)enses incurred in the performance of their fluties.

Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-two is G. l. 252. 5.5,
hereby further amended by striking out section five, as ^ •• ^™^°
appearing as aforesaid, and inserting in place thereof the

478

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Petition to
board for
improvement
of low land
or swamps.

Investigations
and surveys
by board.

Notice of
petition by
publication,
etc.

Hearing

Determination
of necessity of
organizing a
reclamation
district.

District com-
missioners, ap-
pointment, etc.
to form recla-
mation district.

Compensation
and expenses
of commis-
sioners, pay-
ment, etc.

Removal, etc.
of commis-
sioners.

Mortgagor, etc.
in possession
deemed pro-
prietor.

following: — Section 5. The proprietors of any area de-
scribed in section one or a majority in interest either in value
or area may petition the board setting forth their desire to
improve such area, the necessity or desirability of such
improvements, the objects to be accomplished, a general
description of the lands proposed to be affected and the
names of known owners of said lands. Upon receipt of said
petition and of a sum sufficient to meet its expenses therefor,
the board shall proceed to make such investigations and
such surveys of said lands as may be necessary to determine
the approximate area and boundaries thereof, the need of
the proposed improvements, the probable benefit, if any,
to the public health, the agricultural or other uses to which
the lands can be put and their probable value for such uses
after the improvements are completed, and in general the
practicability and advisability of undertaking the proposed
improvements. Any unexpended balance of the amount so
received shall be reimbursed to the contributors in propor-
tion to their contributions. If such improvements appear
to the board to be advisable and practicable, the board shall
give notice of the petition therefor by publication in a news-
paper published in the county where the greater part of the
land lies and by registered mail to each known proprietor,
stating the date of a hearing to be held by the board not less
than seven days after the publication of said notice and the
date of mailing notices to the proprietors. After the hear-
ing, if the board approves the proposed improvements, it
shall determine whether or not the organization of a recla-
mation district is necessary to construct ajid maintain said
improvements.

If the board decides that a district should be organized, it
shall issue a certificate appointing three, five or seven dis-
trict commissioners, who shall be sworn to the faithful per-
formance of their duties, and shall authorize said commis-
sioners to form a reclamation district under the following
section. The board sjiall fix the compensation of said com-
missioners, which shall not exceed five dollars for each day of
actual service, and shall allow them their necessary traveling
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Such
compensation and expenses sliall be paid by the district and
the district shall reimburse the contributors to the expenses
of the board the amounts of their several contributions less
any unexpended balances returned to them as hereinbefore
provided, and said expenditures shall be a part of the total
expense of the improvements. Any commissioner may be
removed by the board for cause and the board may fill
vacancies. The certificate of appointment of said commis-
sioners shall be revoked by the board when the objects for
which they were appointed have been accomplished. For
the purpose of this and the eleven following sections, a
mortgagor or mortgagee in possession shall be deemed a
proprietor.

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 393. 479

Section 4. Section six of said cliapter two hundrod and ^' ^' 252, § 6,
iitty-two, as appcannjj as atoresaul and as ainendeu l)y sec-
tions one and two of cliapter ninety-three of the acts of
nineteen hnndred and twenty-fonr, is hereby' fnrther anienck^l
by striking- out the first paragraph and inserting in phice
thereof the foHowing: — Section 6. The (Ustrict commis- Meeting for
sioners, in this and the ten foHowing sections called the or^Tn^tng
commissioners, after being sworn, shall call a meeting of the Ji'j^|'];"gt'*|,""
proprietors of the lands to be improved, by giving in such how called, '
nianner as the board may order, a notice to each known ^^'^'
proprietor, signed by the commissioners and setting forth
the time and })laee of a meeting for the purpose of organizing
a reclamation district to carry out the proposed improve-
ments and maintain the same after they are completed.
The notice shall ])e in the forni of a warrant specifying the
matters upon which action is to be taken at the meeting.
The chairman of the commissioners or another commis- Calling of
sioner designated bj^ him shall call the meeting to order and order, etc.
shall determine whether or not proprietors constituting a
majority in interest, in either value or area, are present or
represented by proxies duly executed and placed in the Proxies,
liands of other proprietors prior to said meeting. Lacking Majority in
such a majority, the meeting shall have no power to act, prelent'b^efore
but the commissioners may, in the manner above provided, meeting can
call additional meetings for the same purpose. The meeting Temporary
shall elect a temporarv clerk, who shall be sworn, and a clerk and
moderator. The moderator shall submit to the proprietors submission of
present the question of accepting sections one to fourteen B, question of
inclusive, and of organizing a reclamation district, and if a certain statutes
majority of those present in person or by proxy and voting districf.^etc.'"^
on the question, vote to accept and to organize such district
the provisions of said sections shall take full effect. The vote Record of
shall be recorded and a copy thereof shall be filed with the ^°*'^' ^^'^'
board. The meeting may then proceed to act upon the
other articles, if any, contained in the warrant. Such dis- District clerk
trict shall at the same meeting elect by ballot a district treasurer"eiec-
clerk and a district treasurer, who may be the same person, *'°"' terms, etc.
to hold office until one year from the next succeeding annual
meeting and at each annual meeting after the first a clerk
and treasurer shall be elected by ballot for one year. There Prudential
shall also be elected by ballot a prudential committee of tion,"term3,\tc"
three members Avho shall hold office, one for three 3'ears, one
for two years, and one for one year, from the next succeed-
ing annual meeting. At each annual meeting after the
first a member of said committee shall be elected by ballot
for three years. The aforesaid officers of the district shall ^J^fe^^ntii'^"''^^
hold office until their successors are elected and qualified, succeeded.
The district may also, at the first or any subsequent meeting. District may
borrow for preliminary or current expenses such sums as g^"°^^ money,
may be necessary and may issue therefor notes payable in
not more than two years from their dates. Notes issued
under this provision shall be subject to the provisions of

480

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 393.

G. L. 252, § 7.
etc., amended.

Recording in
registry of
deeds of
description of
benefited area,
copy of plan
and estimate
of amount to
be assessed, etc.

G. L. 252. § 8,
etc., amended.

Payment by
state of part of
e.xpense, etc.

Improvements
without organ-
ization of
district, etc.

Provi.so.

G. L. 252, § 9,
etc., amended.

Meeting to
decide upon
method of
financing im-
provements.

Proviso.

Vote required
in actions
involving
expenditures.

chapter forty-four and to the other requirements for district
notes imposed by section ten. Tlie proceeds of such notes
shall be lield by the treasurer of the district, and pa^'ments
therefrom shall be made only on vouchers duly approved by
a majority of the prudential committee.

Section 5. Section seven of said chapter two hundred
and fifty-two, as appearing as aforesaid and as amended by
section three of chapter ninety-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: — •
As soon as the percentages payable as aforesaid by said
proprietors in the case of original and of further improve-
ments have been finally determined in accordance with this
section the board shall on behalf of the reclamation district
cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds of every countj'^
or district in which the benefited area is situated a descrip-
tion sufficiently accurate for identification of such area, a
copy of a plan to which reference shall be made and also an
estimate of the total amount to be assessed on each parcel of
land within such area, all as set forth in section two of chap-
ter eighty. No original or further improvements shall be
approved by the board until after such recording.

Section 6. Said chapter two hundred ani fifty-two is
hereby further amended by striking out section eight, as
appearing as aforesaid, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section S. Should the board be of the opinion
that a part of the expense of the improvements made under
sections one to fourteen B, inclusive, should be paid by the
commonwealth for the benefit of the public health of said
commonwealth as a whole it shall estimate the amount
which in its opinion should be so paid and shall include the
same in its estimates under section four of chapter twenty-
nine.

When the board determines that the proposed improve-
ments can be effected without tlie organization of a district,
it may advise the proprietors in carrying out said improve-
ments; provided that such advice can be given without
expense to the commonwealth.

Section 7. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-two is
hereby further amended by striking out section nine, as
appearing as aforesaid, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — ■ Section 9. As soon as possible after the re-
cording of the description, plan and estimate as provided in
section seven, the commissioners shall request the clerk to
call a meeting of the district for the purpose of deciding
upon a method of financing such improvements in accordance
with this or the following section; provided, that the com-
missioners may in their discretion insert an article covering
this question in the warrant for the meeting called to organize
the district and the district at said meeting or any adjourn-
ment thereof may decide upon a method of financing. Any
action under this chapter which involves expenditure by the
district shall require a vote of proprietors representing a

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 393. 481

majority in interest both in acreage and value of the area
included in the district. The commissioners shall, if the Petition to

... . . ,, , • • !> ii county coin-

distnct so votes, petition the county commissioners ot the missioners to
county where the greater part of the land lies, annexing a g^g^t instonce!"
certified copy of the petition under section five and of the
determination of the board thereon, and a statement of the
estimated expense of the proposed improvements and shall
request the county commissioners to vote to pay in the first
instance the total expense involved in making the improve-
ments approved by the board, and the said county com- counties may
missioners may so vote. To defray any expense incurred issue bonds,
by said county commissioners under such vote, the county ***"
treasurer, with the approval of the county commissioners,
may issue bonds or notes of the county to an amount not
exceeding such expense, payable in such period, not exceed-
ing twenty-five years from their dates of issue, as the county
commissioners may determine. Such bonds or notes shall
be signed by the county treasurer and countersigned by a
majority of the county commissioners. The county may
sell the said securities at public or private sale upon such
terms and conditions as the county commissioners may deem
proper, but not for less than their par value. The first
payment on account of the principal may, if the county
commissioners so decide, be deferred for not more than five
years after the date of issue of the bonds or notes, but such
bonds or notes shall be subject to the provisions of chapter
thirty-five except as otherwise provided herein. Payments
on account of principal and interest shall be made by the
county and repaid to the county by the district.

Section 8. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-two is etc., amended.'
hereby further amended by striking out section ten, as
appearing as aforesaid, and inserting in place thereof the jij .l j^ ,
following: — Section 10. The district may vote to adopt financing,
any of the three methods of financing hereinafter specified.
(1) If all the members of the district agree, the district may y '^^s^^^'"''" •
raise by assessments upon the proprietors or by voluntary
contributions and deposit with the state treasurer the total
sum required to meet the estimated expense of the improve-
ments, Such deposits shall be held by the state treasurer
to the credit of the district, and payments shall be made By temporary
therefrom as provided in section fourteen. (2) The district '°^"-
may pay the whole expense of the improvements from time
to time as the work is performed and for this purpose may
incur debt by a temporary loan in anticipation of the collec-
tion of assessments from the members of the district during
the calendar year in Avhich said debt is incurred or during ^ is eof
the next succeeding calendar j^ear. (3) The district may notes or bonds,
incur debt to the amount necessary to pay the estimated
expense of the proposed improvements and may issue therefor
notes or bonds, and may, if the board approves, issue notes
or bonds on the condition that the first payment on account
of the principal shall be deferred for a period of not more
than five years from the date of issue of such notes or bonds

482

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 393.

Indebtedness
by district
regulated.

Deposit of
receipts from
bonds, etc.

Redemption
of bonds, etc.,
from appropria
tion for state's
share of
expense, etc.

Payment by
state treasurer
of balance due
district, etc.

Bonds, etc.,
to be general
obligations,
etc.

G. L. 252, 5 11,
etc., amended.

Assessments
upon proprie-
tors, collection,
etc.

Powers and
duties of col-
lectors of taxes
as to collection
of assessments,
etc.

Assessment to
be lien, etc.

and that the whole amount of such debt shall be pa3'able
within a period of not more than tw^enty-five years after
such notes or bonds are issued.

Indebtedness incurred by the district under the provisions
of this section or of section fourteen A shall be subject to
chapter forty-four and to other provisions of the General
Laws applicable to notes and bonds of districts except as
otherwise provided in sections one to fourteen B, inclusive.
Money received from the sale of notes or bonds issued under
this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer and
held by him to the credit of the district. If the district
• issues notes or bonds and thereafter the general court makes
an appropriation to cover such part, if any, of the expenses
of the improvements as it shall deem to be for the benefit
of the public health of the commonwealth as a whole, the
state treasurer may, in his discretion, make all or any part
of such appropriation available to redeem notes or bonds of
the district and shall hold the balance, if any, to the credit
of the district to be used for payment of the expense of the
improvements. If, after, payment of the total expense of
the improvements, money remains in tlie hands of the state
treasurer to the credit of the district the same shall be paid
to the treasurer of the district and shall be used to redeem
outstanding notes or bonds which shall be cancelled by said
district treasurer and not reissued. Bonds or notes issued
under this section shall be the general obligations of the
district by which they are issued.

Section 9. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-two is
hereby further amended by striking out section eleven, as
appearing as aforesaid, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 11. The clerk of the district shall
certify to the assessors of the town or towns in which the land
of the district lies all sums of money voted to be raised and
all sums payable annually on account of the principal and
interest due on bonds or notes issued under the provisions of
section nine or ten, together with the amount to be paid by
each proprietor according to the determination made under
section seven, and said clerk shall also file an attested copy
of such certification with the board. The amounts so certi-
fied shall be assessed upon the lands of the several proprietors
within the area and be added to their annual tax bills and
be collected in the same manner as town taxes, and shall
be paid over to the district treasurer by the collector of taxes.

The collector of taxes of a town in which the whole or any
part of a reclamation district is situated shall have the same
power and perform the same duties relative to the collection
of assessments hereunder as he has and exercises relative to
the collection of town taxes. An assessment made hereunder
shall be a lien upon the land assessed therefor and such lien
shall take effect upon the recording of the description, plan
and estimate under section seven and shall continue for the
same length of time as a lien for an assessment made under

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 393. 483

chapter eighty. Tlic provisions of said chapter eighty Certain laws to
rehative to apportionment, reassessment, collection and i^. *pp y- '''^''•
terest sliall apply to such assessments.

Skctiox 10. Said chapter two luindred and fifty-two is G. L. 253. § 14,
hereby further amended by striking out section fourteen, as ^^' ^'"''"^cd.
appearing as aforesaid, and inserting in place tliereof the
following: — ■ Section I4. The commissioners shall at least Accounts and
once a month at such time as the board may require submit commfsTioners
to it the accounts and vouchers for expenses incurred in ^"'^ prudential

, „ . , . "^ , . committee for

meeting the cost or required improvements under sections expenses, in-
one to fourteen B, inclusive. Such accounts and vouchers m^t!°et'c.^*^"
shall be inspected by the board and if it approves the same
it shall forward them to the county treasurer or to the state
treasurer, as the case may be, for payment from any funds
which may be available for the purpose. Expenses for
maintenance or for further improvements incurred under
the direction of the prudential committee of the district as
provided in section fourteen A shall be paid by the district
treasurer on presentation by the prudential committee of
accounts and vouchers for such expenses; provided, that Proviso.
accounts and vouchers for expenses incurred in connection
with further improvements shall be subject to the ap-
proval of the board before payment. The commissioners
appointed under section fourteen A to make further improve-
ments shall present their accounts and vouchers to the board
for approval in the same manner as the commissioners ap-
pointed under section five to make the original improvements.

Section 11. Section fourteen A of . said chapter two g. l. 252,
hundred and fifty-two, as appearing as aforesaid, is hereby imtnded!"
amended by inserting after the word "improvements" in
the twelfth line the following new sentence: — The com-
missioners or prudential committee acting under this section
shall have and exercise, so far as necessary, the powers of
commissioners appointed under section five to make original
improvements, — so as to read as follows: — Section I4A. District may
A reclamation district organized under this chapter may take further
from time to time at a legal meeting called for the purpose, ij^P'o^ements,
vote to undertake further improvements within the dis-
trict, to raise money by assessment to meet the expense
thereof and to incur debt therefor in the manner provided
by section ten. Such vote shall not be passed until after
completion of the original improvements. The district may By whom to be
also vote to request the board to appoint commissioners to t^medout.
carry out the proposed further improvements. Such com-
missioners shall be appointed by certificate of the board as
provided in section five. The district may, however, au-
thorize its prudential committee to carry out such further
improvements. The commissioners or prudential committee
acting under this section shall have and exercise, so far as
necessary, the powers of commissioners appointed under
section five to make original improvements. The clerk of ''^laus" etc °^
the district shall notify the board of the vote taken and the

484

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 394.

Assessments
upon members,
collection, etc.

commissioners or prudential committee shall submit to the
board within a reasonable time the plan or plans for such
improvements, which shall not be undertaken until the
board approves the same. The district may assess upon
its members such sums as may be necessary to pay for im-
provements so voted and for the maintenance of all im-
provements made under sections one to fourteen B, inclusive,
in the manner provided in section eleven for assessment of
the expense of the original improvements. Such assessment
shall be subject to the same provisions as the assessment
authorized in said section eleven, shall be collected in the
same manner and shall be paid to the treasurer of the district.

Ajjproved May 20, 1926.

Chap

Metropolitan
district com-
mission may
lay out and
construct cer-
tain sections of
proposed cir-
cumferential
highway.

Expenditures.

First section,
location, extent,
etc.

Widths.

Second section,
location, extent,
etc.

Expenditures,
payment, etc.

Assessment of

betterments,

etc.

,394 An Act to authorize the metropoiitan district com-
mission TO LAY OUT AND CONSTRUCT CERTAIN SECTIONS
OF THE ROUTE OF THE PROPOSED CIRCUMFERENTIAL HIGH-
WAY.

Be it enacted, etc., as jollows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission, here-
inafter called the commission, is hereby authorized to lay
out and construct in accordance with the provisions of
chapter ninety-two of the General Laws, relative to the
laying out and construction of parkways and boulevards,
the following sections of the so-called circumferential high-
way located in the town of Saugus and city of Melrose and
in the Hyde Park district of the city of Boston, and may
expend for laying out the same and acquiring land therefor
such sum not exceeding one hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars as may hereafter be appropriated:

Said first section begins at a point on the Newburyport
turnpike in the town of Saugus at or near the Saugus river,
and extends thence southwesterly over public or private
ways and private lands in said town and city to the terminus
of the Lynn Fells parkway at Bellevue avenue. The width
of the location of said section shall be not less than one hun-
dred feet from the Newburyport turnpike to Elm street, and
not less than seventy feet from Elm street to Bellevue
avenue. Said second section begins at the intersection of
the Neponset River parkway with Regent street in the
Hyde Park district of the city of Boston and extends along
Regent street to Milton street in said city of Boston,

Section 2. One half of the expenditures made under
authority of this act shall be paid by the cities and towns of
the metropolitan parks district as part of the cost of main-
tenance of boulevards under section fifty-six of chapter
ninety-two of the General Laws, and the remaining half shall
be paid from the Highway Fund.

Section 3. The commission shall assess betterments
under chapter eighty of the General Laws on account of the
public improvement authorized by this act. One half of
the amount of betterments so assessed and collected shall

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 395. 485

be credited by the state treasurer to the cities and towns of
the metropolitan parks district in the proportions in wliich
they annually pay money into the state treasury to meet
one half of the cost of maintenance of boulevards under
said section fifty-six, and the other half shall be credited by
him to the Highway Fund. Approved May 29, 1926.

Cha2^.395

An Act regulating the sale, rental and leasing of
certain firearms and prohibiting loans of money
thereon.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and forty of the Gen- o. l. i40, §123,
eral Laws, as amended in section one hundred and twenty- **°" amended,
three by section four of chapter four hundred and eighty-five
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by sec-
tion one of chapter two hundred and eighty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section one hundred and
twenty-three and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 123. The license shall be expressed to be and shall Conditions of
be subject to the following conditions : First, That the pro- rent or lease
visions in regard to the nature of the license and the build- arms!" ^^
ing in which the business may be carried on under it shall
be strictly adhered to. Second, That every licensee shall
before delivery of a firearm make or cause to be made a true
entry in a sales record book to be furnished by the licensing
authorities and to be kept for that purpose, specifying the
description of the firearm, the make, number, whether single
barrel, magazine, revolver, pin, rim or central fire, whether
sold, rented or leased, the date and hour of such delivery,
and shall, before delivery as aforesaid, require the pur-
chaser, renter or lessee personally to write in said sales
record book his full name, sex, residence and occupation.
The said book shall be open at all times to the inspection of
the licensing authorities and of the police. Third, That the
license or a copy thereof, certified by the recording officer of
the licensing authorities or by the clerk of the town by which
it is issued, shall be displayed on the premises in a position
where it can easily be read. Fourth, That no firearms shall
be displayed in any outer window of said premises or in any
other place where they can readily be seen from the outside.
Fifth, That the licensee shall, once a week, send a copy of
the record of sales, rentals and leases made by him for the
preceding seven days to the licensing authorities and to the
commissioner of public safety. Sixth, That every firearm
shall be delivered securel}^ wrapped and fastened and shall
be unloaded when delivered. Seventh, That no delivery of
a firearm shall be made on the day of application for the
purchase, rental or lease thereof, except to a person having
a license to carry a pistol or revolver issued under section
one hundred and thirty-one. Eighth, That no firearm shall
be sold, rented or leased to a person who has not a permit,

486

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 395.

Conditions of
lioenses to soli,
rent or lease
certain fire-
arms.

G. L. HO, § 128,
etc., amended.

Penalty for
violations of
conditions of
licenses by
licensees and
for selling, etc.,
firearms with-
out a license.

G. L. 140, two
new sections
after § 131.
Permits to
purchase, rent
or lease certain
firearms, grant-
ing to certain
persons.

Forms,
duration, etc.

Copy to com-
missioner of
public safety.

Penalty.

Loans of
money on
certain firearms
prohibited.

then in force, to purchase, rent or lease a pistol or revolver
issued under section one hundred and thirty-one A. Ninth,
That upon a sale, rental or lease of a firearm, the licensee
under section one hundred and twenty-two shall take up
such permit and shall endorse upon it the time and place
of said sale, rental or lease, and shall forthwith transmit the
same to the commissioner of public safety. Tenth, That
the license shall be subject to forfeiture as provided in sec-
tion one hundred and twenty-five for breach of any of its
conditions, and that, if the licensee is convicted of a viola-
tion of any such condition, his license shall thereupon
become void.

Section 2. Section one hundred and twenty-eight of
said chapter one hundred and forty, as amended by section
two of said chapter two hundred and eighty-four, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the
words "or sixth" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— , sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 128. Any licensee under a license described in
section one hundred and twenty-three, and any employee or
agent of such a licensee, who violates any provision of said
section required to be expressed in the second, fourth, sixth,
seventh, eighth or ninth condition of said license, and any
person who, without being licensed as hereinbefore pro-
vided, sells, rents or leases, or exposes for sale, rental or
lease, or has in his possession with intent to sell, rent or lease,
a firearm, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less
than six months nor more than two years.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and forty is hereby
further amended by inserting after section one hundred and
thirty-one the two following new sections: — Section 131 A.
A licensing authority under the preceding section, upon the
application of a person qualified to be granted a license
thereunder by such authority, may grant to such a person,
other than a minor, a permit to purchase, rent or lease a
pistol or revolver if it appears that such purchase, rental or
lease is for a proper purpose, and may revoke such permit at
will. Such permits shall be issued on forms furnished by the
commissioner of public safety, shall be valid for not more
than ten days after issue, and a copy of every such permit
so issued shall within one week thereafter be sent to the
said commissioner. Whoever issues a permit in violation of
this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less
than six months nor more than two years in a jail or house
of correction.

Section 131 B. Whoever loans money secured by mortgage,
deposit or pledge of a pistol or revolver shall be punished by
a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than one year, or by both.

Approved May 29, 102G.

Acts, 1926. — Chaps. 396, 397. 487

An Act relative to the operation of an act of the Chap.S^Q

CURRENT YEAR AUTHORIZING ANNUAL ALLOWANCES TO
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR
UNIFORMS.

Whereas, Tlio deferred operation or taking effect of this Emergenoy
act would in part defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby ^'^'^'"
(k^chiretl to he an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of tlic public convenience.

Be it ennded, etc., as foUou's:

Chapter three hundred and seventy-three of the acts of ameudld.^ ^*
nineteen hundred and twenty-six is hereby amended by
striking out section two and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 2. Tliis act shall apply to allowances Operation of
and payments for the current year, as if enacted on April ancestocom-
first of the current year. Approved May 29, 1926. "^^^^tt^^^^i

guard for
~" — uniforms.

An Act relative to the terms of certain bonds and PJm^ 397

NOTES to be ISSUED BY THE COMMONWEALTH. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as foliates:

Section 1. To meet expenditures incurred under au- Term of state
thority of chapter seven hundred and ninety-four of the °t°ruction oT°""
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended by ^fUgg^'^^"
chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and fifteen, and as affected by chapter one
hundred and seventy-eight of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and sixteen, the state treasurer may issue notes of
the commonwealth to the amount of eleven thousand dollars
for terms not exceeding one year, as recommended by the
governor in a message to the general court dated May
eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, in pursuance
of section three of Article LXII of the amendments to the
constitution, carrying such rates of interest as the state
treasurer, with the approval of the governor and council,
shall fix. Twenty-five per cent of the amount required to
meet said notes shall be paid from the Highway Fund, and
the remaining seventy-five per cent shall be met by assess-
ments upon the district in the same manner as is provided
for the maintenance of Wellington bridge.

Section 2. To meet expenditures incurred under au- Term of state
thority of chapter two hundred and thirty-five of the General struction of
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, the state treasurer ^ecUng^filue"
may issue notes of the commonwealth to the amount of Hiiis reserva-
seventeen hundred thirty-eight dollars and twenty -five cents Granite street

in town of
Braintree.

for terms not exceeding one year, as recommended by the ^^ *°*" °^
governor in a message to the general court dated May
eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, in pursuance
of section three of Article LXII of the amendments to the
constitution, carrying such rates of interest as the state

488

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Term of state
notes for in-
creased expend-
itures in
reconstruction
of Brookline
Street' Essex
Street-Cottage
Farm bridge.

Term of addi-
tional state
notes for laying
out, etc., south-
ern route to
accommodate
traffic between
Boston and
territory south
and east
thereof.

Term of state
bonds for
making addi-
tional provision
for water
supply needs
of metropolitan
water district,
etc.

treasurer, with the approval of the governor and council,
shall fix. Fifty per cent of the amount required to meet
said notes shall be paid from the Highway Fund, and the
remaining fifty per cent shall be assessed upon the metro-
politan parks district in the same manner as is provided for
the maintenance of boulevards and parkways.

Section 3. The term of the notes which the state treas-
urer is authorized to issue under chapter three hundred and
twenty-seven of the acts of the present year, authorizing an
increase in expenditures for the reconstruction of the Brook-
line Street-Essex Street-Cottage Farm bridge, shall not
exceed three years, as recommended by the governor in a
message to the general court dated May eighteenth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-six, in pursuance of section three
of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution.

Section 4. The term of the notes which the state treas-
urer is authorized to issue under chapter three hundred and
sixty-nine of the acts of the present year, increasing the
amount of notes authorized to be issued under the provisions
of chapter three hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, providing for the laying out and
construction of a southern route to accommodate traffic
between Boston and territory south and east thereof, shall
not exceed four years, as recommended by the governor in
a message to the general court dated May twenty-ninth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, in pursuance of section
three of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution.

Section 5. The term of bonds which the state treasurer
is authorized to issue under chapter three hundred and
seventy-five of the acts of the present year, making addi-
tional provision for the water supply needs of the metro-
politan water district and other communities which now
or hereafter may require water therefrom, and of the city of
Worcester, shall not exceed twenty years, as recommended
by the governor in a message to the general court dated
May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and twentj'-six, in pur-
suance of section three of Article LXII of the amendments
to the constitution. Approved May 29, 1926.

Chap,

Appropriations
to supplement
certain items
contained in
general appro-
priation act,
and for certain
new activities
and projects.

398 An Act in addition to tde general appropriation act
making appropriations to supplement certain items
contained therein, and for certain new activities
and projects.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To provide for supplementing certain items
in the general appropriation act, and for certain new ac-
tivities and projects, the sums set forth in section two, for
the particular purposes and subject to the conditions stated
therein, are hereby appropriated from the general fund or
ordinary revenue of the commonwealth, unless some other

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

489

source of rc\cniio is expressed, subject to the provisions of
law regulating tl-.e disbursement of public funds and the
approval thereof.
Section 2.

$335 00

1,000 00

Service of the LrgishUive Deparhnenl and Special Invcsiigations.

Ilcin

G For the salary of Ii'ving N. Hayden, assistant clerk
of the senate, a sum not exceeding three hundred
and tliirty-hve dollars, the same to bo in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose . . . . .

21a For clerical and other assistance for the committee
on ways and means, as authorized by an order of
the house of representatives, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars .....

22 For authorized travehng and other expenses of the
committees of the present general court, with the
approval of a majority of the committee incurring
the same, a sum not exceeding five hundred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

22a For certain expenses of the joint committee on the
judiciary, a sum not exceeding four hundred and
forty dollars .......

30a For expenses of an investigation relative to a metro-
politan hospital, as authorized by chapter twenty-
two of the resolves of the present year, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars

306 For expenses of an investigation by a special com-
mission relative to obsolete laws, as authorized
by chapter twenty-five of the resolves of the
present year, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars ........

30c For expenses of an investigation by a special com-
mission relative to the worlonen's compensation
law, as authorized by chapter thirty-six of the
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars ....

oOd For expenses of a study of the classification and
salaries of the employees of the commonwealth,
as authorized by chapter forty-five of the resolves
of the present year, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars ......

Total

Lpgislativa
Department.

Assistant clerk
of senate.

Committee on
ways and
means.

Traveling, etc.,
expenses of
committees of
general court.

500 00

440 00

Joint com-
mittee on
judiciary.

Investigation
as to metropol-
itan hospital.

1,000 00

Investigation
as to
obsolete laws.

1,000 00

Investigation
as to work-
men's compen-
sation law.

2,500 00

Study of classi-
fication and
salaries of state
employees.

20,000 00
$26,775 00

Service of the Judicial Department.

Supreme Judicial Court:
37 For office supplies, services and equipment of the
supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred forty-eight dollars and forty-three cents,
the same to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose . . . $1,548 43

Justices of District Courts:
48 For compensation of justices of district courts while
sitting in the superior court, as authorized by
chapter two hundred and eighty-five of the acts
of the present year, a sum not exceeding thirty-
five himdred dollars, the same to l)e in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose 3,500 00

Judicial
Department.

Supreme Judi-
cial Court.

Justices of
District Courts.

490

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Justices of
District Courts.

Item
49

Probate and

Insolvency

Ck)urts.

Commission
on Probation.

For expenses of justices of the district courts while
sitting in the superior court, as authorized by
chapter two hundred and eighty-five of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding eleven hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose $1,100 00

Probate and Insolvency Courts:
For clerical assistance to the register of Worcester
county, a sum not exceeding sixty dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 60 00

Commission on Probation:

For personal services of the deputy commissioner,
clerks and stenographers, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose . . . . . . . . 1,000 00

For services other than personal, including jirinting
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding nine-
teen hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose . 1,900 00

Total $9,108 43

Service of the Militia.

Militia. 112 For comjiensation for special and miscellaneous

duty, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

$800 00

Chief Quarter-
master.

Service of the Chief Quartermaster.

133 For expense of maintaining and operating the state
rifle range, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

$1,500 00

Expenses on
Account of
Wars.

Marking route
of bringing
Runs, etc.,
from Fort
Ticonderoga
to Cambridge.

Improvement,
etc., of Massa-
chusetts mili-
tary monument
at Petersburg,
Virginia.

For Expenses on Account of Wars.

152 For the cost of the erection of markers by the special
unpaid commis.sion established to ascertain the
route in this commonwealth over which General
Henry Knox brought the guns and ammunition
from Fort Ticonderoga to the camp of the Colonial
army at Cambridge in the years seventeen hun-
dred and seventy-five and seventeen hundred and
seventy-six, as authorized by chapter eleven of
the resolves of the present year, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....

152o For the improvement, repair and preservation of
the Massachusetts military monument and its
surroundings at Petersburg, Virginia, as author-
ized by chapter fifteen of the resolves of the
present year, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........

$6,000 00

2,000 00

Total .

$8,000 00

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 398.

491

Item
170

Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.

For other services, supplies and equipment necessary
for the maintenance and care of the state house
and grounds, including repairs of furniture and
e<iuipment, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
lieretofore appropriated for the i)urpose

Superintendent
of Iluildinga.

$3,000 00

Service of the Commission on Necessaries of Life,

173 For expenses of the commission on necessaries of
life, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

Commission on
Necessaries of
Life.

$600 00

Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

175 For the salaries of officers and employees holding
positions established by law, and other personal
services, a sum not exceeding nine hundred and
fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

Secretary of the
Common-
wealth.

$950 00

For matters relating to elections:

189 For personal and other services necessary for pre-

paring and printing ballots for the primary elec-
tions, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

190 For the printing and distribution of ballots, a sum

not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
ajjproijriated for the purpose ....
The unexpended balance of the appropriation made
in nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and reap-
pro])riated in nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
for copying and perpetuating certain records of
Massachusetts troops in the world war, under
the direction of the secretary of the common-
wealth, is hereby again reappropriated.

Total

Election
matters.

2,500 00

7,500 00

Copying, etc.,
certain records
of Massachu-
setts troops in
world war.

$10,950 00

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.

204 For salaries of officers and employees holding posi-

tions established by law and atlditional clerical
and other assistance, a sum not exceeding four
hundred and fifty-five dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

205 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,

office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
four huntlred and fifty dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Treasurer and
Receiver-Gen-
eral.

155 00

450 00

492

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Payments
to Soldiers.

Item

208

Payments to Soldiers:
For expenses of administering certain laws relating
to payments in recognition of military ser\dce iu
the world war, a sum not exceeding ninety dollars,
the same to be paid from the receipts from taxes
levied under authority of chapters two hundred
and eighty-three and three hundred and forty-two
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, and to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

$90 00

Total

$995 00

Compensation
of veterans
retired by
governor, etc.

Unclassified Accounts and Claims.

219 For the compensation of any veteran who may be
retired by the governor under the provisions of
sections fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, of chapter
tliirty-two of the General Laws, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose ....

$750 00

Claims.

Payments for certain claims authorized bj^ the
following appropriations shall be certified by the
comptroller of the commonwealth only upon the
filing of satisfactory releases or other evidence
that the payments are accepted in full com-
pensation on the part of the commonwealth in
respect thereto:

Damages by
sewage from
Belchertown
state school.

Parents of
Everett N.
Milne.

Widow of
Patrick F.
Brennan.

Amey F.
Newcomb.

Bessie P.
Washburn.

Mary Josephine
Macaulay.

Dorothy
L. May.

Parents of
Gustaf A.
Carlson.

230o For payment of certain damages to property occa-
sioned by sewage from the Belchertown state
school, as authorized by chapter seven of the
resolves of the present year, the sum of fourteen
hundred and twenty-two dollars . . . 1,422 00

230b For the parents of Everett N. Milne, as authorized
by chapter ten of the resolves of the present year,
the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars . . 2,500 00

230c For the widow of Patrick F. Brennan of Norwood, as
authorized by chapter tliirteen of the resolves of
the present year, the sum of fifteen hundred
twelve dollars and sixty-three cents . . . 1,512 63

230d For Amey F. Newcomb of Quincy, as authorized by
chapter fourteen of the resolves of the present
year, the sum of thirty-seven hundred twenty-
five dollars and twenty-seven cents . . . 3,725 27

230e For Bessie P. Washburn of Danvers, for the loss of
a coat stolen by a patient of the Danvers state
hospital, the sum of fifty dollars ... 50 00

230/ For Mary Josephine Macaulay of Beverly, sister of
A. Vernon Macaulay, as authorized by chapter
tliirty-three of the resolves of the present year,
the sum of six hundred dollars .... 600 00

230g' For Dorothy L. May of Medford, as authorized by
chapter forty-one of the resolves of the present
year, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars,
to be paid from the Highway Fund . . . 250 00

2S0h For Johan A. Carlson and Augusta Carlson, parents
of Gustaf A. Carlson, as authorized by chapter
fifty-four of the resolves of the present year, the
sum of two thousand dollars .... 2,000 00

Total .

$12,809 90

Acts, 1026. — Chap. 398.

493

Service of the Attorney General's Department.

Item

234a For the payment of services rendered by a special
attorney in cases relative to petitions for refuntl-
ing certain taxes paid by national banks, the sum
of eighteen thousand five hundred sixty-four
dollars and ten cents . ... . . $18,564 10

2346 For the publication of opinions of the attorney gen-
eral, as authorizetl by chapter forty-six of the re-
solves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars 4,000 00

Total $22,564 10

Attorney
General's
Department.

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

251a For publishing volume two of the book on birds of
the commonwealth, as authorized by chapter
thirty-one of the resolves of the present year, a
sum not exceeding thirteen thousand six hun-
dred dollars .......

Department of
Agriculture.

$13,600 00

Service of the Department of Conservation.

Division of Forestry:
268a For expenses relative to the prevention of forest
fires in certain towns in Barnstable county, as
authorized by chapter thirty of the resolves of
the present year, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars .......

Department of
Conservation.
Division of
Forestry.

$2,000 00

Division of Fisheries and Game:
270 For personal services of office assistants, a sum not
exceeding two hundred and sixty dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 260 00

279a For expenses of administering chapter three hun-
dred and seventy of the acts of the present year
relative to taking, marketing and transportation
of shellfish by the division of fisheries and game
of the department of conservation, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars .... 6,000 00

Division of
Fisheries and
Game.

Di\asion of Animal Industry:
287 For the traveling expenses of veterinarians and
agents, including the cost of any motor veliicles
purchased for their use, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose ........

Total

Division of

Animal

Industry,

1,000 00
$9,260 00

Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Division of Insurance:
297 For other personal services of the division, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore approjjri-
ated for the purpose .....

$1,000 00 Dn

Department of
Banking and
Insurance.
Division of
urance.

494

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Department of
Banking and
Insurance.
Division of
Insurance.

Item

298

299

For other ser%'ices, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose ........

The expenditures authorized by item two hundred
and ninety-nine of the general api)ropriation act
of the present year shall be paid from the High-
way Fund.

Total

$1,000 GO

$2,000 00

Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.
Corporation
and Tax
Divisions.

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Corporation and Tax Divisions:
306 For the salaries of certain positions filled by the
commissioner, with the approval of the governor
and council, and for additional clerical and other
assistance, a sum not exceeding five huntlred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . $500 00

Income Tax
Division.

Income Tax Division (the following appropriation

is to be made from the receipts from the income

tax):

310 For traveling expenses of members of the chvision,

a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, the

same to be in addition to any amount heretofore

appropriated for the purpose ....

1,000 00

Division of
Accounts.

Division of Accounts:

312 For personal services, a sum not exceefling four

thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose . . 4,000 00

313 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding one thou-

sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any

amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 1,000 00

314 For services and expenses of auditing and installing

systems of municipal accounts, the cost of which
is to be assessed upon the municipalities for which
the work is done, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the i)ur-
pose 25,000 00

Reimbursement 310
of cities and
towns for loss
of certain
taxes.

Reimbursement for loss of taxes:
For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of taxes on
land used for state institutions and certain other
state activities, as certified by the commissioner
of corporations and taxation, for the fiscal year
ending November thirtieth, nineteen huntlred
and twenty-six, a sum not exceeding seventeen
hundred and fifty dollars, to carry out the i)ro-
visions of chapter one hvmdred and nineteen of
the acts of the i)rcsent year, and to be in addition
to the amount ai)])ropnated in item tlu'ee himdred
and sixteen of the general ajipropriation act of
the present year ......

1,750 00

Total

$33,250 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

495

Service of the Department of Education.

Item

323 For assisting; small towns in providing themselves
with school superintendents, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding thirty-eight hundred and
eighty-five dollars, the same to be in addition to
anj^ amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose ........

Massachusetts Agricultural College:
35Co For the construction of a brooder house, a sum not

exceeding eighteen himdred dollars
35C6 For the construction of certain barns, a sum not

exceeding eleven thousand two hundred dollars

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the state normal schools, and the
boarding halls attached thereto, with the ap-
proval of the commissioner of education, as
follows:
361a For the payment of fees of certain architects for
plans prepared for a dormitory at the Bridgewater
normal school, a sum not exceeding three hun-
dred ninety-one dollars and nineteen cents
372 Westfiekl normal school, a sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose ........

Total

Department of

Education.

$3,885 00

Massacliusotts

1,800 00 College^"'*'
11,200 00

Bridgewater
normal school.

391 19

Wcstficld
normal school.

100 00

$17,376 19

Service of the Dcparlmcnt of Civil Service and Registration.

Division of Civil Service:
382 For other personal services of the division, a sum
not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, to be
transferred from the sum heretofore appropriated
in item three hundred and eighty-three of the
general appropriation act of the present year.

Division of Registration :

385 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding

two hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in
adtlition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose . . . . .-. . •

386 For clerical and certain other services of the division,

a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

State Examiners of Plumbers:
408 For expenses of the examiners, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

Total

Department of
Civil Service
and Registra-
tion.

Division of
Civil Service.

Division of
Registration.

$250 00

150 00

State Exam-
iners of
Plumbers.

3,000 00
$3,400 00

Service of the Department of Menial Diseases.

430 For personal services of officers and employees, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same
to be in adcUtion to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose ....

Department of
Mental

$1,000 00

496

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Depart mont of

Mental

Diseases.

Item

436a For personal services in institutions under the ron-
trol of this department, a sum not exceeding fifty
tliousand dollars. Transfers may be made from
this appropriation to the allotments for personal
services in the appropriations for maintenance
of any institution under the control of this de-
partment, with the approval of the commis-
sioner ........

Institutions
under control
of Department
of Mental
Diseases.
Danvers state
hospital.

Foxborough
state hospital.

Gardner
state colony.

Walter E.
Fernald state
school.

Medfield
state hospital.

Westborough
state hospital.

Worcester
state hospital.

Belchertown
state school.

440
443

447o

4476
4531

454

464

470a
473

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Mental Diseases:

Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose ........

Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

For expenses of procuring additional water supply
for the Gardner state colony, a sum not exceed-
ing seven thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

For the payment of a part of the cost of repairing
a certain pubUc highway in the town of West-
minster, for the benefit of the Gardner state
colony, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars

For the acquiring of certain land for the Walter E.
Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose ........

Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding thirty-
one hundred and ten dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
sixty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose .......

For certain equipment for the new congregate
dining room at the Worcester state hospital, a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars

Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Total

Service of the Department of Correction.

Department of
Correction.

479

481

For personal services of deputies, members of the
board of parole and advisory board of pardons,
agents, clerks and stenographers, a sum not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

For traveling expenses of officers and employees of
the department when required to travel in the
discharge of their duties, a sum not exceeding four
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

$50,000 00

5,000 00
2,200 00

7,000 00
1,000 00

500 00

3,110 00

6,500 00
5,000 00

3,500 00
$84,810 00

$500 00

400 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

497

Item

4S6

■190

491

For the maintonanoo of and for crrtain iinprovc-
nioiits a) tlic following institutions under the
control of the Department of Correction:

Slate farm, a sum not cxcecilinK twelve thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

State prison, a sum not exceeding seventeen thou-
sand three hundred eighty-six dollars and thirty-
five cents, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose . . . . . . . .

Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding
seventeen tliousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purjjose ......

Total

Insf itutioiiB
under control
of Department
of Correction.

State farm.

$12,000 00

State prison.

17,386 35

MassachuBctta
reformatory

17,000 00
$47,286 35

Service of tlie Department of Public Welfare.

497 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, including expenses of
auxiliary visitors, office supplies and expenses,
and contingent expenses for the supervision of
homesteads and planning boards, a sum not ex-
ceeding four hundred and fifty dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose ....

Department of
Public Welfare.

$450 00

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the institutions under the control of
the trustees of the Massachusetts training
schools, with the approval of said trustees, as
follows:

519 Industrial school for boys, a sum not exceeding

thirty-three hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose 3,300 00

520 Industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding ten

hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ....... 1,050 00

621 Lyman school for boys, a sum not exceeding six
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose 600 00

521a For the payment of a portion of the cost of work
to be done by the Assabet river reclamation dis-
trict, as authorized by chapter sixteen of the
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
four hundred and twenty- five dollars , . 425 00

Institutions
under control
of trustees of
Massachusetts
training schools.

Industrial
school for boys.

Industrial
school for girls.

Lyman school
for boys.

Portion of cost
of work by
Assabet river
reclamation
district.

Massachusetts Hospital School:
622 For the maintenance of the Massachusetts hospital
school, to he expended with the approval of the
trustees thereof, a sum not exceeding eighteen
hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Massachusetts

Hospital

School.

1,850 00

Total

$7,675 00

498

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Department of
Public Health.
Administration.

Maternal and
Child Hygiene.

Item

527

531

Inspection of
Food and
Drugs.

Transfer of
certain sum
appropriated
for division of
tuberculosis.

512

Service of the Department of Public Health.

Administration:
For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, traveling expenses, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
one hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Maternal and Child Hj'giene:
For other expenses for extending the activities of
the di\dsion in the protection of mothers and con-
servation of the welfare of children, a sum not
exceeding four hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .....

Inspection of Food and Drugs:
For personal services of the director, analysts, in-
spectors and other assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing eight hundred and ten dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .....

Of the sum appropriated in item five hundred
and forty-eight of the general appropriation
act of the present year, there is herel)y trans-
ferred tlie sum of thirty-four hiuidred and
twentj' dollars to item five hundred and twenty-
six of the general ajipropriation act of the
present year, which is to be in addition to the
sum heretofore appropriated in said item five
hundred and twenty-six.

Specials:

547a For expenses of the investigation of sewage disjwsal
in the valley of the Neponset river, as author-
ized by chapter forty-three of the resolves of the
present year, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars . . .

5476 For expenses of the investigation of water supply
nee(ls of certain portions of Essex county and
adjacent i)ortions of Middlesex county, as au-
thorized l^y chapter thirty-nine of the resolves
of the present year, a sum not exceeding eight
thousand dollars ......

547c For expenses of administering chapter three hun-
dred and seventy of the acts of the present year
relative to taking, marketing and transportation
of shellfish, by the department of pubUc health,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars .

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the sanatoria, as follows:
LakcvillejiUite 554a For acquiring an additional water supply for the
Lakevillc state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

55G For the construction of a school and employees'
building at the North Reading state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose .

Specials.
Investigation of
sewage disposal
in valley of
Neponset river.

Investigation of
water supply
needs of certain
portions of
Essex and Mid-
dlesex counties.

Administering
law as to
shellfish.

sanatorium.

North Reading
state .Sana-,
torium.

$150 00

400 00

810 00

7,500 00

8,000 00

5,000 00

10,000 00

25,000 00

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

499

Item
557

Rutland state sanatoriiini, a sum not exceeding
eiglit hundred dollars, the same to he in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriateil for the
purpose ........

The unexpended balance of the appropriation
made in item five hundred and sevent3'-t\vo
of chajiter one hundred and twenty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four for
the installation of certain sprinklers at the
Rutland state sanatorium is hereby reappropri-
ated.

Total

Rutland state
sanuturiuiii.

SSOO 00

$57,600 00

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

666a For the payment of certain hospital, medical and
surgical expenses, as authorized by chapter five
hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twcntj'-four, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars .......

Department of
Public Safety.

$2,000 00

597

602

603

604

Service of the Department of Public Works.

Division of Highways:
For aiding towns in the repair and improvement of
public ways, a sum not exceeding one hundred and
seventy thousand dollars, to be paid from the
Highway Fund, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose $170,000 00

Registration of Motor Vehicles :

For personal services, a sum not exceeding seven
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore approjiriated for the pur-
pose, and to be paid from the Highway Fund

For services other than personal, including traveling
expenses, purchase of necessary supplies, equip-
ment including telephone installation, and ma-
terials, including cartage and storage of the same,
and for work incidental to the registration and
licensing of owners and operators of motor vehi-
cles, a sum not exceeding eighty-eight hundred
and fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, and to be' paid from the Highway Fund

Special :
For the first instalment on the jiart of the com-
monwealth for the construction of the southern
artery, so-called, as authorized by chai)ter three
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, as amended by chapter
three hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of the
present year, a sum not exceeding tliirty-five
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriatetl for the pur-
pose, and to be paid from the Highway Fund

Division of Waterways and Public Lands:
611a For expenses of surveying certain town hoimdaries,
by the division of watei-ways and i)ul)lic lands, a
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars

Department of
Public Works.
Division of
Highways.

Registration of
Motor Vehicles.

7,000 00

8,850 00

Construction
of southern
artery,
so-called.

35,000 00

2,000 00

Division of
Waterways and
Public Lands.

500

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Department of
Public Works.
Division of
Waterways and
Public Lands.

Item

G22a For expenses of an investigation relative to the
dredging of Town river in the city of Quincy, as
authorized by chapter twenty-seven of the re-
solves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars .....

6226 For the improvement of the Acushnet river, as au-
thorized by chapter fifty-three of the resolves of
the present year, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars, to be assessed upon certain cities
and towns .......

Total

$2,000 00

2,000 00
$226,850 00

Lighting of
Bunker Hill
Monument.

Bunlccr Hill Monument.

642a For the expense of hghting Bunker Hill monument,
as authorized by chapter two hundred and eighty
of the acts of the present year, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen hundred dollars ....

SI, 500 00

Miscellaneous.
Taking land
in town of
Stoneharn for
construction of
a boulevard.

Construction
of Old Colony
boulevard,
so-called.

Construction
of parkway or
boulevard from
North Harvard
street to
Western avenue
in Boston.

Construction
of parkway or
boulevard in
connection with
reconstruction
of Cottage
Farm bridge.

Miscellaneous.

The following items are to be paid from the
Highway Fund:

049a For the expense of taking certain land in the town
of Stoneham for the construction of a boulevard,
as authorized by chapter three hundred and
forty-eight of the acts of the present year, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars, representing
the state's portion or one half of the estimated
cost of taking $5,000 00

649b For the expense of constructing Old Colony boule-
vard, so-called, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and sixty of the acts of the present year,
a sum not exceeding one hundred twentj'-five
thousand dollars, representing the state's portion
or one half of the estimated cost of construction,
the same to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose . . . 125,000 00

649c For the expense of laying out and constructing from
North Harvard street to Western avenue in the
city of Boston, the parkway or boulevard au-
thorized by chapter three hundred and sixty-
five of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, represent-
ing the state's portion or one half of the estimated
cost of construction ..... 35,000 00

M9d For the expense of laymg out and constructing a
parkway or boulevard authorized by chapter three
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of the present
year, in connection with the reconstruction of
Cottage Farm bridge, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand dollars, representing the state's
portion or one half of the estimated cost of con-
struction 25,000 00

Total $190,000 00

Deficiencies.

For deficiencies in certain approi)riations of pre-
vious years, in certain items, as follows:

Acts, 192(). — Chap. 398.

501

Item

Legislative Department.

P^or cxi)eiises of the joint special committee on
redistrictinp;, as authorized by an order of the
general court of nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
the sum of four liundrcd eiglity-two dollars and
thirteen cents .......

Legislative
Department.
Committee on
redistrictiiig.

$482 13

Judicial Department.

Justices of District Courts:
For reimbursing certain counties for compensa-
tion of certain special justices for services in
holding sessions of district courts in place of the
justice, while sitting in the superior court, as
authorized by section four of chapter four hun-
dred and sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, the sura of twelve
hundred tliirty-nine dollars and one cent .

Judicial
Department.
Justices of Dis-
trict Courts.

1,239 01

District Attorneys:
For traveUng expenses necessarily incurred by the
district attorneys, except in the Suffolk district,
the sum of two hundred twenty-three dollars and
three cents .......

District
Attorneys.

223 03

Art Commission.

For expenses of the commission, the sum of one
hundred ninety dollars and twenty-six cents

Art
190 26 Commission.

Department of Education.

For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
payment of tuition of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in wliich they reside, as pro-
vided by law, the sum of twenty-seven hundred
sixty-four dollars and fifty-eight cents . . 2,764 58

For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided by law, the sum of seventy-five hundred
eighty-one dollars and ninety-five cents . . 7,581 95

Massachusetts Agricultural College:
For maintenance and current expenses, the sum of
three hundred thirty-five dollars and seventy-five
cents 335 75

Department of
Education.

Massachusetts

Agricultural

College.

Department of Public Welfare.

Administration :
For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, traveUng expenses, including expenses of
auxihary visitors, office supplies and expenses, and
contingent expenses for the supervision of home-
steads and planning boards, the sum of three
hundred ninety-three dollars and eighty-three
cents ........

Department of
Public Welfare.

393 83

Total

13,210 54

502

Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Metropolitan

District

Commission.

Acquisition of
laud on Mystic
lakes, etc.

Repairing sea
wall in town
of Winthrop.

Item

GrAn

6.51b

Investigation of G.Joa
transportation
in metropolitan
district.

Taking land in
town of
Stoneham for
a boulevard.

Construction
of Old Colony
boulevard,
so-called.

GfjOa

G.596

Construction
of parkway or
boulevard from
North Harvard
street to
Western avenue
in Boston.

Construction
of parkway or
boulevard in
connection with
reconstruction
of Cottage
. Farm bridge.

Boulevards
and parkways.

6.59c

G.59d

Metropolilan District Commission.

The following items are to be assessed upon the
several districts in accordance with the methods
fixed by law, and to be e.xpended under the di-
rection and with the approval of the metro-
poHtan district commission:

For the expense of acquiring certain land on Mystic
lakes, as authorized by chapter three hundred and
fifty-nine of the acts of the present year, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, the
same to be assessed upon the metropolitan parks
district as a part of the cost of maintenance of
reservations _ . $25,000 00

For repairing the damages to the sea wall occasioned
by storms along the water front in the town of
Winthrop, a sum not exceeding forty thousand
dollars, the same to be assessed upon the metro-
politan parks district as a part of the cost of
maintenance of reservations .... 40,000 00

For expenses of the investigation of transportation
in the metropolitan district by the metropolitan
planning board, as authorized by chapter tliirty-
eight of the resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . 15,000 00

For the expense of taking certain land in the town
of Stoneham for the construction of a boulevard,
as authorized by chapter three hundred and forty-
eight of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars, the same to be
assessed upon the metropolitan parks district
as a part of the cost of maintenance of boulevards
and parkways ...... 5,000 00

For the expense of constructing Old Colony boule-
vard, so-called, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and sixty of the acts of the present
year, a sum not exceeding one hundred twenty- ■
five thousand dollars, the same to be assessed
upon the metropolitan parks district as a part of
the cost of maintenance of boulevards and park-
ways, and to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose . . . 125,000 00

For the expense of laying out and constructing
from North Harvard street to Western avenue
in the city of Boston, the parkway or boulevard
authorized by cliaptor three hundred and sixty-
five of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, the same
to be assessed upon the metropolitan parks dis-
trict as a part of the cost of maintenance of boule-
vards and parkways ...... 35,000 00

For the expense of laying out and constructing a
parkway or boulevard authorized by chapter three
liundred and sixty-five of the acts of the present
year, in connection with the reconstruction of
Cottage Farm bridge, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars, tlie same to be
assessed upon the metropolitan jjarks district as
a part of the cost of maintenance of boulevai'ds
and parkways 25,000 00

The expenses authorized by items six hundred
and forty-five and six huntlred and sixty-one
of the general approi)riation act of the present
year are to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose.

Acts, 192G. — Chap. 398.

503

Item

C63 For the maintenance and ojieration of a system of
sewage disposal for the north metropolitan sewer-
age district, a sum not exceeding three hundred
dollars, to carry out the provisions of chapter
thirty-two of the resolves of the present year, and
to be in addition to the amoimt heretofore ap-
propriated for maintenance of said system . . $300 00

GG6n For the acquiring of certain property for the pro-
tection of the purity of the water supply, a sum
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, the same to
be assessed upon the metropolitan water dis-
trict 50,000 00

Total $320,300 00

North metro-
politiin aower-
ago district.

Acquisitir)n of
property for
protection of
purity of wiitor
supply.

Other Appropriations.

Legislafivc Department:

18 For personal services of the counsel to the senate and
assistants, a sum not exceeding two hundred and
fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose . . . . . . •

30c For expenses of an investigation by a special com-
mission of a soldiers' memorial, as authorized by
chapter lifty-six of the resolves of the present
j'ear, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars .

Otlicr Appro-
priations.
Legislative
Department.
Counsel to
$250 00 senate, etc.

Investigation
as to soldiers'
memorial.

5,000 00

District Attorneys:
77 For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants
for the middle district, a sum not exceeding three
huncired dollars, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the
present year, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

Militia:
101a For certain allowances for national guard officers, as
authorized by chapter three hundred and seventy-
three of the acts of the present j'ear, as amended,
a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars .

District
Attorneys.

300 00

Militia.

19,000 00

Department of Public Health:

562a For the expense of certain cancer clinics, as author-
ized by chapter three hundred and ninety-one of
the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars . . ... 15,000 00

6626 For expenses necessary to provide for immediate
care and treatment of persons suffering from can-
cer, as authorized by chapter three hundred and
ninety-one of the acts of the present year, a sum
not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars . 100,000 00

649e For laying out and for acquiring land for a section
of the circumferential highway from the New-
buryport turnpike in Saugus to the Lynn Fells
parkway in Melrose and a section in the Hyde
Park district of the city of Boston, as authorized
by chapter three hundred and ninety-four of the
acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding
fifty-.seven thousand five hundred dollars, rep-
resenting the state's portion or one half of the
estimated cost thereof, to be paid from the High-
way Fund . . . . . . . 57,500 00

Department of
Public Health.

Cancer clinics.
Immediate care,
etc., of persons
suffering from
cancer.

Laying out,
etc., of section
of circumferen-
tial highway,
etc.

504 Acts, 1926. — Chap. 398.

Item

For laying out, 6.')9c For laying out and for acquiring land for a section
drc.umferent?al ^^ ^^^ circumferential liighway from the New-

highway, etc. buryport turnpike in Saugus to the Lynn Fells

parkway in RIelrose and a section in the Hyde
Park district of the city of Boston, as authorized
by chapter three hundred and ninety-four of the
acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding
fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, the
same to be assessed upon the metropolitan parks
district as a part of the cost of maintenance of
boulevards and parkways .... $57,500 00

Total $254,550 00

General Fund . . . . . . . $1,004,030 51

Metropolitan District Commission . . . 377,800 00

Grand total . . . . . . $1,381,830 51

Section 3. This act sliall lake effect upon its pas.sage.

A Improved May 29, 1926.

RESOLVES.

Resolve validating the acts of Joseph j. twitchell of (7/mr) 1

BOSTON as a justice OF THE PEACE. ^ '

Resolved, That the acts of Joseph J. Twitchell of Boston Acts of Joseph
as a justice of the peace between July third and September a'jusTice o*f tile
third, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, both dates inclu- peace validated.
sive, are hereby confirmed and made valid to the same
extent as if during that time he had been qualified to dis-
charge the duties of said office.

Approved February 10, 1926.

Chap.

Resolve signifying the commonwealth's acceptance of
a tablet commemorating the services of the late
rear admiral thomas oliver selfridge, junior, united
states navy.

Resolved, That the commonwealth hereby accepts from Acceptance by
the donor, George S. Selfridge, a bronze tablet coramemorat- ofTalTet'^omt'^
ing the services of the late Rear Admiral Thomas Oliver memorating
Selfridge, Junior, United States Navy, the same to be placed Rear Admiral
at a site within the state house to be selected by the art le^fr^dgef*"''^'^
commission. Approved February 10, 1926. Junior, etc.

Resolve signifying the commonwealth's acceptance (JJinj) 3

OF A tablet marking THE SITE OF THE FIRST ENGLISH
HIGH SCHOOL AND AUTHORIZING ITS LOCATION IN THE
STATE HOUSE GROUNDS.

Whereas, The class of eighteen hundred and seventy-four Preamble.
of the Boston English high school has offered to present to
the commonwealth a bronze tablet to mark the site within
the state house grounds of the first English high school in
the city of Boston which stood at the corner of Derne and
Temple streets; therefore be it

Resolved, That the commonwealth accept said tablet, sub- Acceptance by
ject to the approval of the art commission, the same to be ofTa'b°e't^^*
affixed, with like approval, to the post of the Derne street ^rgt^Erf ill^h °^
gateway to said grounds. Approved February 15, 1926. high school,

etc.

Resolve providing for the exchange by the state QLq^j 4
library of copies of the first volume of the report ^

on the birds of the commonwealth.

Resolved, That the state secretary be authorized and Exchange by

,. ,', ., iMfi n state library

directed to place m the state library, for the purpose 01 of copies of
exchange, fifty additional copies of the first volume of the of^J'ommon-"^''^

wealth.

506

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 5, 6, 7.

report on the birds of the commonwealth, authorized to be
printed by chapter thirty-six of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four. Approved March 9, 1926.

Chap.

5 Resolve relative to the observance of the one hun-
dred AND fiftieth ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVACUATION
OF BOSTON BY THE BRITISH ON MARCH SEVENTEENTH,
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX.

Observance of
one hundred
and fiftieth
anniversary of
evacuation of
Boston by
British.

Resolved, That the governor is hereby requested to issue
a proclamation calling for a proper observance, on March
seventeenth of the current year, of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the evacuation of Boston by the
British on March seventeenth, seventeen hundred and
seventy-six. Apiproved March 9, 1926.

Acts of Pauline
F. Barrett as a
notary public
validated.

ChaV 6 riESOLVE VALIDATING THE ACTS OF PAULINE F. BARRETT OF

BOSTON AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.

Resolved, That the acts of Pauline F. Barrett of Boston as
a notary public under a commission issued to her in her
maiden name of Pauline F. Fitzgerald, in whatever name
performed between April twenty-second, nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, when her commission became void by
reason of her marriage, and February seventeenth, nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, both dates inclusive, are hereby
confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if during
that time she had been qualified to discharge the duties of
said office. Approved March 2S, 1926.

Chap. 7 Resolve in favor of fred t. and mabel m. doerpholz

AND WLADYSLAW AND STELLA PINSKI OF BELCHERTOWN.

Payments to
Fred T. and
Mabel M.
Doerpholz and
Wladyslaw and
Stella Pinski
of Belchertown
for damages in
connection with
release of
sewerage water
from Belcher-
town sUite
school, etc.

Filing of

releases, etc.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, there
be allowed and paid out of the state treasury to Fred T. and
Mabel M. Doerpholz, of Belchertown, the sum of seven hun-
dred and eleven dollars and to Wladyslaw and Stella Pinski,
also of Belchertown, the sum of seven hundred and eleven
dollars, in full compensation and satisfaction for all claims
and demands whatsoever against the commonwealth which
they or each of them ever had, now have, or which they or
each of them, or their heirs, executors, administrators or
assigns, hereafter can, shall or may have for all damages to
their property or business by reason of sewerage water
escaping or released from the Belchertown state school or
which may escape or be released from the sewage disposal
beds erected on the grounds of said school, as now main-
tained and operated, into the brook flowing down through
the farm of the said Doerpholz and the farm of the said
Pinskis. The said amounts shall be certified by the comp-
troller of the commonwealth only upon the filing of releases,
in form approved by the attorney general, duly executed by
the said Fred T. and Mabel M. Doerpholz and by the said
Wladyslaw and Stella Pinski, agreeing that the said sums

Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 8, 9, 10, 11. 507

are received in full satisfaction of any and all claims ap;ainst
the commonwealth and atjainst any officer, a<;;ent or employee
of the commonwealth on account of such damages.

Aji-provcd March 24, 1926.

Resolve in favor of the town of Pembroke. Cliaj). 8

licsolvcd, That the department of education is hereby Department of
authorized to approve the payment to the town of Pem- approveccl?tam
broke, out of that part of the proceeds of the tax on incomes paymont to
available for educational purposes under chapter seventy of PcTnb'roko.
tlie General Laws, the sum of nine hundred forty dollars
and seventy-five cents, being the amount, in addition to the
sums already received, which the town would have received
in past years under authority of said chapter seventy, except
for errors in the claims for reimbursements filed with said
department. Approved March 24, 1926.

Resolve validating the acts of clarence e. tupper of nLrjjt Q

WORCESTER AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. ^ *

Resolved, That the acts of Clarence E, Tupper of Worcester Acts of
as a justice of the peace between June twenty-seventh, nine- xupperof^'
teen hundred and twenty-four, and March first, nineteen Worcester as a
hundred and twenty-six, both dates inclusive, are hereby peace validated.
confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if during
that time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of
said office. Approved March 24, 1926.

Resolve in favor of the parents of everett n. milne. (JhaiJ. 10
Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting public good Payment to

. c^ • i.- 1 1 I iU I 11 J parents of

and after an appropriation has been made, there be allowed Everett n.
and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth to John '*^''"c.
W. Milne and Edith M. Milne, father and mother of Everett
N. Milne, who was killed July tenth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-five while serving the commonwealth as a meml)er
of the Massachusetts national guard, the sum of twenty-five
hundred dollars. Payment under authority of this resolve v\\\us. of
shall be made only upon the filing with the comptroller of '°<^''s^- " '^•
satisfactory releases or other evidence that said payment is
accepted as full compensation on the part of the common-
wealth on account of said death.

Approved March 26, 1926.

Resolve authorizing the erection of markers by the (Jl^^iy \l
special unpaid commission established to ascertain

THE route in this COMMONWEALTH OVER WHICH GEN-
ERAL HENRY KNOX BROUGHT THE GUNS AND AMMUNITION
FROM FORT TICONDEROGA TO THE CAMP OF THE COLONIAL
ARMY AT CAMBRIDGE IN THE YEARS SEVENTEEN HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-FIVE AND SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEV-
ENTY-SIX.

Resolved, That the special unpaid commission esta])lishcd J^^Jr'kor" by
under chapter twenty-nine of the resolves of nineteen hun- commission

508

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 12, 13.

established to
ascertain route
in Massachu-
setts over which
guns, etc., were
brought from
Fort Ticon-
deroga to camp
of Colonial
army at
Cambridge in
years 1775 and
1776.

Marker on
Dorchester
Heights,
erection, etc.

Arrangement
of markers.

Cities and
towns to pro-
vide for erec-
tion and care of
markers, etc.

Proceedings
upon failure
of cities and
towns to so
provide.

Expenditures.

dred and twenty-five, and consisting of the state treasurer,
state librarian and adjutant general, hereafter to be known
as the General Knox Commission, is hereby continued, and
authorized to purchase and supervise the erection of a
suitable marker in each of the cities and towns on the route
in this commonwealth over which General Henry Knox
brought the guns and ammunition captured at Fort Ticon-
deroga to General Washington at the camp of the Colonial
army in Cambridge in the years seventeen hundred and
seventy-five and seventeen hundred and seventy-six, which
guns and ammunition were used by General Washington to
compel the evacuation of the town of Boston by the British
forces on March seventeenth, seventeen hundred and
seventy-six.

Said commission is hereby further authorized to purchase
and supervise the erection of a suitable marker at or near
the spot on Dorchester Heights, in that part of Boston called
South Boston, where certain of these guns were mounted.

The said commission shall arrange said markers in such
a manner as to secure a permanent memorial and recognition
of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of said evacuation.

The cost of erection of each of said markers shall be
borne by the city or town in which it is located, or may be
met by private subscription, and when erected each such
marker shall be cared for, and if damaged or destroyed shall
be repaired or replaced, as the case may require, by the
city or town in which it is located. Should any city or
town fail to provide for erection of the marker within its
borders, or after erection fail to repair said marker if dam-
aged, or replace it if destroyed, the work shall be done by
the division of highways of the department of public works,
and be charged to such city or town and collected in the next
following state tax.

For the purposes of this resolve, there may be expended
.such sum, not exceeding six thousand dollars, as may be
hereafter appz'opriated. Approved March 26, 1926.

CJiap. 12 Resolve relative to the improvement of the taunton

RIVER.

Commissioner
of public works
to co-operate in
matter of
further im-
provement of
Taunton river.

Resolved, That the commissioner of public works be
authorized and directed to co-operate with the mayor and
municipal council of the city of Taunton, the war department
of the United States, and interested individuals, with a view
to procuring the enactment by congress of legislation pro-
viding for the further improvement of the Taunton river for
navigation between the cities of Fall River and Taunton.

Approved March 26, 1926.

Chap. 13 Resolve in favor of the widow of Patrick f. brennan

OF NORWOOD.

widow'of ^ Rcsohcd, That, for the purpose of promoting the public

Patrick F. good and after an appropriation has been made, there be

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 14, 15. 509

allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth Brennan of

Norwood.

to tlie widow of Patrick F. Brennan of Norwood, who faith-
fully served as a messenger in tlie scrgeant-at-arms' de-
partment from August twenty-second, nineteen hundred
and tliirteen until his death on January tenth, nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, the balance of the salary to which
he would have been entitled had he lived and continued to
serve until the end of the current fiscal year.

{This resolve, returned by the governor to the house of rep-
rcseiitatives , the branch in which it originated, with his objections
thereto, was passed by the house of representatives, March 29,
and, in concurrence, by the senate, March SI, the objections of
the governor notwithstanding , in the manner prescribed by the
constitution; and thereby has the "force of a law".)

Resolve in favor of amey f. newcomb of quincy. Chaj) 14

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, Payment to
there be allowed and paid out of the state treasury to Amey Newcomb of
F. NeAvcomb, of Quincy, the sum of thirty-seven hundred Quincy.
twenty-five dollars and twenty-seven cents in discharge of
a moral obligation upon the commonwealth to compensate
said Newcomb for a taking by eminent domain by the
commonwealth of certain land situated on East Howard
street in the city of Quincy near Hayward's creek, on or
about March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen,
and in full satisfaction of all claims and demands against
the commonwealth on account of such taking. The said i^'''"s of
amount shall be certified by the comptroller of the common-
wealth only upon the filing of releases, in form approved
by the attorney general, duly executed by the said Amey
F, Newcomb, agreeing that the said sum is received in full
satisfaction of any and all claims against the commonwealth
on account of said taking. Approved March 31, 1926.

Resolve providing for the improvement, repair and nh^.j. i k

preservation of the MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY MONU- ' '

MENT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS AT PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, improvement,
there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the com- chuse°tts^m1fu'
monwealth a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be tary monu#

,,,,,,.,. " , ' . , ment, etc., at

expended under the direction of some person to be appointed Petersburg,
by the governor and in accordance with plans approved by ^""s'"''*-
him, for the purpose of improving, repairing and preserving
the military monument and its surroundings at Peters-
burg, Virginia, the said monument having been erected by
the commonwealth in memory of the soldiers and sailors
from Massachusetts who lost their lives in the army of the
Potomac during the civil war. Approved April 8, 1926.

510

Resolves, 192G. — Chaps. 16, 17.

Chap. 16 I^ESOLVE AUTHORIZING THE TRUSTEES OF THE MASSACHU-
SETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS TO APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF
A PORTION OF THE COST OF WORK TO BE DONE BY THE
ASSABET RIVER RECLAMATION DISTRICT.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made,
there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the com-
monwealth to the Assabet River Reclamation District in
the towns of Westborough and Northborough, organized
under chapter two hundred and fifty-two of the General
Laws, a sum not exceeding four hundred and twenty-five
dollars, toward the expense of work authorized and to be
done by said district l)enefiting a portion of the land of the
commonwealth occupied by the Lyman school for boys,
which land would be assessable therefor, if privately owned,
under the provisions of said chapter two hundred and
fifty-two. Such payment shall not be made unless and until
the trustees of the Massachusetts training schools shall
certify to the state treasurer that the work has been com-
pleted to their satisfaction and, when made, shall be in full
settlement of all claims of said district against the common-
wealth. Approved April 8, 1926.

Payment to
Assabet River
Reclamation
District toward
expense of
work to be done
benefiting cer-
tain land
occupied by
Lyman school
for boys.

Restrictions
as to payment.

Chap.

17 Resolve providing for an investigation by the attor-
ney GENERAL OF A CLAIM OF LIONEL J. FREDETTE OF
SOUTH HADLEY AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH.

Attorney
general to
investigate a
claim of Lionel
J. Fredette of
South Hadley
against com-
monwealth.

Hearings, cvi
dence, etc.

Report to
general court,
etc.

Resolved, That the attorney general is hereby requested
to investigate the claim of Lionel J. Fredette of South Hadley
against the commonwealth, referred to in house document
number four hundred and sixty-one of the current year, and
to find the facts in relation thereto and the amount of dam-
ages, if any, sustained; to determine, so far as possible,
whether there has been such negligence in the discharge of
their duty by certain officers of the national guard as has
contributed to the alleged injury on account of which such
damages are claimed; and to determine whether, in his
opinion, such damages, if any, should be allowed and paid
by the commonwealth. For the purpose of the investiga-
tion herein directed, the attorney general, or an assistant
attorney general designated by him, may hold hearings, take
evidence, administer oaths and issue subpoenas. The at-
torney general is hereby further requested to make a report
of such investigation to the general court by filing such
report with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before October fifteenth in the current year, and at the same
time to file a copy thereof with the budget commissioner as a
part of the budget estimates required to be submitted under
section four of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws.

Approved April S, 1926.

Resolves, 192G. — Chaps. 18, 19. 511

Resolve relative to tiie" publication and distribtttion n]i(,,>, io

OF the cold star record of MASSACHUSETTS IN THE ' '

WORLD WAR.

Resolved, That tlic unpaid special commission to provide Mumisoript for
for the preparation of u suitable history of ISIassachusetts' ueiord'of
part in the World War, established under authority of Massachusotts,
chapter four hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hun- prcpantUonfor
dred and tAventy-three, is hereby directed to complete and etc^,'by'^sp"'cbi
prepare for publication the manuscript for the gold star conimission,
record authorized by chapter three hundred and sixty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, with a
view to its publication as a second volume of the history of
Massachusetts' part in the World War now in preparation
by said special commission and to the printing and pul)lica-
tion of both volumes during the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven; and that said special commission is hereby Special corn-
further directed to estimate the number of copies of each estimate num-
volume required for the free distribution of one copy of each of each voiifme
volume to each free public library in the commonwealth and of history of

. 1 , jiii -J- p , > Massacliusetts'

to eacii post or otJier local organization or any veterans part in World

society composed in whole or in part of veterans of the for distiibu-'^

W'orld War and having headquarters in this commonwealth, tion, etc.

and for the free distribution of such number of copies of each

volume as nia^' be required to the state library for its use and

for exchange purposes, and to the adjutant general's office,

and also the number of copies of each volume required for the

distribution, at a price of one dollar a volume, of one copy

of each volume to a surviving parent or other nearest relative

of each person whose name appears in the gold star record,

and for sale at cost to the public. Said special commission To estimate

is hereby further directed to estimate the cost of paper, print- print'ing.'^bTnd-

ing, binding, publication, distribution and other incidental '"°' •^*^''-

expenses, and, so far as may be, the receipts from the sale of

such volumes on the terms hereinbefore specified. Said JeMrafcourt

special commission shall report said estimates, with its etc.

recommendations thereon, to the general court by filing the

same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or

before October fifteenth of the current year and by filing a

copy thereof at the same time with the budget commissioner;

and for the aforesaid purposes the existence of said com- Existence of

I , J- 1 ,•! •, I • 1 1 special commis-

mission IS hereby continued until its duties hereunder are sion continued,
fully discharged, notwithstanding any provision of said *^^^'
chapter four hundred and eight or three hundred and sixty-
seven. Approved April 8, 1926.

Resolve providing for an investigation relative to Chav 19

THE widening OF THE NAHANT ROAD AND OTHER RELATED
IMPROVEMENTS.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission be Metropolitan
authorized and directed to investigate as to the advisability, m'fss^^on to™'
expediency and cost of widening the Nahant road from its '"vestigate re la-

512

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 20, 21,

tive to widen-
ing of Nahant
road and other
related im-
provements.

Plans and
estimates of
cost of work,
etc.

Report to
general court,
etc.

junction with Washington street in the city of Lynn to that
part of Nahant known as "Little Nahant." The commis-
sion shall consider to what extent the congestion of traffic
on said road is due to the parking of vehicles and whether
the provision of parking facilities elsewhere than in said
road would aid in the solution of the problem, and shall also
consider ways and means for constructing and financing any
widening or parking facilities recommended and for main-
taining and regulating said road. The commission shall
procure plans for any work recommended hereunder and
estimates of the cost of such work and shall make recom-
mendations as to the proper method of accomplishing said
widening and other work, if any, in such manner as will
most effectively accommodate the increased traffic resort-
ing to said road during the summer months. The commis-
sion shall report to the general court by filing with the clerk
of the house of representatives, not later than October fif-
teenth in the current year, the results of its investigation
together with a copy of such plans, estimates and recom-
mendations, if any, and drafts of legislation to carry such
recommendations into effect, and shall at the same time file
a copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved April 8, 1926.

Chap. 20 Resolve providing for an investigation by the di-
vision OF metropolitan planning of the metropolitan
district commission relative to the construction of
A new bridge over the mystic river in the city of
medford.

Investigation
by division of
metropolitan
planning as to
construction of
new bridge
over Mystic
river in city
of Medford.

Resolved, That the division of metropolitan planning of
the metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized
and directed to consider the subject matter of house docu-
ment number eleven hundred and fifty-one of the current
year, relative to the construction of a new bridge over the
Mystic river in the city of Medford. Said division shall
report to the general court its findings and recommendations,
if any, including the study of betterments and distribution
of costs, and copies of plans, estimates and drafts of such
legislation as may be necessary to carry its recommendations
into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of
representatives on or before December first in the current
year. Approved April 8, 1926.

Chap. 21

William G.
Tyrrell may be
reinstatod,in
state retirement
association and
8ub.sequently
retired as a
member thereof.

Resolve authorizing the reinstatement of william
g. tyrrell in the state retirement association and

his subsequent RETIREMENT AS A MEMBER THEREOF.

Resolved, That, William G. Tyrrell, a veteran of the
Spanish-American and World Wars and an employee at the
Massachusetts nautical school for about twenty-two years,
who lost his membership in the state retirement association
because he was not reinstated in the employ of said school

Resolves, 192G. — Chap. 22. 513

after his honorable discharge from the naval service of the
United States, shall upon filing a written application during
the current year with the state board of retirement and
paying to said board a sum equal to the amount refunded
to him from the annuity fund of said association in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty, be reinstated as a member of
said association. Upon such reinstatement, he shall be
retired at his age when reinstated and from the date of such
retirement shall receive a retirement allowance computed in
accordance with the provisions of sections one to five, in-
clusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, as if his
service for the commonwealth had been continuous up to
the date he received such refund.

Approved April 9, 1926.

Resolve for an investigation by the department of QJiqj) 22
mental diseases concerning the need for additional
hospital accommodations for patients in the charge
of the department, with particular reference to
those admitted from the metropolitan district.

Resolved, That the department of mental diseases shall investigation
investigate the need for additional hospital accommodations of mental dis-
for patients in the charge of the department, w^ith particular fnrneecffo™'
reference to those admitted from the metropolitan district, additional hos-
In this connection the department shall consider the extent dations for
to which increased accommodations may be provided by en- eharge*^o/the
larging existing hospitals, and particularly the feasibility, department
for accommodation of patients admitted from the metro- Reference to
politan district, of enlarging the Boston state hospital either f^m mtSopoi^
as a single institution or by dividing it into two institu- itan district.
tions; and the suitability of the land owned by the com-
monwealth in Waltham for a new institution, what addi-
tional land would be needed, what revision should be made
in the building plans heretofore prepared, and what arrange-
ments should be made for rail or other transportation, for
water supply, and sewerage, and what other locations are
available; with preliminary estimates of the cost of develop-
ing at the Boston state hospital property, at Waltham, or
at such other location as shall be recommended, a hospital
with an initial capacity of one thousand beds and ultimate
capacity of not less than two thousand beds.

The department shall also furnish statistics showing the to furnish
annual increase of patients in its mental disease, epileptic, f^^^^^^^i'^^'
and feeble-minded hospitals from the time the commonwealth increase of
took complete charge of public hospitals for such cases, and ^^ '^° ^' ^ °'
shall make a forecast of future probable growth, having in to make fore-
view the increase of the population of the commonwealth, probaw"*^"'^^
the stricter immigration laws and regulations recently in growth, etc.
force, the removal of veterans to federal hospitals, the
development of preventive measures, extension of out-
patient clinics and placing out on home care of patients, the
possibility of more closely controlling the admission of

514

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 23, 24.

To report as
to activities of
other states
for care of
insane, etc.

Department to
conduct investi-
gation in con-
sultation with
budget com-
missioner, etc.

Expenditures.

persons whose mental condition does not require hospital
care, and other factors bearing on the question.

The department shall also include in its report a brief
statement of such information as is available concerning
what other states are doing for the care of the insane, epilep-
tic, and feeble-minded, the approximate annual expenditures
of each state for these purposes, how many patients are
hospitalized in each state, what standards, if an}^, they
have adopted relative to the space to be provided for ac-
commodation of each patient, and to what extent such
standards, if any, are observed.

The department shall conduct its investigation in con-
sultation with the budget commissioner, and before com-
pleting its report shall from time to time submit drafts of
its findings, plans, estimates, and recommendations to the
budget commissioner for examination and suggestions, and
shall report its findings and recommendations by filing the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives not later
than December first of the current year, and at the same
time filing a copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

For the purposes of this resolve the department may
expend such sum not exceeding one thousand dollars as
may be hereafter appropriated. Approved April 9, 1926.

Chap. 23 Resolve in favor of roland j. mckenzie of Cambridge.
Department of Resolved, That the department of industrial accidents is

industrxal acci- , , i • i j i • i • i i i . »

dents to hereby authorized and directed to consider the claim of

of Roland j."^ Roland J. McKenzie of Cambridge arising from the loss of
CambrfdV^ a finger due to an injury sustained in the course of his mili-
tary du|y as a sergeant in company M, 101st infantry,
Massachusetts national guard, on July fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, as a valid claim for adjudication
under chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General
Laws and to make an agreement in regard to compensation
and medical and hospital expenses on behalf of the com-
monwealth with said McKenzie under the provisions of
said chapter. The said department is hereby directed in
making its finding to take into consideration certain pay-
ments on account of care and medical attendance and re-
imbursement for disability during a period of sixty-six days
approved by a military board. Upon the filing of an agree-
ment with the comptroller there shall be paid to the said
McKenzie, from the appropriation made in item two hun-
dred and twenty-three of chapter seventy-nine of the acts
of the current year, such sums as may be due under said
agreement. Approved April 9, 1926.

Payment upon
filing of agree-
ment, etc.

Chap. 24 Resolve validating the acts of albert c. gallant of

WAREHAM AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.

a GaLlt'^as* Resolved, That the acts of Albert C. Gallant of Wareham

a notary public as a notary public, between February sixteenth, nineteen

hundred and twenty-three and September ninth, nineteen

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 25, 26, 27. 515

hundred and twenty-five, both dates inclusive, are hereby
confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if during
that time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of
said office. Approved April 9, 1926.

Resolve providing for an investigation with a view (Jfidj) 25
TO the repeal of laws found to be obsolete.

Resolved, That the governor be hereby authorized to ap- investigation
point, with the advice and consent of the council, an unpaid ^.yth°™e°'\^]°°
commission of five persons for the purpose of studying the repeal of laws
general and special laws of the commonwealth with a view ob"Siete°
to recommending to the general court the repeal of such
thereof as have become obsolete or superfluous or have
ceased to have any appreciable effect or influence on exist-
ing rights. The commission shall be provided with quarters Quarters in
in the state house, and may expend for clerical and other exp^^en^itlL^
necessary expenses, from such appropriation as may here- etc.
after be made, such sums not exceeding in the aggregate one
thousand dollars, as the governor and council may approve.
The commission shall report to the general court its recom- Report to
mendations, if any, with drafts of such repealing or other l®"^'"^^ '^^^•
legislation as may be necessary to effect said recommenda-
tions, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate not
later than December first of the current year.

Approved April 9, 1926.

Resolve providing for an investigation relative to the Chap. 26
regulation and supervision of telephone service

WHEN furnished BY OTHERS THAN TELEPHONE COM-
PANIES.

Resolved, That the department of public utilities be au- investigation as
thorized and directed to inquire into the subject matter of 1° j^f.y'ttl^^i^n
senate document number one hundred and nmety-six or the of telephone
current year relative to the regulation and supervision of furnished by
telephone service when furnished by others than telephone teiepho^ne com-
companies, and in the course of such inquiry to hold such panies.
public hearings as may be necessary. The department Report to
shall report to the general court the results of its inquiry, general court,
together with its recommendations and drafts of such legis-
lation as may be necessary to effect such recommendations,
by filing the same with the clerk of the senate not later
than December first in the current year.

Approved April 9, 1926.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the de- Qhn^ 27

PARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS RELATIVE TO DREDGING TOWN ""

RIVER IN THE CITY OF QUINCY AND IMPROVING THE AD-
JACENT TERRITORY.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby investigation
authorized and directed to investigate the advisability and xown'ritlfm
feasibility of dredging Town river in the city of Quincy and city of Quincy

" " and improving

516

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 28, 29, 30.

adjacent
territory.

Expenditures.

Report to
general court,
etc.

of improving the territory adjacent thereto. Said depart-
ment shall also consider how and by whom any such dredging
and improving shall be performed, the cost of such dredging
and improving, and in what proportions and by whom such
cost shall be borne. The department, for the purposes
aforesaid, may expend out of such amount, not exceeding
two thousand dollars, as the general court shall appropriate,
such sums as the governor and council approve, and shall
report to the general court the results of its investigation,
with its recommendations, if any, and estimates of cost, and
drafts of legislation embodying such recommendations, by
filing the same with the clerk of the senate not later than
December first in the current year.

Approved April 9, 1926.

28 Resolve providing for an investigation by the depart-
ment OF PUBLIC WORKS RELATIVE TO CERTAIN ALLEGED DIS-
CRIMINATORY WHARFAGE CHARGES ON PIERS CONTROLLED
BY THE COMMONWEALTH.

Investigation as Resohcd, That the department of public works is hereby

to certain i . i i i . i i i • • i

alleged discrim- authorized and directed to study and examine into the mat-
age^charges^oii tcr of alleged discriminatory wharfage or other charges on
piers controlled merchandise delivered to or received on piers controlled by

by common- iin-ii in i

wealth. the commonwealth, baid department shall report to the

general court its findings and recommendations, if any, to-
gether with drafts of legislation embodying such recom-
mendations, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate
not later than December first of the current year.

Approved April 16, 1926.

Chap.

Chap. 29 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to

THE feasibility OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC GOLF
COURSES IN THE PARKS SYSTEM OF THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT.

Investigation Resolvcd, That the metropolitan district commission in-

of contraction vcstigatc and report to the general court on or before

coi?rses'in^°'^ December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, as

metropolitan to the feasibility of constructing one or more public golf

par s system, ^ourses on the land of the metropolitan park system, and

report as to the sites on such land available therefor, the

cost of construction of a golf course at each such site, the

estimated expense of operation and maintenance of each

such course and the probable income to be derived from the

operation thereof, based on the operation of existing public

courses in other sections of the country. Such report shall

be filed with the clerk of the house of representatives.

Approved April 23, 1926.

Cliav. 30 Resolve relative to the prevention of forest fires

IN certain towns in BARNSTABLE COUNTY.

Prevention of Rcsolvcd, That there may be expended from the treasury

certain towns of the Commonwealth by the department of conservation,

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 31, 32. 517

after an appropriation has been made, a sum not exceeding in Barnstable
two thousand dolhirs for the purpose of providing co-opera- *'"""*^y-
tion, on the part of the commonwealth, with the federal gov-
ernment and various municipal and private agencies in an
experiment to determine the value of public education and
patrol as methods of preventing forest fires in the towns of
Barnstable, Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpec, Sandwich and
Yarmouth. The said department shall report the results of
said experiment, with such recommendations, if any, as it
deems advisable, by filing such report with the clerk of the
house of representatives on or before December first of the
current year. Apx>rovcd Ajnil 23, 1926.

Resolve to provide for printing and distribution of nhfjjy qi

THE second volume OF THE REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF THE ^ *

COMMONWEALTH.

Resokcd, That the department of agriculture is hereby Printing and
authorized to cause to be printed an edition of five thou- ^dcond^vXme
sand copies of the second volume of the report on the birds °( report on
of the commonwealth, authorized by chapter five of the monweaith.
resolves of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, to be dis-
tributed as follows : — One copy to each free public library
in the commonwealth, one copy to each county agricultural
school, one copy to the library of the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College, fifty copies to the state library for the use
of the library and for exchange, sixty copies to the director
of the division of ornithology for distribution among sci-
entists in the United States, and the remaining copies to be
sold under the direction of the secretary of the common-
wealth at a price not less than the cost thereof. For the Expenditures.
aforesaid purposes there may be allowed and paid out of the
treasury of the commonwealth such sum, not exceeding thir-
teen thousand six hundred dollars, as may hereafter be ap-
propriated. Approved April 23, 1926.

Resolve in favor of daniel s. bliss. Chap 32

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public Payments to
good, there be paid from the Metropolitan Sewerage Main- S'fiolton.^''^^
tenance Fund, North System, to Daniel S. BHss of Boston,
an annuity of three hundred dollars, payable in equal
monthly instalments for a period of five years beginning
April first in the current year, the date of the expiration
of the annuity to said Bliss provided in chapter thirty-six
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the
said Bliss still continuing to be incapacitated as a result of
injuries sustained while in the performance of his duty as
steam engineer in the service of the board of metropolitan
sewerage commissioners. Approved April 26, 1926.

518 Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 33, 34, 35.

Chap. 33 Resolve providing reimbursement by the common-
wealth OF THE FUNERAL EXPENSES OF THE LATE LIEU-
TENANT A. VERNON MACAULAY, AVIATOR, MASSACHUSETTS
NATIONAL GUARD.

ment b^'^com- Rcsolvcd, That, after an appropriation has been made
monweaith of and foF the purpose of discharging the moral obHgation of
oflate L^iu-"^*^^ the Commonwealth in the premises, there be allowed and
tenant A. Ver- paid out of the treasurv of the commonwealth to Mary

non Macaulay, ^ / i.*tt t»«- i

etc. Josepmne Macaulay, sister oi A. Vernon Macaulay, a

lieutenant attached to the twenty-sixth division air service,
Massachusetts national guard, whose death resulted from
an injury sustained during an authorized flight on May
second, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, a sum not exceed-
ing six hundred dollars as reimbursement of the funeral
expenses of said Macaulay, said payment being in full dis-
charge of all obligation on the part of the commonwealth on
account of said death. Approved April 26, 1926.

Chap. 34 Resolve providing for an inquiry by the attorney

GENERAL RELATIVE TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED
BY THE COMMONWEALTH ON CERTAIN LANDS IN THE BACK
BAY DISTRICT OF BOSTON.

attorney 'gen- Rcsolved, That the attorney general is hereby authorized

eraiastocer- and directed to inquire into the subject matter of current
impost bV°°^ senate bill number one hundred and forty-three, relative to
on'^ertainlands ^ Certain restriction imposed by the commonwealth by a
in Back Bay dccd of Certain land in the Back Bay district of Boston, and
Boston. ° to advise the general court as to what should be the policy

of the commonwealth relative to said restriction and to
others of a similar nature affecting property in the vicinity
of said land, as to the owners of estates, if any, whose rights
would be affected by the release of any such restrictions,
and to what extent, and as to the persons who should be
notified of any proposed legislation in relation to such re-
strictions before any action is taken thereon by the general
Report to court. The attorney general is hereby further directed to

genera <oui . j-cport to the general court the result of his inquiry, with his
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of such legis-
lation as may be necessary to carry his recommendations
into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate
on or before December first in the current year.

Approved April 27, 1926.

Chap. 35 Resolve validating the acts of frank l. brigham of

ANDOVER as A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

L^'Br'iJifaTas Rcsolved, That the acts of Frank L. Brigham of Andover

a justice of as a justicc of the peace, between April seventh, nineteen

validated. hundred and twenty-two and April first, nineteen hundred

and twenty-six, both dates inclusive, are hereby confirmed

and made valid to the same extent as if during that time

he had been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved April 28, 1926.

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 36, 37, 38. 519

ResOLVF. I'KOVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL ('/idp 3()
UNPAID COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE OPERATION OF
THE workmen's COMPENSATION LAW,

Resolved, That the governor, with the advice and consent Special com-
of the council, is hereby requested to appoint an unpaid iuvlstigate
commission of five persons, citizens of the commonwealth, work'men's'^
one of whom shall be designated as chairman, for the purpose compensation
of investigating the effect of the present law relating to inentl^tc.'" '
workmen's compensation in order to ascertain what defects
in said law have arisen since its adoption and what changes, '

if any, in said law appear to it to be necessary to cure such
defects. The commission shall be provided with suitable Quarters, cieri-
quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may expend for ^ai assistance,
clerical and other assistance out of such amount, not exceed-
ing twenty-five hundred dollars, as the general court shall
appropriate, such sums as the governor and council approve,
and shall report the result of its investigations and its Report to
recommendations, if any, with drafts of legislation embody- H^^'^'^^ ^°^^^'
ing any such recommendations, to the general court by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives not
later than December first of the current year.

Approved April 28, 1026.

Resolve requesting an investigation by the judicial (Jhcw. 37
council relative to statutory changes necessary to

PROMOTE the expeditious DISPOSITION OF MINOR TRAFFIC

and motor vehicle law violations.

Resolved, That the judicial council is hereby requested to investigation

investigate and consider as to what changes in the statutes councii'as to

may be necessary by way of promoting the expeditious dis- cha^ngel neces-

position of minor violations of the laws relative to the sary to promote

operation of motor vehicles and of violations of city and disposition^ of

town ordinances, by-laws and regulations aftecting traffic, "nd motof'°
and also as to the subject matter of senate documents vehicle law
one hundred and eighty-eight and two hundred and twenty-
eight and house document five hundred and five of the cur-
rent session, and to include its recommendations in relation
to the foregoing subjects, and drafts of such legislation as
may be necessary to give effect to the same, in its annual
report for the current year. Approved April 28, 1926.

Resolve providing for an extension of time within QJiqj) 38
which the division of metropolitan planning shall
submit to the general court its report relative

TO A comprehensive SCHEME FOR RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE
WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

Resolved, That the time within which the division of Extension of

, . . i» 1 1 • - . . time tor report

metropolitan plannmg of the metropolitan district com- by division of

11 Uj.i?j-i2 Po^i I e metropolitan

mission is required by chapter lorty-nve or the resolves or planning as to
nineteen hundred and twenty-four to investigate and re- scheme'for^'^^
port on the subject matter of paragraph (a) of said resolve rapid transit

520 Resolves, 1926. — Chap. 39.

service within jj, hereby extended to December first of the current year.

metropolitan t-i i c i i- i • • • i • "i i

tiistiift. voT the purpose ot the turtiier investigation authorized by

this resolve, said division may expend such sum, not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars, as may hereafter be ap-
propriated by the general court, the same to be assessed
upon the metropolitan parks district.

Approved April SO, 1926.

Chap. 39 Resolve to provide for investigating the matter of a

WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF ESSEX
COUNTY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

mentofpublic Resolveil, That the state department of public health is
health to hereby authorized and directed to investigate the water

mattw^of water supplv uecds and Tcsources of the municipalities of the
cit?es'and\owns couuty of Esscx and of municipalities in adjacent portions
of Essex county of the county of Middlesex. The said department shall
portions^of" determine the best method of supplying said municipalities
^Imty^*^'^ with water and of protecting the purity of the water. Said

department shall make such surveys as may be necessary to
determine upon sites suitable for storage reservoirs in the
watershed of the Ipswich river and of the Merrimack river
within the limits of the state, with special reference to de-
veloping the highest practicable and economical yield for
water supply purposes of the Ipswich river and its tribu-
taries for the use of the cities and towns, or groups of cities
and towns, which may reasonably be supplied therefrom,
whether within the limits of Essex county or in adjacent parts
of the state. Said department shall consider the practi-
cability of the development of water supplies for any of the
cities and towns, or groups of cities and towns, in the valley
of the Merrimack river by the use of any natural ponds
now used as sources of water supply or any ponds or reservoirs
which may be made available for the purpose, either alone
or in connection with waters diverted from the watershed of
the Ipswich river. Said department shall consider and
examine proposed sources of water supply already recom-
mended for the use of any of the municipalities in Essex
county or adjacent parts of Middlesex county in previous
reports, whether by state commissions or local authorities.
Employment of -phg department may employ such engineers, geologists,
geologists', etc. and other experts and assistants, and may incur such ex-
penses, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
Expenditures, ^^jg pesolvc and may expend therefor out of such amount,
not exceeding eight thousand dollars, as may be appropriated
such sums as may be approved by the governor and council.
Report to Said department shall report to the general court the re-

general court, „ . ^ . .. -i. i- •(.

etc. suits 01 its investigation, with its recommendations, it any,

and maps and plans showing proposed reservoirs or water
supply systems and drafts of legislation necessary to carry
its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives not later than December
first of the current year. Approved May 4, 1926.

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 40, 41, 42. 521

Resolve relative to the publication and sale of the nhrjj^ ac\

MASSACHUSETTS REPORTS AND OF THE ADVANCE SHEETS ^'

OF THE OPINIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME JU-
DICIAL COURT.

Resolved, That the attorney general, the secretary of the Publication and
commonwealth and the reporter of decisions are hereby ohusetts '^'^^^^
directed to advertise for proposals for the execution of the Heports."
printing and binding, and to provide for the sale to the
public, at such price as said officers may fix, of the reports
of the decisions of the supreme judicial court, styled " Massa-
chusetts Reports", during a term of three years from the first
day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-six. They shall
take into consideration the circumstances and facilities of
the several bidders for the work, as well as the terms offered ;
they may reject any bids received, and they shall award
the contract or contracts to such bidder or bidders as in
their judgment the interests of the commonwealth may
require, and they shall execute the contract or contracts in
the name and behalf of the commonwealth. Bonds satis-
factory to said officers, to an amount not less than ten
thousand dollars, shall be given by the party to whom any
contract is awarded, to secure its performance. The said fn^'safeof"
officers may, if in their discretion it is deemed practicable advance sheets
and feasible, negotiate for, and execute in the name and and^decisions of
behalf of, the commonwealth a contract for the printing and cl'a^'^ourt'^*^^'
sale to the public, at such price as the said officers may
fix, of advance copies of opinions of said court filed with the
reporter of decisions. Bonds satisfactory to the said officers,
to an amount not less than ten thousand dollars, shall be
given by the party to whom such a contract is awarded, to
secure its faithful performance. Approved May 4, 1926.

Resolve in favor of dorothy l. may of medforp. Chav 41
Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made Payment to
and for the purpose of promoting the public good, there Ma™o{^ ^"
shall be allowed and paid out of the state treasury from the Medford.
Highway Fund to Dorothy L, May of Medford the sum of
two hundred and fifty dollars as full compensation for injuries
sustained on or about April fourth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one by said Dorothy L. May, while engaged in the
performance of her duties as an employee of the registry of
motor vehicles, by reason of the falling of the ceiling of the
quarters then occupied by said registry.

Approved May 4t 1926.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the depart- Chnj, 40
ment of public works relative to the construction '

OF A roadway between squantum in the city of

QUINCY AND PEMBERTON IN THE TOWN OF HULL.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby investigation
authorized and directed to investigate and report as to the tfonVf°r'^adway

522

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 43, 44.

between Squan- feasibility, desirability, location and cost of a roadway frona
Quincy and Squantum in the city of Quincy across the waters of Massa-
town^of XiL chusetts Bay to Pemberton in the town of Hull, via Ped-
dock's Island or otherwise, and the method of financing the
construction of such roadway. The department shall, in
connection therewith, con'sider the effect of the construction
of such roadway on traffic facilities in the town of Hull and
to what extent such facilities would require enlargement in
Report, etc. conscqucncc thereof. Said department shall file its report
hereunder, together with its recommendations, if any,
estimates of costs, and drafts of proposed legislation neces-
sary to effect any such recommendations, with the clerk of
the house of representatives on or before December first of
the current year. Approved May 4, 1926.

ChaV. 43 I^ESOLVE PROVIDING FOR AN INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RELATIVE TO THE EXTENSION OF
THE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN THE NEPONSET
VALLEY AND THE COST THEREOF.

Investigation as
to extension of
metropolitan
sewerage system
in Neponset
valley and
cost thereof.

Expenditures,

apportionment,

etc.

Resolved, That the department of public health is hereby
authorized and directed to investigate as to the necessity or
desirability of the extension of the metropolitan sewerage
system in the Neponset valley and as to the cost of such
extension. The department shall report to the general court
its findings and recommendations, if any, together with
drafts of legislation necessary to effect the same, by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives, not
later than December first of the current year, and shall at
the same time file a copy thereof with the budget commis-
sioner. After an appropriation has been made, the depart-
ment may expend for such purposes such sum, not exceeding
seventy-five hundred dollars, as may be necessary. The
expenses herein authorized shall be apportioned, upon the
towns of Canton, Norwood, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole
and Westwood, in proportion to their respective valuations,
and the amount so apportioned on each town shall be
assessed, collected and paid over to the state treasurer in
the same muruner and at the same time as state taxes.

Approved May 4, 1926.

Chap.

44 Resolve providing for an investigation by an unpaid

SPECIAL commission RELATIVE TO THE PURCHASE BY THE
CITY OF BOSTON OF CERTAIN ELEVATED STRUCTURES USED
BY THE BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANY.

Investigation
by special
commission as
to purchase by
city of Boston
of certain
elevated struc-
tures used by
Boston Ele-
vated Railway
Company.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, consisting
of the chairman of the commission of the department of
public utilities or a member of said commission designated
by him, the chairman of the transit department of the city
of Boston or a member of said department designated by
him, and a member of the board of trustees of the Boston
Elevated Railway Company designated by said board, here-.

Resolves, 1926. — Chap. 45. 523

inafter called the commission, is hereby established for the
purpose of investigating the subject matter of current house
document number eleven hundred and thirty-eight relative
to the purchase by the city of Boston of elevated structures
used by the Boston Elevated Railway Company within said
city, and in connection with such investigation it shall con-
sider ways and means of financing any action recommended.
The commission may require by summons the attendance Summoning
and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and ^[^*'*"*-''"*e'*'
papers before it relating to any matter under investigation,
and any member thereof may issue such summonses and
administer oaths to witnesses testifying before it. The com- Report to
mission shall report to the general court the results of its ff".^''''' ''""'"*■•
investigation and its recommendations, if any, together with
drafts of such legislation as may be necessary to carry the
same into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the
senate not later than December first in the current year.
The commission may expend for the purposes of this investi- Expenditures,
gation such sum, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, as
may be appropriated by the city of Boston out of the receipts
in the treasury of said city. Approved May 4, 1926.

Resolve providing for a reclassification of certain Chav. 45

APPOINTIVE offices AND POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND AN INVESTIGATION OF CER-
TAIN STATUTORY AND OTHER SALARIES.

Resolved, That the commission on administration and ^d^^i'ltratioT
finance is hereby directed to make a study of the classifica- and finance
tion of the appointive offices and positions in the govern- of dassffica'tio^
ment of the commonwealth provided for by section forty- plfn^i^e'ofiKJes
five of chapter thirty of the General Laws, and of the rules and positions in

1 1 ,. • p J J.- e J. • e • 1 government of

and regulations now in force under section lorty-six oi said commonwealth
chapter, and more particularly of the salaries fixed in ac- and regulations
cordance with such classification and the specifications and salaries
establishing the same; and after completing said study, but therewith.
not later than December first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, it shall recommend to the governor and council such Recommenda-
changes in said classification and rules and regulations as emor a°nd°^'
in its judgment are necessary. council.

In connection with said study, said commission shall ^n^defanV
consider the salaries of all appointive officers in the execu- compare certain
tive and administrative departments of the government othe'r salaries.
which are fixed by statute or are required by law to be
fixed subject to the approval of the governor and council,
compare them with those fixed under the classification and
rules and regulations hereinbefore mentioned, and make to Recommenda-
the general court such recommendations for changes and court. ° ^'^'^'^'^^
increases therein as said commission deems necessary in
order to bring them into conformity with the salaries fixed
under said classification and rules and regulations.

For the purposes of this resolve, the said commission Expert
shall employ expert assistance. assistance.

524

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 46, 47.

Report to
general court.

Expenditures.

It shall make its report hereunder to the general court
by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives on or before December fifteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, and may expend for the purposes of this
resolve such amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars
as may be appropriated by the general court.

Approved May 5, 1926.

Chap. 46 Resolve authoeizing the publication of an additional

VOLUME OF OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Publication of Resolved, That the attorney general is hereby authorized

additional vol- n i i i i • i i • i i

ume of opinions to Collect and cause to be published m a volume properly
glneraf."^^ indexed and digested such of the official opinions heretofore
published as an appendix to the annual reports of the
attorneys general during the years nineteen hundred and
twenty-one to nineteen hundred and twenty-four, inclusive,
as he may deem to be of public interest or useful for reference.
One thousand copies of said volume shall be printed under
the direction of the attorney general, and shall be distributed
by the state secretary as follows: — to the attorney general
for distribution at his discretion, fifty copies; to such free
public libraries, and branches thereof, in the commonwealth
as the state secretary may designate, and to county law
libraries, and incorporated law libraries, and branches
thereof, in the commonwealth, one copy each; to the state
library, twenty-five copies.

After making the foregoing distribution or making pro-
vision therefor, the state secretary shall place the remain-
ing copies on sale at such price per copy, not less than the
cost of printing and binding, as shall be fixed by him.

Approved May 17, 1926.

Printing and
distribution.

Sale of certain
copies.

Chap. 47 Resolve authorizing the governor and council to make

CERTAIN TITLE ADJUSTMENTS AND AGREEMENTS MADE
NECESSARY BY THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN LAND IN THE
STATE HOUSE GROUNDS.

Governor and
council may
make certain
title adjust-
ments and
agreements
made necessary
by acquisition
of certain land
in state house
grounds.

Resolved, That the governor, with the approval of the
executive council, upon such terms, conditions and con-
siderations as the governor, with like approval, may de-
termine, is hereby authorized to lease or to convey, in fee
simple or otherwise, on behalf of the commonwealth, by
instrument or instruments approved by the attorney general,
to the owners of estates abutting on the land acquired by
the commonwealth under chapter two hundred and fifty of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, such part
or parts of said land as support party walls between said
estates and said land, together with so much of the build-
ings or walls owned by the commonwealth as cover said part
or parts, or to permit the occupation by such owners of said
part or parts and the said buildings and walls thereon, and
to enter into contracts and agreements for the better enjoy-
ment and protection of such estates.

Approved May 17, 1926.

Resolves, 1026. — Chaps. 48, 49, 50. 525

Resolve providing for a further investigation by the (Jhn^ ar

DIVISION OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING OF THE ADVIS-
ABILITY OF CHANGING THE HARBOR LINES ON THE BOSTON
SIDE OF THE CHARLES RIVER.

Resolved, That the division of metropolitan planning of investigation of
the nietropoHtau district commission is hereby directed to citlnglngharbor
further investigate the advisability of changing the estab- aide^oTch"*!""
lished harbor lines on the Boston side of the Charles river river,
in order to further improve existing harbor and terminal
facilities. Said division shall report the results of its in- Report to
vestigations and its recommendations, if any, together general court,
with drafts of legislation to carry the same into effect, to
the general court by filing the same with the clerk of the
house of representatives on or before December first in the '

current year. Approved May 21, 1926.

Chap. 49

tion

Resolve providing for an investigation relative to
the establishment of a state highway and reserva-
tion along certain sections of the british trail in
lexington and concord as a revolutionary war
memorial.

Resolved, That the department of public works be author- investigation
ized and directed to inquire into the subject matter of cur- ^^ to estabiish-
rent senate document number eighty-four, relative to the highway and
construction as a state highway of so much of the route of Iiong^certain
the advance and retreat of the British troops between Lex- B°t°h\°^j •
ington and Concord, April nineteenth, seventeen hundred Lexington and
and seventy-five, as does not now constitute a state high- revolutionary
way, and the taking of adjoining territory for the purpose warmemoriah
of preserving the physical aspects of sites made memorable
by the events of said advance and retreat by the establish-
ment of a state reservation, said new state highway and
reservation to constitute a memorial to the sacrifices and
sufferings of the men and women of Massachusetts whose
courage and devotion initiated in this commonwealth the
war of the American revolution. The department shall re- Report to
port its conclusions and recommendations to the next general court,
annual session of the general court by filing the same with
the clerk of the senate not later than December first in the
current year, accompanied by plans, estimates of cost, and
drafts of such legislation as may be necessary to give effect
to its recommendations, and shall at the same time file a
copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 21, 1926.

Resolve providing for a further investigation of the Chav. 50

ADVISABILITY OF FILLING IN PART OF THE FORT POINT
CHANNEL AND SOUTH BAY IN BOSTON HARBOR.

Resolved, That the commissioner of public works, the Special com-
chairman of the division of metropolitan planning and the farther inVesti-
chairman of the Boston city planning board are hereby gateadvisa-

526

Resolves, 1926. — Chap. 51.

bility of filling
in part of Fort
Point Channel
and South
Bay in Boston
Harbor.

Scope of
investigation
and report.

Report to
general court,
etc.

constituted a special commission to further investigate
the filling of the present navigable waters of that part of
Fort Point Channel and South Bay lying above Dorchester
Avenue bridge and matters incidental or related thereto, and
particularly the recommendations of the division of metro-
politan planning and the report and recommendations of
its special engineer contained in house document number
eleven hundred and thirty of the current year relating to the
abolition of said waterway and the reclaiming of the area
covered thereby. Said commission shall investigate and
report the benefits that may be expected to result from
such filling, the effect upon land values, the new and im-
proved industrial sites thus created, the opportunities for
improved service and operating conditions by the railroad
adjoining said channel, the connections with said railroad
that will then be available to existing industries, and the
advantages that may result to the city of Boston from the
abolition of drawbridges, increased land values, or other-
wise. Said commission shall report as to the necessity of
relocating and widening streets and the method of provid-
ing for the drainage now accommodated in said channel.
Said commission shall recommend the points to which the
present harbor lines in the vicinity of Fort Point Channel
and South Bay shall be relocated, and shall endeavor to
obtain the tentative or final approval of the federal author-
ities to the proposed changes that are subject to their juris-
diction. Said commission shall report the probable cost of
said improvement, by whom the work shall be performed,
by whom any land takings shall be made and by whom any
damages caused by the abolition of said waterway shall be
paid, in whose name the title of land reclaimed from the
areas now flowed by the waters of said channel would be
and its recommendations as to the disposition of said land.
Said commission shall report to the general court the results
of its investigations and its recommendations, if any, together
with drafts of legislation to carry the same into effect, by
filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives
on or before December first of the current year.

Approved May 21, 1926.

Chap. 51 Resolve relative to the claim of the parents of

ALBERT CHEVRETTE, LATE OF HOLYOKE.

Resolved, That the attorney general is hereby requested
to investigate the claim of the parents of Albert Chevrette,
late of Holyoke, against the commonwealth, referred to in
senate document number thirty-three of the current year, and
to find the facts in relation thereto and the amount of dam-
ages, if any, sustained. For the purpose of the investiga-
tion herein directed, the attorney general, or an assistant
attorney general designated by him, may hold hearings.
Report to take evidence, administer oaths and issue subpoenas. The

genera cour , attorney general is hereby further requested to make a re-

Attorney gen-
eral to investi
gate claim of
parents of
Albert Chev-
rette, late of
Holyoke.

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 52, 53. 527

port of such investigation to the general court by fiHng such
report with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before October fifteenth in the current year, and at the same
time to file a copy thereof with the budget commissioner as
a part of the budget estimates required to be submitted under
section four of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws.

Approved May 21, 1926.

Resolve ix favor of the estate of the late Frederick fhfjj) ceo

A. AVARREN. ^'

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public Payment to
good and in consideration of his long and meritorious service Frederick a!
in the general court of this commonwealth, there be allowed Warren.
and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth to the
estate of the late Frederick A. Warren of Wilbraham, who
died while a member of the present house of representatives,
the balance of the salary of fifteen hundred dollars to which
he would have been entitled had he lived and served until
the end of the current session,

( The Jorcgoing was laid before the governor on the seventeejiih
day of May, 1026, and after five days it had " the force of a laic ",
as prescribed by the constitution, as it was not returned by him
with his objections thereto within that time.)

Resolve providing for an investigation by the de- fhrj^f. co

PARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS RELATIVE TO THE DREDGING ^'
OF THE ACUSHNET RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN THE
CITY OF NEW BEDFORD AND IN THE TOW'NS OF ACUSHNET
AND FAIRHAVEN.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby investigation
authorized and directed to consider the subject matter of of Acushnetf^
senate document number one hundred and thirty-eight of "yer and its
the current year, relative to the dredging of the Acushnet city of New
river and its tributaries in the city of New Bedford and in fowns'of*"*^
the towns of Acushnet and Fairhaven and to the necessary Acushnet and
construction incidental thereto. Said department shall re-
port to the general court its findings and recommendations,
if any, together with copies of plans, estimates and drafts
of such legislation as may be necessary to carry its recom-
mendations into effect, by filing same with the clerk of
the senate on or before December first in the current year.
Said department may expend for the aforesaid purposes, Expenditures.
out of such sum, not exceeding two thousand dollars, as ma}^
be appropriated by the general court, such sums as may be
approved by the governor and council. The expenses herein Apportionment
authorized shall be apportioned upon the city of New Bed- °^ expenses.
ford and the towns of Acushnet and Fairhaven in pro-
portion to their respective valuations, and the amount so
apportioned on said city and on each town shall be assessed,
collected and paid over to the state treasurer in the same
manner and at the same time as state taxes.

Approved May 24, 1026.

528

Resolves, 1926. — Chaps. 54, 55, 56.

Chav. 54 Resolve in favor of the parents of gustaf a. carlson.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public
good and after an appropriation has been made for the pur-
pose, there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the
commonwealth the sum of two thousand dollars to the joint
use of Johan A. Carlson and Augusta Carlson, father and
mother of Gustaf A. Carlson, who lost his life in line of duty
on board the nautical training ship "Nantucket". Pay-
ment under authority of this resolve shall be made only
upon the filing with the comptroller of satisfactory releases
or other evidence that said payment is accepted as full com-
pensation on the part of the commonwealth on account of
said injuries. Approved May 28, 1926.

Payment to
parents of
Gustaf A.
Carlson.

Filing of
releases, etc

Chav. 55 Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial

COUNCIL IN RELATION TO CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING

Investigation
by judicial
council in
relation to cer-
tain matters
affecting attor-
neys-at-law.

ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to investi-
gate the subject matter of current house bill number two
hundred and fifteen providing for an official and hence more
effective means of accomplishing the disciplinary work here-
tofore done through the voluntary efforts of bar associations;
of current house bill number thirteen hundred and forty-
two, relative to removal of attorneys; and of current house
bill number fourteen hundred and sixty-two, relative to the
professional conduct of attorneys. Said council is hereby
further requested to include its conclusions and recommen-
dations relative thereto in its annual report for the current
year. Approved May 28, 1926.

Chap.

56 Resolve providing for the appointment of an unpaid

SPECIAL commission TO CONSIDER AND REPORT UPON THE
ADVISABILITY OF ERECTING IN COPLEY SQUARE OR ELSE-
WHERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF MASSACHUSETTS W^HO SERVED IN THE
WORLD WAR.

Special com-
mission to
consider and
report upon
advisability of
erecting in
Copley square
or elsewhere in
city of Boston
a memorial to
men and
women of
Massachusetts
who served in
world war.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission is hereby
established, to consist of five persons to be appointed by
the governor, one of whom shall be named as chairman.
Said commission shall consider the advisability of erecting
in Copley square or elsewhere in the city of Boston a memorial
to the men and women of Massachusetts who served in the
world war, and, if advisable, the type of memorial which
should be erected, and what rearrangement of the square,
having the approval of the city authorities and consistent
with traffic requirements, should be made with a view to
providing a suitable placing and setting for the memorial.
Said commission shall cause sketches to be made of any
memorial recommended, and shall furnish estimates of the
cost of the memorial and of any rearrangement of the square

Resolves, 192G. — Chap. 56. 529

and of any other work incidental to the memorial which is
recommended. Tlie commission shall also recommend how
these expenses should be apportioned and how the money
should be raised. In connection with all these questions the
commission shall consider the subject matter of house
documents fifteen hundred and eight and fifteen hundred
and nine of the current year.

The commission shall be provided with quarters in the Quarters,
statehouse, shall hold one or more public hearings, and for p>^biic hearings,
traveling and other expenses and for expert, clerical and
other assistance may expend such sum not exceeding five Expenditures.
thousand dollars as the general court may hereafter ap-
propriate. Said commission shall report to the general court Report to
its findings and recommendations, together with drafts of It"."'* '^°^^ '
such legislation, if any, as it shall recommend, by filing the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives not later
than December first of the current year and at the same time
shall file a copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 29, 1926.

530

Initiative Petition.

QII|r dommnmupaltti nf iiasaarlittsptts

the civil
service.

Office of the Secretart,

Boston, August 5, 1926.

Initiative Pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the

relative to" Amendments to the Constitution, "The Initiative. II. Ini-
prefere"nce in tiative Petitions. Section 3" (Article 79 of the Rearrange-
empioyment in mcnt of the Constitution), an initiative petition was filed
in this office September 12, 1925, signed by ten qualified
voters together with the certification of the Attorney Gen-
eral that the measure was in proper form for submission to
the people, and the remainder of more than the required
number of qualified voters (22,970) was filed December 3,
1925, representing that there was need for legislation, either
by the general court or by the people, relative to the Veterans'
Preference in employment in the civil service, accompanied
by a Bill entitled, " An Act relative to the Veterans' Prefer-
ence in Employment in the Civil Service."

Under date of January 6, 1926, said petition was trans-
mitted by this office to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and was thereby deemed to be introduced and pending
in the general court.

The general court at its session of 1926, after due consid-
eration of the petition and its accompanying Bill (House
document No. 410) failed to enact the law in the form in
which it appeared with the petition, or a law in any form.
The committee on public service of the general court filed a
report which was printed as Senate document No. 279 for
the year 1926.

Said petition was completed by the filing: in this office
August 4, 1926, of a sufficient number (8,364) of additional
signatures of qualified voters of the Commonwealth and
said law will be submitted for approval or disapproval by
the people at the state election, November 2, 1926.

FREDERIC W. COOK,

Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Acts and Resolves Approved, etc. 531

NUMBER OF ACTS AND EESOLVES APPROVED, APPROVAL Wmi-

force of law, under the provisions of the Constitution govern-
ing such cases, and have been so certified.

Eleven (11) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act granting
to certain veterans a partial exemption from local property
taxation"; "An Act relative to the salary of the clerk of
the board of police for the city of Fall River"; "An Act
authorizing the city of Cambridge to pension Etta L. Rus-
sell"; "An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to pen-
sion Carrie A. Estes"; "An Act for the benefit of persons.
in the service of the city of Springfield during the time of

530 Initiative Petition.

QIIH? Qlommnttmraltlj of UlaBsarlntHrtta

530A

QIIj? Qlomtttnnm^altli nf MaasarljuartlB

Office of the Secretary,

Boston, September 30, 1926.

An initiative petition, accompanied by a bill entitled
" An Act to permit Certain Sports and Games on the Lord's
Day" was apparently completed by the filing in this office
August 3, 1925 of a sufficient number of names of qualified
voters of the Commonwealth requiring the Secretary of the
Commonwealth to submit said bill for approval or disap-
proval by the people at the state election, November 2,
1926, an account of which is printed in the Blue Book for
1925, page 473. Upon Petition it has been ordered by the
Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth, September
27, 1926, that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue com-
manding the Secretary of the Commonwealth to refrain from
submitting the initiative petition above referred to for
approval or disapproval by the people upon the ballots at
any state election.

FREDERIC W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonivenlth.

FREDERIC W. COOK,

Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Acts and Resolves Approved, etc. 531

1926

NUMBEK OF ACTS AND KESOLVES AlMTvOYED, APPROVAL WITH-
HELD. AND LIST OF ACTS AND KESOLVES VETOED UV
THE GOVERNOR AND I'ASSED OVER HIS VETOES UNDER
AUTHORPry OF THE CONSTITUTION.

The general court, during its second annual session held
in 1926, passed 392 Acts and 54 Resolves, which received
executive approval and 5 Acts and 1 Resolve from which
executive approval was withheld but have become law by
virtue of chapter 1, section 1, Article 2 of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth.

The governor has returned 12 Acts and 2 Resolves with
his objections thereto in writing. Upon 11 Acts and 1 Re-
solve his objections were sustained.

Five (5) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act to provide
for the establishment of additional nurseries for the prop-
agation of forest tree seedlings", (Chapter 164); "An Act
relative to deposits in annuity and pension fund of the state
retirement association", (Chapter 300); "An Act relative
to the furnishing of state or military aid to those who served
in the Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection or the China
Relief Expedition", (Chapter 301); "An Act relative to
the designation, salaries, perquisites and emoluments of
certain officers in the state prison and Massachusetts re-
formatory", (Chapter 343), and "An Act authorizing annual
allowances to commissioned officers of the National guard
for uniforms", (Chapter 373) and one Resolve "In favor of
the estate of the late Frederick A. Warren, (Chapter 52)
were passed, but failed to receive executive approval; as,
however, they were not returned, with objections thereto,
within five days after they had been received in the execu-
tive department, the general court not having been pro-
rogued in the meantime, said acts and resolve have the
force of law, under the provisions of the Constitution govern-
ing such cases, and have been so certified.

Eleven (11) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act granting
to certain veterans a partial exemption from local property
taxation"; "An Act relative to the salary of the clerk of
the board of poHce for the city of Fall River"; "An Act
authorizing the city of Cambridge to pension Etta L. Rus-
sell"; "An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to pen-
sion Carrie A. Estes"; "An Act for the benefit of persons,
in the service of the city of Springfield during the time of

532 Acts and Resolves Approved, etc,

their service in the oro^anized militia"; "An Act author-
izing the city of Pittsfield to pay a certain sum of money to
the widow of Michael F. Quinn"; "An Act relative to the
execution of certain certificates and returns of gas and
electric and certain other companies"; "An Act relative to
fees of certain deputy sheriffs in attendance upon the su-
preme judicial court, superior or probate court or upon the
sessions of the county commissioners"; "An Act establish-
ing the minimum compensation for members of certain
police departments who have served therein for five years";
" An Act relative to the salary of the registrar of motor
vehicles"; "An Act to incorporate the Boston Harbor
Bridge and Tunnel Company and to authorize said com-
pany to construct a bridge over or a tunnel under Boston
laarbor", and "Resolve in favor of Mary Leahan of Boston"
were passed and laid before the governor for his approval;
were returned by him with his objections thereto, to the
branch in which they respectively originated; were recon-
sidered, and the vote being taken on their passage, the
objections of the governor thereto notwithstanding, they
were rejected, and said acts and resolve thereby became
void.

One (1) Act entitled, "An Act to establish congressional,
councillor and senatorial districts and to apportion repre-
sentatives to the several counties", (Chapter 372) and one
(1) Resolve entitled, "Resolve in favor of the widow of
Patrick F. Brennan of Norwood" (Resolve, Chapter 13),
were passed and laid before the governor for his approval;
were returned by him with his objections thereto, to the
branch in which they originated; were reconsidered, agree-
ably to the provisions of the constitution, and the vote
being taken on their passage, the objections of the governor
thereto notwithstanding, they were passed, and said act
and said resolve have thereby the force of law.

The general court was prorogued on Saturday, May 29,
1926, at seventeen minutes before five o'clock p.m., the
session having occupied 144 days.

APPENDIX

The following table and the index to the Acts and Resolves of the
current year have been prepared by William E. Dorman, Esq., and
Henry D. Wiggin, Esq., counsel, respectively, to the Senate and
House of Representatives, in accordance with section fifty-one of
chapter three of the General Laws.

TABLE

WHAT (JENKKAL LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED \IY SUBSEQUENT
LEGISLATION

Chapter 1. — Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States.

"Camp Devens" ceded to the United States, 1921, 456.
Consent to the acquisition by the United States of land and buildings in
Rutland, 1922, 409; of land in Northampton, 1926, 386.

Chapter 2, — Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth.
Sect. 7 amended, 1925, 112.

Chapter 3. — The General Court.

Purchase and distribution of ancient journals of House of Representa-
tives, 1920, 413; 1921, 170; 1922, 164.

For salaries of the present clerk and assistant clerk of the Senate, see
1922, 271; 1924, 436; 1926, 268.

For salary of the present assistant clerk of the House of Representatives,
see 1924, 435.

Legislative supplies, etc., not required to be purchased through central
purchasing agency, 1922, 545 §§ 10-12; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 22, § 52.

Sect. 5 revised, 1924, 170 § 1; 1926, 107 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 51; revised, 1924, 170 § 2.

Sect. 7 revised, 1924, 170 § 3; 1926, 107 § 2.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 498 § 1; 1924, 502 § 1.

Sect. 18 amended, 1921, 367 § 1; revised, 1922, 366 § 1; 1923, 400 § 1;
amended, 1924, 401 § 1. (See 1921, 384.)

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 228.

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 498 § 2; 1922, 8; 1923, 229 § 1; J 924, 502 § 2.

Sect. 24 revised, 1921, 486 § 41.

Sect. 35 amended, 1921, 243; 1923, 362 § 2.

Sect. 37 amended, 1923, 362 § 3.

Sect. 38 amended, 1923, 362 § 4.

Sect. 50 amended, 1922, 210.

Sect. 51 amended, 1922, 197.

Sect. 53 amended, 1922, 24 § 1.

Chapter 4. — Statutes.

Unpaid eonmiission relative to the repeal of general and special laws
found to be obsolete, 1926, Resolve 25.

Sect. 6, paragraph Sixth amended, 1926, 187 § 2.

536 Changes in the [Chaps. 5-7.

Sect. 7, cl. Fourth repealed, 1921, 486 § 1. CI. Seventh see 1921,
430 § 1, changing title of police courts to district courts. Cl. Thirty-ninth
added, 1924, 360 (defining "annual election" as applied to cities holding
biennial municipal elections). Cl. Fortieth added, 1924, 404 § 1 (defining
"surety" and "sureties" with reference to certain fidelity bonds).

Sect. 7A added, 1922, 151 (relative to the filing and recording in the
office of the State Secretary of certain certificates, articles and affidavits).

Sect. (S amended, 1926, 56.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 145. (See 1924, 210.)

Chapter 5. — Printing and Distribution of Laws and Public Documents.

As to the preparation and sale of the General Laws in a special form,
see 1922, Resolve 42.

As to state printing, see 1922, Resolve 48; 1923, 493.

Sect. 1 revised, 1923, 362 § 5; amended, 1923, 493.

Sect. 2 revised. 1924, 462.

Sect. 3 amended, 1922, 198 § 1; revised, 1924, 492 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1922, 198 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 6. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 362 § 7; revised, 1924, 492 § 2. (See 1922, 545
§§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 9 revised, 1924, 322.

Sect. 11 revised, 1922, 319; 1924, 492 § 3.

Chapters. — The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain
Officers under the Governor and Council, and State Library.

Special Commission on the Necessaries of Life, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 610,
628; 1921, 325; 1922, 343; 1923, 320; 1924, 99, 320; 1925, 273.

Commission on Administration and Finance to serve under Governor and
Council, 1922, 545 § 2; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 362 § 8.

Sect. 12A added, 1923, 210 (relative to the observance of Armistice
Day).

Sect. 17. See 1922, 545 § 2; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 2.

Sect. 20 revised, 1922, 298; amended, 1924, 242.

Sect. 22 amended, 1923, 368 § 1.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 191.

Sect. 26 revised, 1924, 200 § 1.

Sect. 27 amended, 1924, 200 § 2.

Sect. 36 revised, 1922, 15; amended, 1925, 185. .

Sect. 37A added, 1923, 376 § 1 (authorizing the trustees of the State
Library to receive money and securities in trust for State Library pur-
poses, to be administered by the State Treasurer).

Chapter 7. — Commission on Administration and Finance (former title,
Supervisor of Administration).

Chapter 7, as amended in § 7 by 1921, 298, repealed and superseded by
1923, 362 § 1 (chapter 7, Commission on Administration and Finance).

[Former chapter 7, sects. 6-16. See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 9-13, 17, 20; 1923,
362 § 1 subsects. 7-12, 29, 30, 33-35, 52, 92.]

Chaps. S-10.] GeNERAL LaWS. 537

Office of Supervisor of Administration abolished and his rights, powers,
dnties and ohhgations transferred to Commission on Administration and
Finance, see 1922, 545.

Changes noted below are to sections of new Chapter 7.

Skct. 22 amended, 1924, 440.

Chapter 8. — Superintendent of Buildings, and State House.

Sects. 3, 6, S, 11. Rights, powers, duties and obhgations of Superintend-
ent of Buildings relative to purchasing and storeroom functions transferred
to Commission on Administration and Finance, see 1922, 545 §§ 1, 9.

Sect. 3 repealed, 1923, 362 § 9.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 234.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 10.

Sect. 8 repealed, 1923, 362 § 9.

Sect. 10 A added, 1924, 356 (relative to leasing by state departments of
premises outside of buildings owned by the commonwealth).

Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 362 § 11.

Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 256.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1924, 361.

Sect. 17 revised, 1921, 459 § 1; 1923, 225 § 1.

Sect. 18 revised, 1921, 459 § 2; amended, 1923, 225 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1922, 320 (procuring of portraits and other suitable
memorials of former Governors).

Sect. 21 added, 1922, 146 (regulating the establishment of permanent
memorials in the State House).

Chapter 9. — Department of the State Secretary.

For salary of the present second deputy in the office of the State Secre-
tary, see 1922, 372.

Sect. 2 revised, 1922, 370 § 1.

Sects. 6 to 9 repealed and new sections 6 to 9 inserted, 1924, 453 § 1.

Sect. 7 (inserted by 1924, 453 § 1) amended, 1925, 85.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 375.

Sect. 14 repealed, 1923, 362 § 12. (See 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 27.)
Rights, powers, duties and obligations of the State Secretary relative to
the purchase of paper transferred to Commission on Administration and
Finance, see 1922, 545 §§ 1, 9-12; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 22, § 52.

Sect. 18 repealed, 1923, 146 § 1.

Chapter 10. — Department of the State Treasurer.

For salaries of the present deputies in the office of the State Treasurer,
.see 1922, 323.

Rights, powers, duties and obligations of the State Treasurer relative to
bookkeeping and accounting functions not necessarily^ connected with the
cash and funds which he handles transferred to Commission on Adminis-
tration and Finance, see 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.

Sect. 5. See 1922, 545 § 22.

Sect. 8 A added, 1924, 73 (relative to the disposition and expenditure of
funds received from the United States in relation to forest fire prevention
or for forestry purposes).

Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 301 § 2, 376 § 2.

538 Changes in the [Chaps. 11-13.

Chapter 11. — Department of the State Auditor.

Rights, powers, duties and obligations of the State Auditor, except such
as relate to the auditing of accounts of all offices of the commonwealth
and to the keeping of reports of such audits, transferred to Commission
on Administration and Finance, see 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5, 27, 29; 1923, 362
§ 1 subsects. 13-15, 17-19, §§ 13, 16.

Sect. 3 repealed, 1923, 362 § 13. Office of second deputy abolished,
see 1922, 545 § 27.

Sect. 4 repealed, 1923, 362 § 13. Offices of supervisor of accounts and
assistant supervisor of accounts abolished, see 1922, 545 § 27.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 362 § 14.

Sect. 6 revised, 1923, 362 § 15. (See 1922, 545 §§ 22, 27.)

Sects. 7-11 repealed, 1923, 362 § 13. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 10 See 1922 358.

Sect." 12'revised, 1923, 362 § 16. (See 1922, 545 § 27.)

Sects. 13-15 repealed, 1923, 362 § 13. (See 1922, 545 § 20.)

Chapter 12. — Department of the Attorney General, and the District

Attorneys.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 117.

Sect, 3A added, 1924, .395 (relative to the settlement of certain small
claims against the commonwealth).

Sect. 12 amended, 1922, 459.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 304 § 1; 1923, 211 § 1; 1924, 265 § 1; first
two paragraphs revised, 1925, 285 § 1; amended, 1926, 384 § 1.

Sect. 15 revised, 1923, 398 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1922, 304 § 2; revised, 1923, 211 § 2, 398 § 2; amended,

1924, 265 § 2; par. included in lines 4 and 5 revised, 1925, 285 § 2; revised,

1925, 337; amended, 1926, 377 § 1; par. included in hues 5-8 amended,
1926 384 § 2.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 304 § 3, 333 § 1; 1923, 362 § 17; repealed,
1923, 398 § 3.
Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 334; 1924, 466.
Sect. 19 amended, 1921, 235 § 1; 1924, 346 § 1.
Sect. 20 amended, 1925, 71.

Chapter 13. — Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Sect. 8 amended, 1926, 185.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 426.

Sect. 21 amended, 1924, 483 § 1.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 441.

Sect. 29 amended, 1925, 348 § 1.

Sects. 33-35 added, 1923, 470 § 1 (relative to the board of registration
of certified public accountants).

Sects. 36-38 added, 1925, 348 § 2 (relative to a new board of state
examiners of plumbers, serving in the department of civil service and
registration).

Sect. 36 amended, 1926, 319.

Chaps. 14-22.] GENERAL LaWS. 539

Chapter 14. — Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 520 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 486 § 2; 1922, 330.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 21.

Chapter 15. — Department of Education.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 442.
Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 322.

Sect. 6A added, 1921, 462 § 2 (state board for vocational education
established).

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 121.

Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 449 § 1.

Sects. 13 and 14 stricken out and new Sect. 13 inserted, 1925, 286 § 1.

Sect. 15 revised, 1925, 286 § 2.

Chapter 16. — Department of Public Works.
Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 534 § 2.

Chapter 17. — Department of Public Health.

Sect. 8 amended, 1924, 477 § 2. (See 1924, 477.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 481; repealed, 1925, 348 § 5.

Chapter 19. — Department of Mental Diseases.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 443.

Sect. 4A added, 1922, 519 § 1 (establishing a division of mental hygiene
in the department of mental diseases).

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 410 § 2; 1925, 293 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 449 § 2; 1922, 410 § 3; 1925, 293 § 2.

Chapter 20. — Department of Agriculture.
Sect. 2 amended, 1925, 287.

Chapter 21. — Department of Conservation.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 369 § 1.
Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 144.

Chapter 22. — Department of Public Safety.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 330.

Sect. 6 amended, 1925, 322 § 1.

Sect. 7A added, 1924, 504 § 1 (authorizing the payment of reasonable
hospital, medical and surgical expenses of officers or inspectors of the de-
partment injured while on police duty).

Sect. 8 re\4sed, 1922, 9.

Sect. 9A added, 1921, 461 (additional appointments in the division of
state police, "state constabulary", so called); amended, 1922, 331 § 1.

Sect. 11 amended, 1925, 221.

540 Changes in the [Chaps. 23-29.

Chapter 23. — Department of Labor and Industries.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 306 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 306 § 2.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 306 § 3; 1922, 190; 1924, 258 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 306 § 4.

Sect. 9 revised, 1924, 258 § 2.

Chapter 24. — Department of Industrial Accidents.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 537 § 1; 1923, 477 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1923, 151.
Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 477 § 2.
Sect. 8 repealed, 1921, 462 § 8.
Sect. 9 repealed, 1921, 462 § 8.

Chapter 25. — Department of Public Utilities.

Sect. 5A added, 1922, 259 § 1 (authorizing the department of pubHc
utihties to summon witnesses and take testimonv); amended, 1923, 362
§18.

Sect. 6 repealed, 1923, 227.

Chapter 26. — Department of Banking and Insurance.

Sect. 3 amended, 1922, 513.
Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 261.

Sect. 8A added, 1925, 346 § 3 (board of appeal on motor \ehicle liability
poHcies and bonds) ; amended, 1926, 272.

Chapter 27. — Department of Correction.

Sect. 4 revised, 1923, 231 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 312; 1924, 439.

Chapter 28. — Metropolitan District Commission.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 427.

Sect. 5 added, 1922, 406 (authorizing the appointment of a superin-
tendent of police); made a special law instead of an amendment to the
General Laws, 1923, 399 § 3.

Sects. 5 and 6 added, 1923, 399 § 1 (establishing the division of metropoli-
tan planning within the metropolitan district commission); sect. 5 amended,
1925, 129; sect. 6 amended, 1924, 354.

Chapter 29. — State Finance.

Establishment of Commission on Administration and Finance, see 1922,

545" 1923 362.

Sect. 1 'amended, 1923, 362 § 19.

Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 300. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5-8.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 362 § 20. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 6-8.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 362 § 21; revised, 1925, 156. (See 1922, 545

§§ 1, 5. 6.)

Chap. 30] GENERAL LaWS. 541

Sect. 5A added, 1923, 362 § 22 (requiring departments, offices and com-
missions to submit with budget estimates forecasts of probable annual
construction expenditures). (See 1922, 545 § 7.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 23. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 6-8.)
Sects. 7-9. See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 6-8.
Sect. 10. See 1922, 545 § 28.

Sect. 18 amended, 1923, 362 § 24. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 20 amended, 1923, 362 § 25. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1921, 342; amended, 1923, 362 § 26. (See 1922, 545
§§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1923, 362 § 27. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 25 amended, 1923, 362 § 28. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 26 amended, 1923, 362 § 29. (See 1922,. 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1923, 387.

Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 362 § 30. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 362 § 31. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 34 amended, 1922, 10.
Sect. 38 revised, 1926, 197.
Sect. 43 repealed, 1926, 143.

Sect. 48 amended, 1923, 362 § 32. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 50 amended, 1923, 362 § 33. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 56 amended, 1923, 362 § 34. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 58 amended, 1923, 362 § 35. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 61 amended, 1923, 362 § 36. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Chapter 30. — General Provisions relative to State Departments, Com-
missions, Oflftcers and Employees.

Reclassification by the Commission on Administration and Finance
of certain appointive offices and positions in the government of the com-
monwealth and an investigation of certain statutory and other salaries,
1926, Resolve 45.

Establishment of Commission on Administration and Finance and pro-
vision for a central purchasing agency, see 1922, 545; 1923, 362.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 362 § 37.

Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 275.

Sect. 7 revised, 1923, 362 § 38.

Sect. 7A added, 1921, 449 § 3 (rendering women eligible to hold state
office); amended, 1922, 371 § 1.

Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 362 § 39. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 25 amended, 1923, 362 § 40.

Sect. 27 revised, 1921, 225; amended, 1923, 362 § 41.

Sect. 30A added, 1923, 362 § 42 (relative to a uniform style of letter-
head for executive and administrative officers, departments and institu-
tions). (See G. L. 8, § 8.)

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 24 § 2; 1923, 362 § 43. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 6.)

Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 362 § 44. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 36 revised, 1923, 362 § 45. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 9-13.)

Sect. 38 amended, 1923, 362 § 46. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 39 amended, 1922, 416.

Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 362 § 47. (See 1922, 358, 545 §§ 1, 9-13.)

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 362 § 48. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 46 amended, 1923, 362 § 49. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

542 Changes in the [Chaps. 31, 32.

Sect. 47 revised, 1923, 362 § 50. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 48. See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.

Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 362 § 51. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 50. See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.

Sects. 51 and 52 added, 1923, 362 § 52 (relative to the purchase of cer-
tain materials, suppHes and other property by executive and administrative
departments of the commonwealth).

Chapter 31. — Civil Service.

Sect. 4 amended, 1924, 197.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 130.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 36.

Sect. 21 amended, 1924, 155.

Sect. 23 revised, 1922, 463.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 181; repealed, 1925, 220 § 1.

Sect. 31 revised, 1922, 31.

Sects. 42A and 42B added, 1923, 242 § 1 (changing the civil service laws
relative to certain police officers in certain cities and towns); Sect. 42 A
amended, 1925, 220 § 2.

Sect. 44 repealed, 1923, 242 § 2.

Sect. 45 re\ased, 1925, 220 § 3.

Sect. 46 amended, 1925, 220 § 4.

Chapter 32. — Retirement Systems and Pensions.

As to retirement allowances based on annuity and pension contributions
for employees of the city of Boston or of the county of Suffolk, see 1922,
521 and amendments. As to salaries and retirement allowances of the
present justices of the supreme judicial court, see 1923, 375.

Provision for a special commission to investigate the subject of old age
and other pensions, see 1923, Resolve 43; 1924, Resolves 33, 35, 44.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 341 § 1.

Sect. 2, par. (1) revised, 1924, 264; par. (3) amended, 1921, 439 § 1;
par. (4) amended, 1925, 12; par. (9) revised, 1921, 487 § 4; par. (10)
added, 1921, 487 § 5.

Sect. 3, par. (4) amended, 1922, 341 § 2.

Sect. 4, {2) B, par. {e) added, 1921, 487 § 6; section revised, 1926,
300 §1.

Sect. 5 (par. included within lines 51-64) revised, 1926, 300 § 2; (par.
included within lines 78-83) revised, 1922, 341 § 3; par. {2) A (6) stricken
out and pars. {2) A (6) and {2) A (c) substituted, 1925, 244 § 1 ; par. {2) K
amended, 1922, 341 § 4, revised, 1923, 205 § 2; par. {2) B (b) revised,
1923, 205 § 1, 1925, 244 § 2.

Sect. 6 (par. contained in lines 20-23) amended, 1924, 281 § 1; (par.
contained in lines 31-33) revised, 1925, 228 § 1.

Sect. 7, par. (3) amended, 1924, 263 § 1.

Sect. 10 extended, 1921, 460.

Sect. 11, par. (1) amended, 1923, 381 § 1; par. (5) added, 1926, 212.

Sect. 16, par. (1) amended, 1922, 521 § 33; revised, 1924, 250.

Sect. 18 revised, 1923, 381 § 2.

Sects. 20-25 affected, 1921, 413; 1923, 479 § 3.

Sect. 20 (par. contained in lines 9 and 10) amended, 1924, 281 § 2;
revised, 1926, 378 § 1.

Chap. 33.] GENERAL LaWS. 543

Sect. 25, par. (£) C (a) amended, 1921, 480; par. (i*) U (/>) revised,
1923, 190 § 1; par. (3) E revised, 1923, 190 § 2.

Sf.ct. 4(i amended. 1921, 402; 192(1. ;U3 § 7.

Sect. 49 amemled, 1921, 279.

Sects. 49-60. See 1922, 521 § 32.

Sect. 56 amended, 1922, 261.

Sect. 57 amended, 1923, 386.

Sect. 61 amended, 1921, 486 § 3. (See 1923, 375; 1920, 380 § 6.)

Sect. 62. See 1923. 375; 1926, 380 § 6.

Sect. 63 amended, 1921, 486 § 4, 487 § 7.

Sect. 65 revised, 1921, 413; 1923, 479 § 3.

Sect. 66 amended, 1923, 407 § 3.

Sect. 68 revised, 1921, 487 § 1.

Sect. 69 revised, 1921, 487 § 2.

Sect. 71 amended, 1921, 487 § 3.

Sect. 74 revised, 1921, 487 § 8; affected, 1922, 266.

Sect. 77, par. (6) amended, 1923, 458 § 1. (See 1923, 458 § 2.)

Sect. 80 amended, 1921, 337 § 1.

Sect. 85A added, 1921, 337 § 2 (relative to retirement of members of
fire departments in towns).

Sect. 87 amended, 1923, 178; 1924, 371.

Sect. 87A added, 1924, 504 § 2 (providing annuity payments to families
of certain deceased members of the department of public safety).

Sect. 89 revised, 1924, 504 § 3.

Sect. 92 revised, 1926, 289.

Chapter 33. — Militia.

For a complete list of temporary war legislation prior to 1921, see Table
of Changes for 1920 under chapter 16 of the Revised Laws, superseded by
chapter 33 of the General LaAvs.

See also 1921, 38, authorizing counties to pay their employees who
served in the world war the difference between their military and county
compensation.

State pay and "bonus" for war service, 1917, 211, 332; 1918, 92; 1919,
283 [§ 17 repealed by 1924, 448 § 2]; 1920, 51, 250, 609; 1922, 457. 1921,
326 and 1922, 240, extending time for filing applications for payments to
November 30, 1921, and further to November 30, 1923. Time limit for
filing applications abolished, 1924, 452. 1921, 354, entitling student nurses
of medical department of United States army during world w^ar to receive
the "bonus". 1924, 447, enlarging class of persons to whom payment may
be made. 1924, 448, entitling "yeomen F" to receive the " bonus".

Commission to ascertain the most appropriate methods of caring for the
graves of American dead in foreign soil, revived and continued, 1921, 448;

1922, 455; 1923, Resolve 73; 1924, Resolve 50; 1925, 310.

Military supplies, etc., not required to be purchased through central
purchasing agency, see 1922, 545 §§ 10-12; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 22, § 52.

The purchase of certain historical works relative to the service of Massa-
chusetts men in the army or navy during the civil, Spanish or world war
authorized, 1923, 193; 1924, 246.

Establishment of an unpaid special commission to provide for the prepa-
ration of a suitable history of Massachusetts' part in the world war, see

1923, 408.

544 Changes in the (Chaps. 34, 35.

The following references are to the original Chapter 33.

Sect. 6 revised, 1922, 152.

Sect. 28 revised, 1921, 359 § 1.

Sect. 30 amended, 1921, 276.

Sect, 35A added, 1923, 459 § 10 (relative to the assessment upon cities
and towns of th^ expense of certain services performed by the land or
naval forces of the commonwealth).

Sect. 52, subsect. (a) amended, 1922, 344; section revised, 1924, 257.

Sect. 64 amended, 1923, 101. (See 1924, 80.)

Sect. 72 amended, 1923, 413 § 2.

Sect. 86, subsect. (a) revised, 1921, 359 § 2; subsect. (6) revised, 1923,
459 § 1.

Sect. 100 revised, 1923, 459 § 2.

Sect. 145, subsect. (a) revised, 1923, 459 § 3.

Sect. 146 revised, 1923, 459 § 4.

Sect. 151, subsect. (a) revised, 1923, 459 § 5.

Sect. 152, par. (c) added, 1923, 459 § 6 (relative to investigations as to
claims for injury to private property by members of the volunteer militia).

Sect. 154, subsect. (a) revised, 1921, 359 § 3.

Sect. 157, pars. (6) and (c) repealed, 1922, 445 § 1; par. (a) revised,
1923, 459 § 7.

Sect. 160 amended, 1922, 445 § 2; revised, 1923, 459 § 8.

Sect. 161 revised, 1923, 459 § 9.

Sect. 176, subsect. (a) revised, 1923, 459 § 11.

Sect. ISO, new par. added at end, 1924, 396 § 1.

Sect. 254 amended, 1924, 396 § 2.

Chapter 33 repealed and superseded by 1924, 465.

The following references are to new Chapter 33, inserted by 1924, 465.

Sect. 48, subsect. (c/) amended, 1925, 230.

Sect. 138 par. (c) revised, 1926, 286.

Sect. 145 amended, 1926, 373 § 1. (See 1926, 396.)

Sect. 151 revised, 1925, 270.

Chapter 34. — Counties and County Commissioners.

Counties authorized to pay their employees who served in the world
war the difference between their military and county compensation, 1921,
38.

Sect. 3 A added, 1921, 449 § 4 (rendering women eligible to county
offices); amended, 1922, 371 § 2.

Sects. 9A-9E added, 1922, 123 (defining the records of county commis-
sioners).

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 423 § 3.

Sect. 17 revised, 1922, 383.

Chapter 35. — County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts,

and County Finances.

Counties authorized to pay their employees who served in the world
war the difference between their military and county compensation, 1921, 38.
Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 404 § 2.
Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 300.
Sect. 26 amended, 1923, 334 § 1.

Chaps. 36-40.] GENERAL LaWS. 545

Sect. 2S amended, 1921, 33G; 192C, 5S.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 127.

Sect. 3()A added, 1925, 74 (authorizing the borrowing of money by
coimties to meet extraordinary expenditures in cases of emergency).

Sect. 37A added, 1922, 122 (relative to the borrowing of money by
counties and to the use of proceeds and premiums).

Sect. 3S amended, 1923, 428.

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 22.

Sect. 43A added, 1924, 404 § 3 (requiring surety company bonds from
certain county officers and employees).

Sects. 44^7. See 1921, 48G §2.

Chapter 36. — Registers of Deeds.

Sect. 6 revised, 1920,98 § 1.

Sect. 13 revised, 1920, 130.

Sect. 31A added, 1921, 207 (registers of deeds to notify commissioner
of corporations and taxation of the recording of certain deeds and decla-
rations of trust).

Sect. 33. See 1921, 422.

Sect. 34 revised, 1921, 422.

Sect. 35 amended, 1924, 349 § 1.

Sect. 36 revised, 1922, 301.

Chapter 37. — Sheriffs.

Sect. 2 amended, 1924, 404 § 4.
Sect. 6 repealed, 1924, 404 § 5.
Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 404 § 6.
Sect. 19 revised, 1924, 372 § 1; 1925, 131 § 1.

Chapter 38. — Medical Examiners.

Sect. 1 (par. included within lines 38-43) amended, 1926, 12.
Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 404 § 7.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 439 § 1.
Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 362 § 53.

Chapter 39. — Municipal Government.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 486 § 5; revised, 1925, 66.
Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 388.

Chapter 40. — Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns.

Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 07.

Sect. 5, cl. (1) amended, 1924, 404 § 8; cl. (12) revised, 1921, 486 § 6;
1923, 202, 401; cl. (21) revised, 1921, 371 § 1; cl. (21 A) added, 1921, 371
§ 2 (authorizing towns to appropriate money for purchase, etc., of ambu-
lances); cl. (31) added, 1924, 248 § 1 (for establishment and maintenance of
children's health camps); amended, 1925, 17 § 1; cl. (32) added, 1924, 504
§ 4 (for payment of hospital, medical and surgical expenses of certain
persons doing police duty); cl. (33) added, 1926, 116 (for acquiring land
for public parking places and maintaining the same).

546 Changes in the [Chap. 41.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 80; revised, 1923, 122. (See 1921, 169, author-
izing city of Boston to utilize schoolhouse property to provide quarters for
organizations of war veterans.)

Sect. 9A added, 1921, 227 (authorizing cities and towns to provide
quarters for camps of the United Spanish War Veterans).

Sect. 11 amended, 1921, 252.

Sect. 13A added, 1923, 234 (authorizing cities and towns to establish
insurance funds to pay workmen's compensation).

Sect. 13B added, 1925, 303 § 1 (authorizing small towns to appropriate
money for free residence quarters for school phvsicians).

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 486 § 7; 1923, 266; 1925, 272.

Sects. 25-33. See 1924, 488; 1925, 219; 1926, 350, for special zoning
provisions for Boston.

Sect. 25 amended, 1925, 116 § 1.

Sect. 27 amended, 1925, 116 § 2.

Sect. 27A added, 1924, 133 (relative to appeals under ordinances or
by-laws limiting buildings to specified zones or districts).

Sect. 29 amended, 1925, 116 § 3.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 40; revised, 1926, 59; amended, 1926, 216.

Sect. 40 revised, 1926, 318.

Sects. 42A-42F added, 1923, 391 (relative to the collection of water
rates).

Sect. 42A amended, 1924, 107.

Sect. 42B amended, 1924, 413.

Chapter 41. — Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 66; par. included in 30th and 31st lines revised,
1925, 178. See 1921, 65, rendering women eligible to elective municipal
office in Boston.

Sect. 15 amended, 1924, 109.

Sect. 15A added, 1922, 86 (relative to the certification of appropriation
orders by city and town clerks); amended, 1923, 17.

Sect. 21 amended, 1921, 130.

Sect. 24A added, 1921, 208 (election or appointment of assistant as-
sessors in cities).

Sect. 25A added, 1921, 14 (authorizing assessors in towns to appoint
assistant assessors).

Sect. 32A added, 1925, 303 § 2 (authorizing school physicians in certain
small towns to be agents of selectmen acting as overseers of the poor).

Sect. 34A added, 1923, 26 (relative to changing the name of the over-
seers of the poor in certain cities and towns to the board of public welfare).

Sect. 35 revised, 1926, 65 § 1.

Sect. 38A added, 1924, 16 (relative to the collection by collectors of
taxes of accounts due to cities and towns); amended, 1926, 269 § 3.

Sect. 50 amended, 1924, 33 § 1.

Sect. 53 amended, 1924, 33 § 2.

Sect. 54A added, 1922, 135 (requiring annual notification to the assessors
by certain city and town officials of receipts of the preceding year).

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 486 § 8.

Sect. 56 amended, 1922, 84.

Sect. 76 amended, 1922, 297.

Sect. 77 amended, 1921, 486 § 9.

Chaps. 42-44.] GENERAL LaWS. 547

Sect. 91 A added, 1924, 82 § 1 (relative to the appointment of constables
by selectmen).

Sect. 102A added, 1925, 303 § 3 (authorizinfjj selectmen in certain small
towns to appoint school ph^ysician as inspector of health).

Sect. 106A added, 1925, 303 § 4 (authorizing selectmen in certain small
towns to appoint school physician as town physician).

Sect. 109A added, 1924, 404 § 9 (requiring surety company bonds from
certain citv, town and district officers and employees).

Sect, lil amended, 1921, 486 § 10; 1923, 346.

Chapter 42. — Boundaries of Cities and Towns.

Boundary line between Carver and Middleborough established, 1921, 82;
between Cambridge, Belmont and Watertown, 1922, 181; between Walpole
and Foxborough, 1924, 440; between Fitcliburg and Leominster, 1925, 65.

Sect. 10 revised, 1923, 103.

Chapter 43. — City Charters.

Provision for a special commission to revise the charter of the city of
Boston, see 1923, Resolve 54. See 1924, 479.

Sect. 1 (last paragraph) amended, 1922, 237 § 1.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 237 § 2.

Sect. 9 revised, 1925, 188.

Sect. 15 revised, 1922, 237 § 3.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 237 § 4.

Sect. 31 amended, 1922, 237 § 5.

Sect. 36 revised, 1922, 237 § 6.

Sect. 40 amended, 1922, 237 § 7.

Sects. 44A-44H added, 1922, 282 § 1 (providing for the nomination at
preliminary elections of candidates for elective municipal office in cities
governed under a standard form of city charter).

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 282 § 2.

Sect. 50 amended, 1922, 237 § 8.

Sect. 59 revised, 1922, 237 § 9.

Sect. 62 amended, 1923, 232.

Sect. 68 revised, 1922, 237 § 10.

Sect. 82 revised, 1922, 237 § 11.

Chapter 44. — Municipal Finance.

As to municipal indebtedness of the city of Boston, see 1909, 486 § 26;
1910, 437; 1911, 165; 1918, Sp. Acts 52.
Relative to the maintenance and operation of municipal light plants,

1922, 184.

Temporary act, in force until July" first, 1929, relative to investigations
by the director of accounts of municipal accounts and financial trans-
actions, 1926, 210.

Sect. 5 A added, 1922, 28 (authorizing cities to borrow money to meet
expenditures by city officials in anticipation of appropriations); revised,

1923, 359 § 1.

Sect. 6A added, 1921, 366 (authorizing towns to borrow money for
highway purposes in anticipation of state or county reimbursement).

548 Changes in the [Chaps. 45-48.

Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 338.

Sect. 8, els. (3a) and (ob) added, 1923, 303 § 1 (authorizing cities and
towns to incur debt outside the debt hmit for certain purposes); cl. (Sb)
revised, 1926, 317; cl. (3c) added, 1926, 45 (authorizing cities and towns
to incur debt outside the statutory limit for constructing and laying aque-
ducts and large water mains); cl. (5) amended, 1921, 486 § 11.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 303 § 2.

Sect. 18 amended, 1923, 303 § 3.

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 359 § 2. (As to Boston, see 1909, 486 § 26;
1910, 437; 1911, 165.)

Sect. 22. As to rate of interest on securities issued by cit}^ of Boston,
see 1918, Sp. Acts 52.

Sect. 24 A added, 1921, 294 (relative to the form of notes issued by
towns and districts).

Sect. 29. As to tax limit of city of Boston, see 1909, 490 I § 53; 1910,
521; 1913, 719 §18; 1915, Sp. Acts 184 § 2, 304; 1916, Sp. Acts 267; 1918,
Sp. Acts 120, 132 § 3; 1919, Sp. Acts 172, 206 § 10; 1920, 401, 524, 641 § 5;
1922, 205; 1923, 223; 1924, 328; 1925, 271; 1926, 117.

Sect. 33A added, 1922, 250 (providing that the financial budgets of cities
shall include provision for the salaries of officials).

Sect. 34. See 1922, 28.

Sect. 40 amended, 1926, 158.

Sect. 47. As to Boston, see 1909, 486 § 26; 1910, 437; 1911, 165.

Sect. 50 repealed, 1921, 486 § 12.

Sect. 53 amended, 1926, 205.

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 486 § 13.

Sect. 56 amended, 1926, 111.

Sect. 62 added, 1922, 253 (providing penalties for violation of the laws
relative to municipal finance) ; amended, 1926, 248.

Sect. 63 added, 1923, 303 § 4 (requiring cities and towns to use the
proceeds of the sale of real estate for certain purposes in certain cases).

Chapter 45. — Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 209 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1924, 209 § 2.
Sect. 10 repealed, 1924, 209 § 3.

Sects. 23A-23C added, 1926, 387 (relative to the establishment and
maintenance of shore reservations in certain towns).

Chapter 46. — Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Sect. 3 amended, 1925, 281 § 1.
Sect. 10 revised, 1926, 243 § 1.
Sect. 13 revised, 1925, 281 § 2.

Chapter 48. — Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 274.
Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 515.

Sect. 20A added, 1922, 252 (relative to the operation of portable saw-
mills).
Sect. 24 amended, 1923, 214.

Chaps. 50, 51.] GENERAL LawS. 549

Sect. 31 amended, 192.5, 250 § 2.

Sect. 36 amended, 1923, 109.

Sect. 59A added, 1925, 250 § 1 (relat^^'c to the response of fire depart-
ments to calls for aid from other cities, etc.).

Sect. S3 amended, 1923, 362 § 54.

Sect. 87 added, 1924, 343 (relative to rules and regulations of the depart-
ment of public safety in respect to certain fire department equipment).

Chapter 50. — General Provisions relative to Primaries, Caucuses and

Elections.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 131 § 3.

Chapter 51. — Voters.

Board of election commissioners and registration of voters in Boston,
1913, 835 §§ 76-87; 1915, 48, 91 § 7; 1917, 29 § 12; 1919, 269 §§ 1, 6, 7;

1920, 142; 1921, 93, 114 § 5.

For listing of voters in Boston, see 1917, 29; 1920, 145; 1921, 114; in
Chelsea, 1917, 106; 1921, 84; in Cambridge, 1918, 282; 1921, 84; in
Watertown, 1919, 108; 1921, 84; 1924, 137; in Lowell, 1923, 131.

Election commission and registration of voters in Lowell, 1920, 154;

1921, 115; in Cambridge, 1921, 239; in Revere, 1925, 84.
Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 305.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 106.
Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 131 § 4.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 131 § 5.
Sect. 6 revised, 1923, 131 § 6; 1925, 146.
Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 131 § 7.
Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 131 § 8.
Sect. 9 amended, 1923, 131 § 9.
Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 131 § 10.

Sect. 14A added, 1925, 183 (relative to the assessment of poll taxes
and the making of certain lists in cities).
Sect. 15 revised, 1921, 102 § 1.
Sect. 16 revised, 1921, 102 § 2.
Sect. 22 amended, 1921, 156.
Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 204 § 1.
Sect. 27 amended, 1924, 204 § 2.
Sect. 28 revised, 1924, 204 § 3.
Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 131 § 11.
Sect. 36 amended, 1921, 209 § 1.
Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 209 § 2; 1923, 131 § 12.
Sect. 39 amended, 1923, 131 § 13.
Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 131 § 14.
Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 131 § 15.
Sect. 44 amended, 1922, 166.
Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 209 § 3.
Sect. 57 amended, 1923, 238 § 1.
Sect. 59 amended, 1922, 189.
Sect. 61 revised, 1921, 209 § 4.
Sect. 62 amended, 1924, 252 § 1.

550 Changes in the [Chaps. 52-54.

Chapter 52. — Political Committees.

Sect. 2 amended, 1925, 114 § 1.
Sect. 7 revised, 1925, 114 § 2.
Sect. 9 amended, 1926, 100.

Chapter 53. — Nominations, Questions to be submitted to the Voters,

Primaries and Caucuses.

Sect. 6 revised, 1924,201.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 214 § 1; 1923, 124.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 387.

Sect. 11. See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6; 1921, 288 § 2; 1926, 105 § 3,
as to time of filing objections to nomination papers of candidates for munici-
pal office in Boston.

Sect. 13. See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6; 1921, 288 § 2; 1926, 105 § 3,
as to time of withdrawal of nominations to municipal office in Boston.

Sect. 19 revised, 1925, 97.

Sect. 22A added, 1924, 302 § 1 (relative to fraudulent or invalid signatures
appended to initiative and referendum petitions).

Sect. 28 amended, 1926, 96.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 302 § 1; revised, 1925, 312 § 1.

Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 302 § 2; revised, 1925, 312 § 2.

Sects. 37, 38. See 1924, 252 §§ 1, 2.

Sect. 46 amended, 1922, 214 § 2.

Sect. 48. See 1925, 76.

Sect. 51 revised, 1925, 29.

Sect. 59. See 1921, 65, enabling women to sign nomination papers for
candidates for municipal office in Boston.

Sect. 61 amended, 1922, 214 § 3. See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6;
1921, 288 § 2; 1926, 105 § 3, as to certificates, etc., of nomination papers
of candidates for municipal office in Boston.

Sect. 76 amended, 1924, 252 § 2.

Sect. 117 amended, 1923, 186.

Chapter 54. — Elections.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 220 § 1. (See 1913, 835 § 217; 1918, 74; 1920,
636, as to division of city of Boston into voting precincts.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1924, 139; 1925, 135 § 1.

Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 204 § 1; 1925, 91.

Sect. 13 amended, 1923, 204 § 2.

Sect. 14 revised, 1923, 204 § 3.

Sect. 41 third par. amended, 1926, 175 § 1.

Sect. 43 amended, 1925, 36.

Sect. 53 amended, 1926, 196.

Sect. 58. See 1909, 486 § 54; 1914, 730 § 5; 1921, 340; 1926, 105 § 2,
as to time for issuance of nomination papers for elective offices in Boston.

Sect. 63. See 1909, 486 § 32; 1914, 730 § 1; 1921, 288 § 1, as to date
of municipal election in Boston.

Sect. 64 amended, 1924, 171, 468.

Sect. 86 amended, 1925, 101 § 1.

Sect. 87, par. (6) revised, 1926, 38.

Chaps. 55-58.] GENERAL LaWS. 551

Sect. S9 amemletl, 1925, 101 § 2.

Sect. 100 amended, 1925, 101 § .3.

Sect. 105 amended, 1921, 209 § 5. (See 1925, 29.)

Sect. 115 revised, 1925, 118 § 2.

Sect. 116 amended, 1925, 118 § 3.

Sect. 118 amended, 1926, 144.

Sect. 132 amended, 1921, 209 § 6.

Sect. 133 amended, 1921, 209 § 7.

Sect. 135 revised, 1925, 118 § 1.

Sect. 139 revised, 1922, 57.

Sect. 141 amended, 1922, 142.

Sect. 154. See 1922, 459.

Sect. 101 amended, 1924, 424 § 1.

Chapter 56. — Corrupt Practices and Election Inquests.

Sect. 1 revised, 1923, 110.

Sect. 17 revised, 1925, 57.

Sect. 33 A added, 1923, 98 § 1 (relative to the use of the names of political
parties).

Sect. 34 A added, 1922, 269 § 1 (making of false statements in relation
to candidates for nomination or election to public office prohibited) ;
amended, 1926, 101.

Sect, 36 amended, 1922, 269 § 2.

Chapter 66. — Violations of Election Laws.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 114 § 6; 1923, 131 § 16.

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 131 § 17.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 114 § 7; 1923, 131 § 18.

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 114 § 8; 1923, 131 § 19.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 486 § 14; 1923, 131 § 20; 1925, 84 § 10.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 131 § 21; 1925, 84 § 11.

Sect. 13 revised, 1923, 183.

Sect. 62A added, 1923, 98 § 2 (penalizing members of organizations for
illegal use of names of political parties).

Sect. 64A added, 1922, 269 § 3 (penalty for making false statements in
relation to candidates for nomination or election to public office).

Chapter 57. — Congressional, Councillor and Senatorial Districts, and
Apportionment of Representatives.

Sect. 1 revised, 1926, 372 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1926, 372 § 2.
Sect. 3 revised, 1926, 372 § 3.
Sect. 4 revised, 1926, 372 § 4.
Sect. 5 amended, 1924, 424 § 2.

Chapter 58. — General Provisions relative to Taxation.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 34; 1923, 283.
Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 379 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 379 § 2; 1925, 343 § 12 (but see 1925, 343 § 13
as revised by 1926, 222).

552 Changes in the [Chap. 59.

Sect. lOA added, 1921, 375 § 2 (allowance as offset to amounts due
state from cities and towns of percentage of corporation taxes to be dis-
tributed); repealed, 1924, 206 § 1.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 480 § 15; revised, 1923, 271 § 1. (See 1922,
54 § 1.)

Sects. 13-17 extended, 1921, 344 § 4.

Sect. 14 revised, 1923, 271 § 2.

Sect. 15 amended, 1921, 282; revised, 1923, 271 § 3.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 54 § 1.

Sect. 17A added, 1923, 271 § 4 (relative to the taxation of land held
for county tuberculosis hospitals).

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 54 § 2; second paragraph amended, 1924, 222
§ 1. (See 1922, 194.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1922, 362 § 1.

Sects. 20-24A. See 1921, 375 § 2; 1922, 362 § 2.

Sect. 24A added, 1921, 375 § 1 (distribution to cities and towns of
interest on corporation taxes).

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 375 § 3; revised, 1922, 362 § 2; 1924, 206 § 2.

Sect. 27 revised, 1922, 382; amended, 1926, 287 § 1.

Chapter 59. — Assessment of Local Taxes.

As to local tax limit generally, see Chap. 44 § 29.

As to Boston, see 1909, 490 I § 53; 1910, 521; 1913, 719 § 18; 1915,
Sp. Acts 184 § 2, 304; 1916, Sp. Acts 267; 1918, Sp. Acts 120, 132 § 3;
1919, Sp. Acts 172, 206 § 10; 1920, 401, 524, 641 § 5; 1922, 205; 1923, 223;
1924, 328; 1925, 271; 1926, 117.

As to taxation of lands and buildings of the city of Boston leased for
business purposes, see 1922, 390.

Collection of certain taxes assessed under authority of special law trans-
ferred to the commissioner of corporations and taxation, see 1923, 133.

Sect. 1. For the poll tax payable prior to 1924, including the additional
"war poll tax ", so called, see 1919, 283 §§ 10-15. (See 1921, 226, repealing
certain provisions relative to poll taxes. See 1922, 260, relative to abate-
ments of poll taxes for certain veterans. See 1922, 398, exempting certain
veterans of the world war from the payment of additional poll taxes.)

Sect. 5, cl. Second amended, 1921, 389; 1922, 216; cl. Third, subsect.
(c) amended, 1922, 451 § 1; cl. Fifth amended, 1921, 474; 1922, 222;
cl. Sixteenth amended, 1921, 486 § 16; revised, 1924, 321 § 1; amended,
1926, 279 § 1; cl. Seventeenth amended, 1924, 17 § 1; els. Thirty-third
amended, 1921, 202; cl. Thirty-third stricken out and new els. Thirty-
third and Thirty-fourth added, 1925, 343 § 8 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as
revised by 1926, 222).

Sect. 8. See 1922, 329.

Sect. 18, cl. Second revised, 1924, 321 § 2; cl. Sixth revised, 1925, 04.

Sect. 22 repealed, 1925, 343 § 9 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by
1926, 222).

Sect. 23 amended, 1921, 348.

Sects. 23A and 23B added, 1922, 118 (requiring assessors to notify the
financial officers of cities and towns of amounts to be raised by taxation
and from receipts, and of amounts of abatements granted).

Skct. 45 amended, 1925, 343 § 11 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by
1926, 222).

Chaps. 60-62.] GENERAL LawS. 553

Sect. 47 suhs. Sixth amended, 1925, 343 § 10 (hut see 1925, 343 § 13
as revised hy 1926, 222).

Sect. 51 revised, 1923, 421.

Sect. 54 revised, 1926, 65 § 5.

Sect. 57 amended, ]92(), 269 § 2.

Sect. 59 amendech 1926, 71 § 2.

Sect. 60 amended, 1923, 18.

Sect. 6SA addech 1926, 312 (relative to appeals from the refusal of
assessors to abate taxes).

Sect. 73 amended, 1926, 71 § 3.

Sect. 74 amended, 1926, 279 § 2.

Sect. S3 amended, 1926, 279 § 3.

Sect. 88 repealed, 1926, 29.

Chapter 60. — Collection of Local Taxes.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 124; 1926, 65 § 3.

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 71 § 1, 269 § 1.

Sect. S amended, 1926, 65 § 4.

Sect. 9 revised, 1923, 128 § 1.

Sects. 10 and 11 repealed, 1923, 128 § 2.

Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 128 § 3.

Sect. 13 revised, 1926, 65 § 2.

Sect. 17 re^dsed, 1923, 128 § 4.

Sect. 43 revised, 1923, 377 § 7.

Sect. 54 amended, 1925, 241 § 4.

Sect. 62 amended, 1924, 3; 1925, 51; revised, 1925, 77; amended, 1925,
241 § 5.

Sect. 79 amended, 1925, 241 § 6.

Sect. 80 revised, 1925, 241 § 7.

Sect. 81 repealed, 1925, 241 § 8.

Sect. 97 revised, 1923, 128 § 5.

Sect. 100 amended, 1923, 128 § 6.

Forms 10, 11, 12, 14, 18 in schedule at end of chapter amended, 1923,
377 § 8.

Chapter 61. — Taxation of Forest Products and Classification and Taxa-
tion of Forest Lands (former title, Taxation of Forest Lands).

Chapter repealed and superseded by 1922, 360 § 1.

Chapter 62. — Taxation of Incomes.

Sect. 1, subsect. (a) el. First amended, 1923, 378 § 1; subsect. (a) cl.
Third amended, 1924, 15 § 1 ; subsect. (a) cl. Fourth amended, 1923, 287
§ 1; subsect. (b) amended, 1923, 487 § 3; revised, 1925, 343 § 7 (but see
1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222); subsect. (c) cl. First amended,
1925, 223; 1926, 160.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 265.

Sect. 5, cl. (c) amended, 1921, 376 § 1; 1922, 449 § 1; cl. (6) amended,
1923, 287 § 2.

Sect. 6, cl. (b) amended, 1922, 329 § 1; cl. (g) amended, 1922, 329 § 2;
cl. (h) amended, 1922, 489.

554 Changes in the [Chap. 63.

Sect, 8 subsect. (a) revised, 1924, 351 § 1.

Sect. 9 amended, 1925, 242 § 1.

Sect. 22 amended, 1924, 15 § 2.

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 290.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 362 § 55.

Sect. 37 amended, 1922, 143.

Sect. 41 amended, 1923, 287 § 3; revised, 1925, 186.

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 339 § 1; 1926, 287 § 2.

Sect. 47 amended, 1921, 113 § 1; 1923, 287 § 4; 1926, 287 § 3.

Sect. 48 amended, 1921, 113 § 2.

Sect. 58 amended, 1923, 402 § 1.

Chapter 63. — Taxation of Corporations.

Sects. 1 to lOB, inclusive, as added or amended by 1923, 378 § 2,

1923, 487 §§ 1, 2, 1924, 233 § 1 and 1925, 262 § 1, stricken out and new
§§ 1 to 7 inserted bv 1925, 343 § 1, but in case of unconstitutionality of
new sections see 1925, 343 § 13, as revised by 1926, 222.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 520 § 2; revised 1923, 378 § 3. (See 1922, 239.)

Sect. 12. See 1922, 230.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 239; 1924, 182.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 520 § 3.

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 520 § 4.

Sect. 28 amended, 1922, 520 § 5; 1923, 378 § 4; 1926, 287 § 4.

Sect. 29 amended, 1922, 520 § 6; 1923, 378 § 5.

Sects. 30-51. See 1922, 362 § 1.

Sect. 30, par. 5 amended, 1922, 302; 1925, 265 § 1; revised, 1925, 343
§ lA; (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222); par. contained in
first two lines amended, 1923, 254 § 3; pars. 1 and 2 amended, 1923, 438 § 5;
par. contained in first four lines, as appearing in 1923, 438 § 5, revised,

1924, 26 § 2; par. 3 (a) amended, 1925, 301 § 1; 1926, 279 § 4; par. 4 (a)
affected, 1925, 301 § 1; amended, 1926, 279 § 5.

Sect. 32 amended, 1923, 424 § 1 ; revised, 1926, 338 § 6.

Sect. 32A added, 1923, 424 § 2 (relative to a minimum gross receipts
excise with respect to certain domestic business corporations).

Sect. 33 revised, 1922, 492 § 1. (See 1922, 492 § 2.)

Sect. 34 A added, 1923, 254 § 1 (relative to the taxation of subsidiary
companies controlled by domestic business corporations); repealed, 1924,
26 § 1.

Sect. 37 sub-div. (a) revised, 1925, 343 § IB (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as
revised by 1926, 222).

Sect. 38 par. 10 repealed, 1926, 338 § 1.

Sect. 38 A added, 1926, 338 § 2 (computation of net taxable income of
domestic business corporation).

Sect. 39 amended, 1923, 424 § 3; par. contained in first twelve lines, as
appearing in 1923, 424 § 3, amended, 1924, 26 § 3; par. (2) revised, 1926,
338 § 7.

Sect. 39A added, 1922, 492 § 2 (imposing a minimum tax upon foreign
business corporations doing business in this commonwealth).

Sect. 39B added, 1923, 254 § 2 (relative to the taxation of subsidiary
companies controlled by foreign corporations); repealed, 1924, 26 § 1.

Sect. 39C added, 1923, 424 § 4 (relative to a minimum gross receipts
excise with respect to certain foreign corporations).

Chap. 65.] GENERAL LaWS. 555

Sect. 41 revised, 1925, 343 § 2; 1926, 338 § 3.
Sect. 42 revised, 1926, 338 § 4.

Sect, 42A added, 1926, 338 § 5 (computation of net taxable income of
foreign corporation).
Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 520 § 7.
Sect. 48 amended, 1922, 520 § 8.
Sect. 51 revised, 1926, 287 § 5.
Sect. 52 revised, 1926, 219.

Sect. 53, first par. amended, 1925, 343 § 3 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as
revised by 1926, 222); cl'. Fourth (part) amended, 1922, 49; last par.
amended, 1923, 402 § 2.

Sect. 55, cl. Sixth added, 1923, 290 § 3 (certain deductions allowed
corporations owning stock of electric companies); new par. added at end,
1925, 301 § 2; section amended, 1926, 279 § 6.

Sect. 56 amended, 1923, 378 § 6; repealed, 1925, 343 § 4 (but see 1925,
343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222). (See 1922, 239.)

Sect. 56A added, 1923, 310 (providing an alternative method of de-
termining the value of corporate franchises of foreign telephone companies).
Sect. 57 affected, 1925, 301 § 2; amended, 1926, 279 § 7.
Sect. 58 revised, 1921, 394; affected, 1924, 247 § 1; amended, 1925,
343 § 5 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222).

Sect. 58A added, 1924, 247 § 1 (placing upon an equal basis the taxation
of trust companies and national banks); repealed, 1925, 343 § 6 (but see
1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222).
Sect, 60 amended, 1922, 520 § 9.
Secj. 61. See 1921, 406 § 1; 1923, 452.

Sects. 62, 65. See 1921, 406, relieving street railway, etc., companies
for years 1922 and 1923 from commutation or excise tax; time extended
for years 1924-1928, inclusive, see 1923, 452.

Sect. 70 amended, 1922, 520 § 10. (See 1921, 375 § 1.)
Sect. 71 amended, 1921, 123; 1922, 339 § 2; 1926, 287 § 6.
Sect. 71A added, 1923, 402 § 3 (inspection of returns restricted).
Sect. 72 amended, 1922, 520 § 11; revised, 1923, 378 § 7,
Sects. 72-75. See 1921, 493 § 7.
Sect. 73 amended, 1922, 520 § 12.
Sect. 75 amended, 1922, 520 § 13.
Sect. 76 amended, 1923, 140.
Sect. 77 amended, 1922, 520 § 14.
Sect, 78 amended, 1923, 362 § 56,

Chapter 66. — Taxation of Legacies and Successions,

As to the collection of collateral legacy taxes under chapter 15 of the
Revised Laws and amendments thereof, see 1922, 520 § 24.

Temporary act, imposing tax upon transfer of estates of certain residents
of Massachusetts dying after February 26, 1926, and before June 1, 1927,
1926, 355.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 347, 403 § 1; new paragraphs added, 1924, 128;
1925, 338 § 1; first and last paragraphs amended, 1926, 148 §§ 1, 2.

Sect. 4 amended, 1922, 403 § 2.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 403 § 3; repealed, 1925, 338 § 2.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 520 § 15.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 520 § 16.

556 Changes in the [Chaps. 66-70.

Sect. 10 repealed, 1922, 403 § 4.

Sect. 11 revised, 1923, 176.

Sect. 13 amended, 1924, 300 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 300 § 2.

Sect. 15 revised, 1922, 300.

Sect. 23 amended, 1922, 520 § 17.

Sect. 25 amended, 1924, 300 § 3.

Sect. 27 amended, 1922, 520 § 18.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 520 § 19.

Sect. 31 amended, 1922, 520 § 20.

Sect. 32 amended, 1922, 339 § 3; revised, 1922, 520 § 21.

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 520 § 22.

Sect. 34 amended, 1922, 520 § 23.

Chapter 66. — Public Records.

See 1920, 562; 1921, 171; 1922, 199, relative to the preservation and dis-
tribution of town records of births, marriages and deaths previous to 1850.
Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 362 § 57.
Sect. 10. See 1923, 337.

Chapter 67. — Parishes and Rehgious Societies.

Certificates of organization of parishes and religious societies filed in the
office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter 69. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Education.

Special commission to investigate relative to the employment, training
and placement of the blind, 1924, 499.

Sect. 3 revised, 1923, 301 § 3.

Sect. 7 amended, 1925, 266.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 484.

Sect. 12 revised, 1925, 280 § 3.

Sect. 13 amended, 1925, 286 § 4.

Sect. 14 revised, 1924, 499 § 1 ; amended, 1925, 286 § 5.

Sect. 15 revised, 1925, 286 § 6.

Sect. 16 re\dsed, 1925, 286 § 7.

Sect. 19 amended, 1924, 453 § 2.

Sect. 24 revised, 1925, 286 § 8.

Sect. 25 revised, 1921, 486 § 17; amended, 1923, 362 § 58. (See 1922,
545 §§ 10-12.)

Sect. 28 added, 1923, 361 (providing for the establishment of special
day classes for deaf pupils in the public schools of certain towns).

Chapter 70. — School Funds and Other State Aid for Public Schools.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 145 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1921, 420 § 1.
Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 420 § 2; 1926, 333 § 1.
Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 190.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 333 § 2; 1923, 145 § 2; revised, 1924, 222 § 2.
Sect. 11 revised, 1921, 420 § 3; amended, 1923, 472 § 1; revised, 1926,
333 § 2.

Chaps. 71-74.] GENERAL LawS. 557

Sect. 12 revised, 1926, 333 § 2.
Sect. 13 revi.sed, 1920, 333 § 2.

Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 455 § 1; revi.sed, 1926, 333 § 2.
Sect. 14A added, 1926, 333 § 3 (providing for a further distribution of
the Massachusetts School Fund to certain towns in certain cases).
Sect. 16 amended, 1922, 333 § 3; 1923, 362 § 59.

Chapter 71. — Public Schools.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 360; 1923, 222 § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 222 § 2.
Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 296 § 1.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 296 § 2; revised, 1923, 363.
Sect. 21 amended, 1922, 401.
Sect. 24 amended, 1922, 413.
Sect. 40 revised, 1921, 420 § 4.
Sect. 42 amended, 1921, 293.
Sect. 46 amended, 1922, 231.
Sect. 53 revised, 1921, 357 § 1.

Sects. 53 A and 53B added, 1921, 357 § 2 (enabling superintendency dis-
tricts and unions to employ school physicians and nurses, etc.).
Sect. 55 revised, 1922, 120.
Sect. 61 amended, 1926, 313 § 1.
Sect. 65 amended, 1926, 313 § 2.
Sect. 70 amended, 1921, 486 § 18.
Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 50.

Chapter 72. — School Registers and Returns.

Sect. 2 amended, 1926, 188 § 1.

Sect. 3, paragraph First amended, 1925, 78 § 1.

Chapter 73. — State Normal Schools.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926, 6.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 486 § 19; 1923, 362 § 60.

Sect. 7 added, 1921, 92 (authorizing Department of Education to grant
degrees in education); amended, 1922, 274.

Chapter 74. — Vocational Education.

Sects. 1-24. See 1922, 521 § 2.

Sect. 8A added, 1923, 299 (relative to payment by certain towns for
the transportation of pupils attending outside vocational schools and to
state reimbursement therefor).

Sect. 10 revised, 1923, 364.

Sect. 20 revised, 1921, 462 § 3.

Sect. 21 amended, 1921, 462 § 4.

Sect. 22 amended, 1921, 462 § 5.

Sect. 22A added, 1921, 462 § 6 (duties of state board for vocational
education).

Sect. 22B added, 1923, 434 (authorizing the state board for vocational
education to furnish aid durmg rehabilitation to certain persons).

558 Changes in the [Chaps. 75-81.

Sects. 25-37 affected, 1924, 281.
Sect. 34 amended, 1924, 418.

Sect. 46A added, 1921, 385 (authorizing state textile schools to make
certain tests).

Sect. 51 amended, 1923, 362 § 61.

Chapter 75. — Massachusetts Agricultural College.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 302 § 62.

Sect. lOA added, 1922, 268 (authorizing the trustees of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College to insure its memorial building and contents).
Sect. 17. See 1922, 182.
Sect. 21 amended, 1922, 182.

Chapter 76. — School Attendance.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 463. (See 1922, 376.)

Sect. 3 revised, 1926, 188 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1925, 94.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 272.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 214.

Sect. 13 amended, 1925, 79.

Chapter 77. — School Offenders and County Training Schools.
Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 173.

Chapter 78. — Libraries.
Sect. 15 revised, 1924, 114.

Chapter 79. — Eminent Domain.
Sect. 3 new paragraph added, 1924, 110; section amended, 1926, 124.

Chapter 80. — Betterments.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 377 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 377 § 2.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 377 § 3.

Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 377 § 4.

Sect. 13 revised, 1923, 377 § 5.

Sect. 14 repealed, 1923, 377 § 6.

Chapter 81. — State Highways.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 57 § 1 ; revised, 1926, 176.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 260.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 427 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 446.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 112 § 2; 1923, 362 § 63.

Sect. 12 revised, 1921, 427 § 2. (See 1921, 427 § 1.)

Sect. 19 revised, 1923, 482 § 1.

Chaps. S2-S9.] GENERAL LawS. 559

Sect. 19A added, 1924, 428 § 1 (requiring warning signs or lights at certain
dangerous places on state highways).

Sect. 23 repealed, 1925, 288 § 2.

Sect. 25 revised, 1921, 428.

Sect. 26 amended, 1922, 281; revised, 1926, 315 § 1.

Sect. 26A added, 1921, 120 § 1 (providing for the participation of the
county in the improvement of public ways).

Sect. 29 revised, 1926, 315 § 2.

Chapter 82. — The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance
of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs thereon.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 251 § 1.
Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 401.
Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 251 § 2.

Sect. 32A added, 1924, 289 (relative to the discontinuance of certain
ways as public wavs).
Sect. 37 revised, 1925, 130.

Chapter 83. — Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.
Sect. 27 amended, 1921, 486 § 20.

Chapter 84. — Repair of Ways and Bridges.

Sect. 11 revised, 1923, 482 § 2.

Sect. 11 A added, 1921, 120 § 2 (providing for the participation of the
county in the improvement of public ways).
Sect. 21 revised, 1922, 241.

Chapter 85. — Regulations and By-laws relative to Ways and Bridges.

Sect. lOA added, 1924, 296 (relative to the regulation of coasting on
public wavs).

Sect. 13 revised, 1921, 377.

Sect. 30 revised, 1922, 526; amended, 1925, 180 § 2, 342 § 2.

Sect. 34 revised, 1923, 313 § 1.

Sect. 35 added, 1923, 313 § 2 (relative to the protection of highway
bridges from heavy loads).

Chapter 87; — Shade Trees.

Sect. 12 revised, 1926, 311.

Chapter 89. — Law of the Road.

Sect. 6A added, 1925, 306 § 1 (regulating the stopping of street cars
during the passage of fire apparatus).

Sect. 7A added, 1925, 306 § 2 (regulating the movement and stopping
of vehicles during fires or the passage of fire apparatus) ; amended, 1926, 278.

Sect. 8 amended, 1926, 330 § 1.

Sect. 9 added, 1926, 330 § 2 (designation of certain state highways as
through ways and regulation of traffic at their intersections with other
ways).

560 Changes in the [Chap. 90.

Chapter 90. — Motor Vehicles and Aircraft.

Provision for an aircraft landing field, see 1922, 404; 1924, 368, 383;
1926, 275.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 464 § 1; 1924, 189.

Sect. 1A added, 1925, 346 § 1 (prohibiting registration of certain motor
vehicles unless security for owners' civil liability for personal injuries caused
thereby is furnished); revised, 1926, 368 § 1.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 303 § 1; 1923, 362 § 64; fourth par. amended,
1924, 427; eighth par. amended, 1924, 224.

Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 431 § 1.

Sects. 3A and 3B added, 1923, 431 § 2 (relative to jurisdiction and
service of process in actions against non-residents operating motor vehicles
in this commonwealth).

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 303 § 2; revised, 1923, 464 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 342 § 1.

Sect. 7 revised, 1921, 189, 434, 483; amended, 1922, 342 § 2; 1923,
335.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 403 § 1; 1923, 464 § 3; 1925, 283.

Sect. 9 amended, 1922, 303 § 3.

Sect. 10 amended, 1923, 464 § 4.

Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 464 § 5; 1925, 201 § 1.

Sect. 14 revised, 1925, 305.

Sect. 19 revised, 1925, 180 § 1.

Sect. 20 amended, 1922, 130.

Sect. 21 revised, 1921, 349.

Sect. 22 amended, 1923, 464 § 6.

Sects. 23-25. See 1922, 36.

Sect. 23 amended, 1921, 304; 1925, 201 § 2; 1926, 267 § 2; affected,
1926 296.

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 183; 1925, 201 § 3; revised, 1925, 297 § 1;
amended, 1926, 253; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 24A added, 1926, 361 § 1 (relative to motor vehicles used in the
commission of certain crimes) .

Sect. 28 amended, 1922, 202; 1923, 362 § 65.

Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 464 § 7; 1924, 364; revised, 1924, 498.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 464 § 8.

Sect. 31. See 1922, 36.

Sect. 31A added, 1924, 457 (regulating the transportation of personal
property over public ways by motor vehicles).

Sect. 32 revised, 1924, 379.

Sect. 32A added, 1925, 237 § 1 (authorizing the restoration or substitu-
tion of serial numbers on motor vehicles in certain cases).

Sect. 33 amended, 1921, 403 § 2; revised, 1923, 464 § 9; 1925, 342 § 1;
(paragraph included in lines 4 to 9) amended, 1926, 244; (paragraph in-
cluded in lines 10 to 24) amended, 1926, 349 § 1 ; (paragraph included in
lines 87 to 89) revised, 1926, 277.

Sect. 34 revised, 1921, 112 § 1; 1925, 288 § 1.

Sects. 34A to 341 added, 1925, 346 § 2 (relative to the manner of furnish-
ing security for the recover}^ of damages for personal injuries caused by
certain motor vehicles and to the recovery of the same).

Sect. 34 A amended, 1926, 368 § 2.

Chaps. 91-93.] GENERAL LawS. 561

Sect. 34H revised, 1926, 368 § 3.

Sects. 35-43 suporseded and new sections 35-59 inserted, 1922, 534 § 1.

Sect. 41 amended, 1925, 189 § 1.

Sect. 53 amended, 1925, 189 § 2.

Sect. 59 amended, 1925, 189 § 3.

Chapter 91. — Waterways.

Sect. 2A added, 1925, 2G4 § 1 (relative to the control of property ac-
quired in connection with the Pilgrim Tercentenary).

Sect. 12 revised, 1922, 262 § 1.

Sect. ISA added, 1923, 453 (providing access for the public to great
ponds).

Sect. 24 revised, 1925, 196 § 1.

Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 57 § 2.

Sect. 52 amended, 1925, 196 § 2.

Chapter 92. — Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks.

Sect. 17 revised, 1926, 316 § 1.

Sect. 26, second par. amended, 1925, 308.

Sect. 36 revised, 1923, 230.

Sect. 37 amended, 1926, 316 § 2.

Sect. 38 amended, 1926, 316 § 3.

Sect. 43 revised, 1924, 390 § 1; amended, 1925, 83 § 1.

Sect. 44 revised, 1924, 390 § 2; amended, 1925, 83 § 2; revised, 1926, 33.

Sect. 46 amended, 1924, 390 § 3.

Sect. 47 amended, 1924, 390 § 4.

Sect. 48 amended. 1922, 14.

Sect. 56 amended, 1921, 112 § 3; 1925, 288 § 3.

Sect. 63A added, 1923, 221 (authorizing the payment of reasonable
hospital, medical and surgical expenses of police officers of the metropolitan
district commission injured while on duty).

Sect. 64 revised, 1923, 350.

Sect. 99 amended, 1923, 362 § 66.

Chapter 93. — Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises.

Special Commission on the Necessaries of Life, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 610,
628; 1921, 325; 1922, 343; 1923, 320; 1924, 99, 320; 1925, 273.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 486 § 21.

Sect. 29 amended, 1924, 327.

Sect. 30 amended, 1924, 334 § 1.

Sect. 30A added, 1924, 490 (providing for abatement and removal of
certain billboards, signs and other devices).

Sect. 32 amended, 1924, 85.

Sects. 35 and 36 repealed, 1923, 470 § 3.

Sect. 37 revised, 1922, 395 § 1; repealed, 1923, 470 § 3.

Sect. 38 repealed, 1923, 470 § 3.

Sect. 39 revised, 1922, 395 § 2; repealed, 1923, 470 § 3.

Sect. 41 repealed, 1921, 486 § 22.

562 Changes in the [Chap. 94.

Chapter 94. — Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles.

Special Commission on the Necessaries of Life, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 610,
628; 1921, 325; 1922, 343; 1923, 320; 1924, 99, 320; 1925, 273.

Sect. 1, par. contained in lines 30 to 32 amended, 1925, 117.

Sect. 7 revised, 1922, 186 § 1.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 94; 1922, 186 § 2.

Sect. 9 amended, 1922, 186 § 3.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 186 § 4.

Sects. lOA-lOE added, 1921, 303 (regulating the manufacture and
bottling of certain non-alcoholic beverages).

Sect. 14A added, 1924, 310 § 1 (relative to "Grade A Milk").

Sect. 15 amended, 1924, 310 § 2.

Sect. 17A added, 1923, 170 (prohibiting the combination of certain fats
and oils with milk, cream or skimmed milk); amended, 1925, 120.

Sect. 43 amended, 1924, 122.

Sect. 51 amended, 1923, 84.

Sect. 74 revised, 1922, 17 § 1.

Sect. 76 revised, 1922, 17 § 2.

Sect. 81 revised, 1922, 338 § 1.

Sect. 82 revised, 1922, 338 § 2.

Sect. 92 A added, 1921, 486 § 23 (sale of decayed eggs).

Sect. 96 revised, 1922, 355 § 1. '

Sect. 97 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 99 amended, 1922, 355 § 2.

Sect. 99A added, 1921, 248 (establishing a standard for boxes and half
boxes for farm produce at wholesale).

Sect. 101 revised 1926, 264 § 1.

Sect. 102 amended, 1924, 119 § 1.

Sect. 103 amended, 1926, 264 § 2.

Sect. 104 revised, 1924, 119 § 2.

Sect. 104A added, 1924, 119 § 3 (regulating the marking or branding of
open packages of apples).

Sect. 105 amended, 1924, 119 § 4; 1926, 264 § 3.

Sect. 106 amended, 1924, 119 § 5; repealed, 1926, 264 § 4.

Sect. 108 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. Ill amended, 1926, 264 § 5.

Sect. 112 amended, 1926, 35; revised, 1926, 264 § 6.

Sect. 113 revised, 1926, 264 § 7.

Sects. 117A-117F added, 1922, 438 § 1 (providing for the grading and
inspection of onions).

Sect. 119 amended, 1924, 496 § 1.

Sect. 120 A added, 1924, 496 § 2 (regulating the fee for licenses for slaughter
houses in certain towns).

Sect. 142 amended, 1923, 425 § 1.

Sect. MSA added, 1923, 425 § 2 (relative to the sale of vegetable
sausages).

Sect. 150A added, 1921, 486 § 24 (penalizing the sale of unwholesome
food or drink, etc.).

Sect. 158 revised, 1926, 122 § 1.

Sect. 159 revised, 1026, ]22 § 2.

Sect. 163 revised, 1922, 524.

Chap. 96.] GENERAL LaWS. 563

Sect. 164 revised, 1922, 20G.

Sect. 173 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 177 amended, 1923, 155 § 3.

Sect. 184A added, 1921, 48G § 25 (marking of packages, etc., of foods or
medicines containing certain drugs).

Sect. 185 repealed, 1921, 486 § 26.

Sect. 186, cl. Seventh added, 1923, 166 (prohibiting the inflation of
meat with gas or air).

Sect. 189 amended, 1925, 42.

Sect. 191 amended, 1924, 228.

Sect. 198 amended, 1924, 208.

Sect. 209 revised, 1922, 535 § 1; amended, 1924, 239 § 1.

Sect. 209 A added, 1924, 239 § 2 (relative to permits to have in possession
hypodermic instruments).

Sect. 210 amended, 1922, 535 § 2.

Sect. 212 revised, 1922, 535 § 3.

Sect. 218 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 219 amended, 1922, 355 § 3.

Sect. 220 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 221 amended, 1922, 355 § 4.

Sect. 222 revised, 1922, 355 § 5.

Sect. 223 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 224 revised, 1922, 355 § 6.

Sect. 227 revised, 1922, 400 § 1.

Sect. 228 amended, 1922, 400 § 2.

Sect. 229 revised, 1922, 400 § 3.

Sect. 237 amended, 1922, 355 § 7.

Sects. 238-249. As to the appointment, duties, authority and powers
of a fuel administrator, see 1922, 544; 1923, 217; 1924, 320 § 3; 1925,
273 § 3.

Sect. 239A added, 1926, 382 (authorizing the establishment of a legal
standard of sizes for anthracite coal).

Sect. 240 amended, 1921, 95 § 2; 1923, 196 § 2.

Sect. 241 amended, 1921, 95 § 1; revised, 1923, 196 § 1; 1926, 217.

Sect. 243 amended, 1921, 89 § 1.

Sect. 248 amended, 1921, 89 § 2; 1923, 155 § 2.

Sects. 249A-249F added, 1923, 155 § 1 (relative to the sale of coal).

Sect. 270 revised, 1923, 226 § 1.

Sect. 271 amended, 1923, 226 § 2.

Sect. 272 amended, 1923, 226 § 3.

Sect. 273 revised, 1923, 226 § 4.

Sect. 277 revised, 1923, 226 § 5.

Sect. 298 revised, 1921, 251 § 1. .

Sect. 299 revised, 1921, 251 § 2.

Sect. 304 amended, 1921, 486 § 27.

Sect. 305A added, 1924, 50 (relative to sanitary food, so called).

Chapter 96. — Survey of Lumber.

Sects. 1-6 repealed, 1924, 258 § 3.
Sect. 9 revised, 1924, 258 § 4.
Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 258 § 5.
Sect. 11 amended, 1924, 258 § 6.
Sect. 12 repealed, 1924, 258 § 3.

564 Changes in the [Chaps. 98-109.

Chapter 98. — Weights and Measures.

Sect. 12 revised, 1921, 263 § 1.

Sect. 13 revised, 1921, 263 § 2.

Sect. 14 revised, 1921, 263 § 3.

Sect. 18 revised, 1921, 45 § 1; affected, 1924, 90.

Sect. 19 revised, 1921, 45 § 2; affected, 1924, 90.

Sect. 22 revised, 1921, 374.

Sect. 29 amended, 1924, 258 § 7; 1925, 72.

Sect. 41 amended, 1923, 32 § 1.

Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 32 § 2.

Sect. 58 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Chapter 100. — Auctioneers.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 127.

Sects. 14-17 added, 1925, 331 (relative to the licensing and regulation
of proprietors of establishments for the sale at auction of certain personal
property).

Chapter 101. — Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 106 § 1; 1923, 102 § 1.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 106 § 2; 1923, 102 § 2; 1926, 120 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 120 § 2.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 285.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 154.

Chapter 102. — Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters.
Sect. 5 amended, 1926, 241 § 2.

Chapter 103. — Pilots.

Sects. 1-14 superseded, 1923, 390 § 1.
Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 390 § 2.
Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 390 § 3.
Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 390 § 4.
Sect. 29 repealed, 1923, 390 § 5.

Chapter 108 A. — Partnerships.
New chapter added by 1922, 486.

Chapter 109. — Limited Partnerships.

Certificates and affidavits of limited partnerships filed in the office of the
State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter repealed and superseded by 1923, 112 § 1.

Sect. 31 added, 1924, 231 (fees for filing certificates under the uniform
limited partnership act); revised, 1925, 194.

Chaps. 109A-1 11.] GENERAL LawS. 565

Chapter 109A. — Fraudulent Transfers of Real and Personal Property.
New chapter added by 1924, 147.

Chapter 110. — Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration thereof.

Sects. 8 and 9. (Certificates of registration of labels, insignia, etc., filed
in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)
Sect. 21 revised, 1924, 37 § 1.
Sect. 22 revised, 1924. 37 § 2.
Sect. 23 amended, 1924, 37 § 3.
Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 37 § 4.
Sect. 25 amended, 1924, 37 § 5.
Sect. 28 amended, 1924, 37 § 6.

Chapter llOA. — Promotion and Sale of Securities.

New chapter added by 1921, 499 § 1 ("Blue Sky Law", so called).
Sect. 2, subdiv. (g) amended, 1924, 487 § 1.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 47; 1924, 487 § 2.
Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 435 § 1; 1924, 487 § 3.
Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 435 § 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 317 § 1; revised, 1922, 435 § 3; amended,
1923, 48; revised, 1924, 487 § 4; amended, 192G, 211.
Sect. 9 amended, 1924, 487 § 5.

Sect. 10, par. (b) amended, 1922, 317 § 2; 1924, 487 § 6.
Sect. 13 repealed, 1922, 259 § 2.
Sect. 15 revised, 1924, 487 § 7.

Chapter 111. — Public Health.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 322.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 200.

Sect. 31 revised, 1924, 180.

Sect. 31 A added, 1921, 358 (providing for registration of collectors of
garbage, etc.).

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 315 § 1.

Sect. 48 affected, 1921, 315 § 1.

Sect. 57 revised, 1924, 256.

Sects. 62A-62G added, 1924, 248 § 2 (relative to children's health camps).

Sect. 62H added, 1925, 17 § 2 (providing for care and treatment of
underweight and undernourished children of school age by contract).

Sects. 63, 68. See 1924, 477.

Sect. 63 amended, 1924, 477 § 3.

Sect. 65 A added, 1924, 508 § 1 (providing for treatment of extra-pul-
monary tuberculosis at Lakeville state sanatorium).

Sect. 66 revised, 1924, 460 § 1; amended, 1924, 500 § 3.

Sect. 68 repealed, 1924, 477 § 4.

Sect. 70 amended, 1923, 337; 1926, 149.

Sect. 76 amended, 1926, 284.

Sects. 78-91 afl'ected, 1924, 443, 500, 501.

Sect. 78 revised, 1924, 501 § 1.

566 Changes in the [Chaps. 112-114.

Sect. 79 revised, 1924, 500 § 1.

Sect. 81 revised, 1924, 500 § 2.

Sect. 82 revised, 1922, 393 § 1; 1923, 113 § 1.

Sects. 83-85. See 1921, 185 (apportionment of expense incurred by
county of Middlesex for a tuberculosis hospital). See 1923, 429 (apportion-
ment of expense incurred by county of Essex for a tuberculosis hospital);
1924, 443 § 7.

Sect. 85 amended, 1923, 113 § 2.

Sect. 85A added, 1923, 113 § 3 (authorizing county commissioners to
make temporary loans to provide funds for the care, maintenance and
repair of county tuberculosis hospitals).

Sect. 86 amended, 1922, 393 § 2.

Sect. 91 amended, 1924, 443 § 2; revised, 1924, 501 § 2.

Sect. 92 amended, 1924, 501 § 3.

Sect. 112 amended, 1925, 215.

Sect. 116 amended, 1926, 241 § 3.

Chapter 112. — Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 340 § 1; 1924, 239 § 3.

Sect. 2A added, 1923, 13 (relative to the qualifications of applicants for
registration as qualified physicians).

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 313, 409; revised, 1922, 340 § 2.

Sect. 9A added, 1922, 426 (providing for the registration of medical stu-
dents for the limited practice of medicine).

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 53.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 233 § 8.

Sect. 38 amended, 1921, 318.

Sect. 45A added, 1921, 365 (providing for registration of dental
internes) .

Sect. 46 revised, 1926, 215.

Sect. 48 revised, 1922, 221.

Sect. 51 amended, 1924, 103.

Sect. 61 revised, 1921, 478 § 1.

Sect. 65 revised, 1921, 478 § 2.

Sect. 68 revised, 1926, 321 § 1.

Sect. 72 amended, 1926, 321 § 2.

Sect. 73 amended, 1926, 321 § 3.

Sect. 82 amended, 1921, 419.

Sects. 87A-87E added, 1923, 470 § 2 (relative to the registration of
certified public accountants).

Chapter 114. — Cemeteries and Burials.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and affidavits re-
lating to cemetery and crematory corporations filed in the oflfice of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 45 revised, 1922, 176 § 1 ; amended, 1926, 243 § 2.

Sect. 46 amended, 1926, 243 § 3.

Sect. 47 revised, 1921, 333; second paragraph revised, 1926, 243 § 4.

Sect. 49 revised, 1926, 242 § 1. (See 1926, 242 § 2.)

Sect. 50 amended, 1922, 176 § 2.

Ch.\ps. 115-120.] General Laws. 567

Chapter 115. — State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, etc.

For a complete list of temporary war legislation prior to 1921, see Tables
of Changes for 1920 under chapter 16 of the Revised Laws, superseded by
chapter 33 of tJie General Laws.

See also 1921, 38, authorizing counties to pay their employees who
served in the world war tlie difference between their military and county
compensation.

As to allowances for the burial expenses of certain persons who died over-
seas in the service of the United States in the world war, see 1923, 2.58.

Provision for allowances to certain organizations of persons who served
in the world war for the expenses of certain military funerals or burials in
which they participate, see 1923, 396.

State pay and "bonus" for war service, 1917, 211, 332; 1918, 92; 1919,
283 (§ 17 repealed by 1924, 448 § 2) ; 1920, 51, 250, 609; 1922, 457. 1921,
326 and 1922, 240, extending time for filing applications for payments to
November 30, 1921, and further to November 30, 1923. Time limit for
filing applications abolished, 1924, 452. 1921, 354, entitling student nurses
of medical department of United States army during world war to receive
the "bonus ". 1924, 447, enlarging class of persons to whom payment may
be made. 1924, 448, entitling "yeomen F" to receive the "bonus".

Sect. 3A added, 1923, 181 (relative to the payment of state and military
aid and soldiers' relief).

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 222 §§ 1, 2; 1924, 357; (paragraphs included
within lines 45-62) revised, 1926, 301.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 222 § 3; 1922, 229; 1924, 280.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 222 § 4.

Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 362 § 67.

Sect. 18 revised, 1925, 137.

Sect. 19 revised, 1924, 262; amended, 1926, 155.

Sect. 20 amended, 1923, 362 § 68; 1924, 266.

Chapter 116. — Settlement of Paupers.

Sect. 1, cl. Fifth amended, 1922, 177.

Sect. 3 amended, 1925, 187 § 2.

Sect. 4 amended, 1925, 187 § 1.

Sect. 5 revised, 1922, 479; amended, 1925, 34; revised, 1926, 292.

Chapter 117. — Support of Paupers by Cities and Towns.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 298; 1926, 241 § 4.

Sect. 18 revised, 1924, 221; amended, 1926, 241 § 5.

Chapter 118. — Aid to Mothers with Dependent Children.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 376.
Sect. 6 amended, 1926, 241 § 6.

Chapter 120. — Massachusetts Training Schools.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 362 § 69.
Sect. 10 amended, 1923, 362 § 70.
Sect. 18 repealed, 1923, 245 § 2.
Sect. 23 amended, 1924, 78.

568 Changes in the [Chaps. 121-123.

Chapter 121. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare,
and the Massachusetts Hospital School.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 486 § 28.

Sect. 29 revised, 1922, 306.

Sect. 31 amended, 1924, 344.

Sect. 42 added, 1926, 241 § 1 (relative to the approval and payment
of accounts against the commonwealth on account of certain poor, sick
and dependent persons).

Chapter 122. — State Infirmary and State Paupers.

Sect. 1 amended, 1924, 259 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 362 § 71.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 72; revised, 1924, 259 § 2.

Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 177; 1926, 241 § 7.

Sect. 18 amended, 1926, 241 § 8.

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 362 § 73; repealed, 1926, 241 § 9.

Sect. 24 amended, 1921, 430 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 430 § 3.

Chapter 123. — Commitment and Care of the Insane and Other Mental

Defectives.

Sect. 3 A added, 1922, 519 § 2 (relative to the powers and duties of the
Department of Mental Diseases concerning the mental health of citizens).

Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 287 § 1.

Sect. 13A added, 1922, 519 § 3 (relative to the powers and duties of the
Division of Mental Hygiene in the Department of Mental Diseases).

Sect. 16 amended, 1921, 317 § 1.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 362 § 74. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 317 § 2; 1922, 410 § 4; 1923, 245 § 1.

Sect. 21 amended, 1924, 287 § 2.

Sect. 22A added, 1923, 467 § 1 (relative to the commitment of insane
persons to the Bridgewater state hospital, and to the transfer or discharge
of inmates thereof).

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 410 § 5; 1925, 293 § 3.

Sect. 32 amended, 1922, 193; 1923, 362 § 75.

Sect. 33 amended, 1926, 229 § 1.

Sect. 34 amended, 1926, 229 § 2.

Sect. 34A added, 1924, 287 § 3 (relative to licensing physicians to have
charge of federal institutions for the care of insane veterans).

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 410 § 6; 1925, 293 § 4.

Sect. 46 amended, 1922, 410 § 7; 1925, 293 § 5.

Sect. 51 amended, 1922, 410 § 8; 1925, 293 § 6.

Sect. 62 amended, 1922, 535 § 4.

Sect. 66 amended, 1922, 410 § 9; 1925, 293 § 7.

Sect. 66A added, 1921, 441 § 1 (commitment of feeble-minded persons
to super\ision of Department of Mental Diseases, etc.) ; revised, 1924, 88 § 1.

Sect. 67 amended, 1922, 410 § 10; 1925, 293 § 8.

Sect. 74 revised, 1926, 104.

Sect. 77 amended, 1924, 19.

Chaps. 125, 126.] GENERAL LawS. 569

Sect. 80 revised, 1922, 535 § 5.

Sect. SO aineiKle.l, 192(5, 132.

Sect. SSA added, 1922, 337 (providing for the parole of inmates of
state schools for the feeble-minded).

Sect. 89 amended, 1922, 535 § 6.

Sect. 89 A added, 1921, 441 § 2 (discharge of certain feeble-minded persons
committed imder § G6A); amended, 1924, 88 § 2.

Sect. 89B added, 1921, 441 § 2 (relative to petitions for discharge of
certain feeble-minded persons committed under § 66 A).

Sect. 91 amended, 1922, 410 § 11; 1925, 293 § 9.

Sect. 93 amended, 1922, 410 § 12; 1925, 293 § 10.

Sect. 96, first par. amended, 1921, 317 § 3; re\ased, 1925, 314; 1926, 274.

Sect. 100 amended, 1923, 467 § 2.

Sect. lOOA added, 1921, 415 (investigation by Department of Mental
Diseases of certain persons held for trial); amended, 1923, 331; 1925, 169.

Sect. 101 amended, 1923, 467 § 3.

Sect. 105 amended, 1923, 467 § 4.

Sect. 113 revised, 1921, 270 § 1; 1922, 535 § 7.

Sect. 114 revised, 1922, 535 § 8.

Sect. 115 revised, 1922, 535 § 9.

Sect. 117 amended, 1921, 270 § 2; revised, 1922, 535 § 10.

Sect. 118 amended, 1922, 535 § 11.

Sect. 119 amended, 1922, 535 § 12.

Sect. 121 amended, 1923, 397.

Sect. 124 amended, 1922, 535 § 13.

Chapter 125. — Penal and Reformatory Institutions of the Commonwealth.

As to the commitment of drug addicts and dipsomaniacs to institutions
under the department of correction, see 1922, 535 §§ 4-13.
Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 362 § 76.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 362 § 77.
Sect. 13 amended, 1926, 343 § 1.
Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 260.
Sect. 15 amended, 1926, .343 § 5.
Sect. 22 re\'ised, 1926, 343 § 2.
Sect. 24 amended, 1926, 343 § 3. .
Sect. 26 amended. 1923, 362 § 78.
Sect. 29 revised, 1926, 343 § 4.
Sect. 34 revised, 1923, 362 § 79.
Sect. 42 repealed, 1921, 486 § 29.
Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 362 § 80.

Sects. 51 and 52 repealed, 1923, 362 § 81. (See 1922, 545 §§ 10-16.)
Sect. 53. See 1922, 545 §§ 10-16.
Sect. 54 amended, 1923, 362 § 82.

Chapter 126. — Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County

Industrial Farms.

Sect. 30 amended, 1925, 173.
Sect. 38 revised, 1925, 222.

570 Changes in the [Chaps. 127-129.

Chapter 127. — Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institu-
tions, Paroles and Pardons.

As to the commitment of drug addicts and dipsomaniacs to institutions
under the department of correction, see 1922, 535 §§ 4-13.

Sect. 11 amended, 1926, 343 § 6.

Sect. 16 amended, 1924, 309 § 1.

Sect. 17 revised, 1924, 309 § 2.

Sect. 18 amended, 1924, 309 § 3.

Sects. 51-78. See 1922, 545 §§ 10-12.

Sect. 57 revised, 1923, 302 § 83.

Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 362 § 84.

Sect. 90A added, 1923, 52 (allowing inmates of penal institutions to
attend the funerals of their spouses and next of kin).

Sect. 127 amended, 1923, 150.

Sect. 160 amended, 1924, 299.

Sect. 161 amended, 1923, 362 § 85.

Chapter 128. — Agriculture.

Provision for co-operation between the United States Department of
Agriculture and the commonwealth in the collection and publication of
agricultural statistics, 1921, 253.

Sect. 2, cl. (/) revised, 1921, 206.

Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 438 § 2.

Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 94 § 1.

Sect. 22 revised, 1925, 58 § 1.

Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 362 § 86.

Sect. 25 amended, 1925, 58 § 2.

Sect. 27 amended 1926, 31 § 1.

Sect. 28 amended, 1925, 58 § 3.

Sect. 29 revised, 1926, 31 § 2.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 147 § 1.

Sect. 31 A added, 1923, 147 § 2 (relative to the disposition of corn stalks
and stubble in connection with the suppression of the European corn borer).

Sect. 38 amended, 1926, 23.

Sect. 39. See 1921, Resolve 5 (providing for preparation and publica-
tion of a report on the birds of Massachusetts); 1924, Resolve 36; 1926,
Resolves 4, 31.

Chapter 129. — Animal Industry.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 353 § 1.

Sect. 12 revised, 1922, 353 § 2 (repealed by 1922, 353 § 4 from and
after August 1, 1923).

Sect. 12A added, 1924, 304 § 1 (relative to compensation by the com-
monwealth in certain cases where cattle affected with tuberculosis are
killed).

Sect. 26A added, 1924, 495 (relative to the admission into the common-
wealth of cattle to be used for dairy purposes).

Sect. 33 revised, 1922, 353 § 3.

Sect. 33A added, 1922, 137 (providing for certain requirements in case
of tlie transfer of possession of bovine animals which have reacted to the
tuberculin test); revised, 1924, 156.

Ch.\p8. 130, 131.1 General Laws. 571

Chapter 130. — Powers and Duties of the Division of Fisheries and Game.

Fisheries.

Possession of protected fish permitted under certain conditions if lawfully
caught in this commonwealth or elsewhere, 1922, 187 § 1.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 187 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1924, 184.

Sect. 22 revised, 1922, 124.

Sect. 23 revised, 1921, 467 § 9; 1925, 295 § 1.

Sect. 28A added, 1924, 191 (relative to the establishment of breeding
areas in certain great ponds).

Sect. 35 revised, 1926, 195 § 2.

Sect. 49 revised, 1923, 269; amended, 1926, 19 § 1.

Sect. 51 amended, 1926, 19 § 2.

Sect. 53 revised, 1926, 19 § 4.

Sect. 54A adfjed, 1926, 19 § 3 (authorizing a trout breeding area in a
certain section of the Deerfield river).

Sect. 58 revised, 1923, 268 § 1.

Sects. 58-60. See 1921, 224 (imposing temporary restrictions on taking
of pickerel).

Sect. 59 revised, 1923, 268 § 2; amended, 1926, 27.

Sect. 61 amended, 1922, 148; revised, 1923, 268 § 3.

Sect. 62A added, 1923, 212 (relative to the taking, possession and sale
of pike perch).

Sect. 64 amended, 1921, 197; revised, 1922, 444.

Sect. 75 revised, 1926, 195 § 1.

Sect. 77A added, 1922, 108 (relative to fishing with floats in fresh water
ponds).

Sect. 78 A added, 1921, 188 (imposing restrictions on the taking of fresh
water fish); revised, 1923, 268 § 4.

Sect. 84A added, 1922, 80 (issuing of permits for the taking of shellfish
by unnaturalized foreign-born persons).

Sect. 104 revised, 1921, 116 § 1; amended, 1922, 161; 1924, 96 § 1.

Sects. 137-142 repealed and new sections 137-139 added, 1926, 370 § 1.

Sect. 145 revised, 1921, 24.

Sect. 150 amended, 1926, 195 § 3.

Chapter 131. — Preservation of Certain Birds and Animals. Hunting and

Fishing Licenses.

Provision for preparation and publication of a report on the birds of
Massachusetts, 1921, Resolve 5; 1924, Resolve 36; 1926, Resolves 4, 31.

Taking of quail in the counties of Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middle-
sex, Norfolk, Worcester and Nantucket prohibited until the year 1928,
1925, 103.

Possession of protected birds and quadrupeds permitted under certain
conditions if lawfully taken or killed in this commonwealth or elsewhere,
1922, 187 § 2.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 187 § 2.

Sect. 3 revised, 1921, 467 § 1; amended, 1925, 295 § 2; 1926, 352 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 467 § 2; 1925, 295 § 3.

Sect. 5 repealed, 1925, 295 § 4.

Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 467 § 3; 1925, 295 § 5; 1926, 352 § 2.

572 Changes in the [Chap. 132.

Sect. 7 revised, 1921, 467 § 4; repealed, 1925, 295 § 6.

Sect. 8 revised, 1921, 467 § 5; repealed, 1925, 295 § 7.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 467 § 6; revised, 1925, 295 § 8; 1926, 352 § 3.

Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 325; revised, 1925, 295 § 9.

Sect. 11 revised, 1925, 295 § 10.

Sect. 12 revised, 1925, 295 § 11.

Sect. 13 revised, 1921, 467 § 7; 1925, 295 § 12.

Sect. 14 revised, 1921, 467 § 8; amended, 1925, 295 § 13.

Sect. 16 amended, 1923, 68; revised, 1925, 295 § 14.

Sect. 19 amended, 1921, 75; 1926, 151 § 1.

Sect. 20 amended, 1926, 151 § 2.

Sect. 29 revised, 1921, 107 § 1; 1925, 249 § 1.

Sect. 30 revised, 1921, 107 § 2; 1925, 249 § 2.

Sect. 33 amended, 1924, 211 § 1; 1926, 151 § 3.

Sect. 34 amended, 1926, 151 § 4.

Sect. 35A added, 1926, 151 § 5 (providing for supplying of woodcock,
etc., to educational institutions for scientific purposes).

Sect. 36 amended, 1926, 151 § 6.

Sect. 37 amended, 1922, 171 § 1; revised, 1923, 307 § 1.

Sect. 39 revised, 1923, 307 § 2.

Sect. 44A added, 1924, 211 § 2 (relative to the killing, etc., of ruffed
grouse). See also 1924, 211 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 99 § 1.

Sect. 46 amended, 1921, 152; 1922, 117 § 2; revised, 1922, 160; 1925,
179; amended, 1926, 88.

Sect. 46 A added, 1922, 117 § 1 (relative to the importation of live hares
and rabbits for purposes of propagation or liberation).

Sect. 48 amended, 1923, 99 § 2; revised, 1924, 130.

Sect. 49 revised, 1926, 181.

Sect. 51 revised, 1921, 121; amended, 1925, 104; revised, 1925, 320 § 2.

Sect. 51A added, 1923, 185 (requiring annual reports to the division of
fisheries and game relative to fur-bearing animals caught or killed in this
commonwealth) .

Sect. 58 amended, 1923, 99 § 3; revised, 1925, 334.

Sect. 58A added, 1925, 334 (penalizing use, etc., of snares for catching
or killing any animal).

Sect. 61 revised, 1922, 183.

Sect. 63 amended, 1925, 320 § 3; 1926, 66 § 2.

Sect. 66 revised, 1922, 128.

Sect. 67 revised, 1921, 257.

Sect. 68 amended, 1925, 320 § 1; 1926, 66 § 1.

Sect. 69 amended, 1923, 301 § 1.

Sect. 72 amended, 1921, 55.

Sect. 81 amended, 1922, 171 § 2; 1923, 307 § 3.

Sect. 82 A added, 1921, 90 (relative to the release of wild birds or animals).

Sect. 85 amended, 1921, 159.

Sect. 90 amended, 1925, 199.

Chapter 132. — Forestry.

Mohawk Trail State Forest established, 1921, 344.
Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 284 § 1.
Sect. 9 amended, 1926, 164.

Chaps. 13G-140.] GENERAL LawS. 573

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 271 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1923, 311; revised, 1923, 472 § 2.

Sect. 16 amended, 1923, 472 § 3.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 185; revised, 1923, 288 § 1.

Sect. 33 amended, 1921, 238; 1923, 288 § 2.

Sect. 34A added, 1923, 288 § 3 (relative to the sale or exchange of forest
and certain other lands under the supervision of the department of con-
servation and to the granting of certain rights of way and locations for
telephone, etc., lines thereon).

Sect. 35 amended, 1924, 24.

Sects. 38 and 39 added, 1924, 284 § 2 (relative to state trails or paths).

Chapter 136. — Observance of the Lord's Day.

Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 326.
Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 119.

Chapter 137. — Gaming.
Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 353.

Chapter 138. — Intoxicating Liquors and Certain Non-Intoxicating

Beverages.

Sect. 2A added, 1923, 370 (relative to the manufacture, transportation,
importation or exportation of intoxicating liquors and certain non-intoxi-
cating beverages).

Sect. 4. See 1921, 356. 450; 1926, 92.

Sects. 5-9. See 1921, 356, 450.

Sect. 8 affected, 1921, 356, 450.

Sect. IIA added, 1925, 33 (dispensing with the vote at city and town
elections on the question of granting liquor licenses for such period as sales
thereunder would be unlawful).

Sect. 15 amended, 1922, 285.

Sect. 18 amended, 1923, 233 § 1.

Sect. 25 revised, 1923, 233 § 2.

Sect. 28 amended, 1923, 233 § 3.

Sects. 30 and 31 repealed, 1923, 233 § 4.

Sect. 32 amended, 1923, 233 § 5.

Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 291.

Sect. 54 revised, 1921, 495; amended, 1922, 22.

Sect. 69 revised, 1923, 329.

Sect. 75 amended, 1923, 435.

Sect. 76 repealed, 1926, 108 § 2.

Sect. 87 amended, 1923, 233 § 6.

Sect. 88 amended, 1923, 233 § 7.

Chapter 140. — Licenses.

For definition of "licensing authorities", as used in this chapter, see
1926, 92.

Sect. 1 revised, 1926, 92 § 1.
Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 129.

574 Changes in the [Chaps. 141-143.

Sects. 21A-21D added, 1922, 392 (authorizing cities and towns to pro-
vide for licensing the sale of certain beverages).

Sect. 23 revised, 1921, 59.

Sect. 58 revised, 1923, 30.

Sect. 66 revised, 1923, 218.

Sect. 94 revised, 1925, 143.

Sect. 121 amended, 1922, 485 § 1.

Sect. 122 revised, 1922, 485 § 2.

Sect. 122A added, 1922, 485 § 3 (relative to the recording of licenses to
sell, rent or lease firearms).

Sect. 123 revised, 1922, 485 § 4; 1925, 284 § 1; 1926, 395 § 1.

Sect. 125 amended, 1922, 485 § 5.

Sect. 127 amended, 1922, 485 § 6.

Sect. 128 revised, 1925. 284 § 2; amended, 1926, 395 § 2.

Sect. 129 amended, 1925, 284 § 3.

Sect, 129A added, 1922, 485 § 7 (unnaturalized foreign-born persons re-
stricted as to firearms).

Sect. 130 amended, 1922, 485 § 8.

Sect. 131 revised, 1922, 485 § 9; 1925, 284 § 4.

Sect. 131A added, 1926, 395 § 3 (providing for the issue of permits to
purchase, etc., pistols or revolvers).

Sect. 131B added, 1926, 395 § 3 (prohibiting loans on pistols or revolvers).

Sect. 148 revised, 1925, 295 § 15.

Sect. 157 amended, 1924, 113.

Sect. 182 amended, 1926, 299 § 2.

Sect. 182A added, 1924, 497 § 1 (tickets to theatres and other places of
public amusement to have price printed on face).

Sects. 183A-183C added, 1926, 299 § 1 (requiring innholders, etc.,
conducting certain amusements in connection with their business to be
licensed).

Sects. 185A-185G added, 1924, 497 § 2 (regulating the sale and resale
of tickets to theatres and other places of public amusement).

Sect. 202 amended, 1926, 28.

Chapter 141. — Supervision of Electricians.
Sect. 3, cl. (3) revised, 1921, 221 § 1; cl. (5) amended, 1921, 221 § 2.

Chapter 142. — Supervision of Plumbing.

Sect. 1 amended, 1925, 348 § 3.
Sect. 5 revised, 1925, 348 § 4.
Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 194.

Chapter 143. — Inspection and Regulation of, and Licenses for, Buildings,
Elevators and Cinematographs.

Boston building laws, 1907, 550; 1908, 336; 1909, 313; 1910, 284, 631;
1911, 342; 1912, 369, 370; 1913, 50, 577, 586, 704, 729; 1914, 119, 205,
248, 595, 628, 782, 786; 1915, Sp. Acts 254, 333, 346, 352; 1916, Sp. Acts
248, 277; 1917, Sp. Acts 221; 1918, Sp. Acts 104, 115, 179; 1919, Sp.
Acts 155, 156, 163; 1920, 91, 266, 440, 455; 1921, 60, 289, 476; 1922, 61,
126, 174, 316; 1923, 108, 278, 462; 1924, 136, 335, 412, 414; 1925, 219;
1926, 182, 350.

Chaps. 14G-149.] GENERAL LaWS. 575

Sect. 72 amended, 1923, 478 § 1.

Sects. 8G-88 added, 1923, 478 § 2 (relative to the use in schools and for
other purposes of moving picture apparatus adapted to standard width
safety fihns).

Chapter 146. — Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, etc.. Licenses of Engineers,
Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery.

Sect. 22 amended, 192G, 291.
Sect. 28 repealed, 1924, 461.

Chapter 147. — State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of
the Department of Public Safety.

Sect. 2 revised, 1921, 164; amended, 1925, 322 § 2; 1926, 199.
Sects. 6A-6D added, 1926, 225 (relative to the disposition of property
recovered by the department of public safetv).
Sect. 10 revised, 1924, 218.

Chapter 148. — Fire Prevention.

Sect. 2 revised, 1921, 485 § 1.

Sect. 10 revised, 1921, 273, 485 § 2.

Sect. 12 revised, 1921, 255; amended, 1924, 398.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 485 § 3; revised, 1924, 254; 1925, 335 § 1.

Sects. 15-18 affected, 1921, 485 § 1.

Sect. 19 revised, 1921, 485 § 4.

Sect. 21 affected, 1921, 485 § 1.

Sect. 23 affected, 1921, 485 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1921, 485 § 5.

Sect. 54 amended, 1921, 104.

Sect. 57 amended, 1924, SO; 1925, 95.

Sects. 57A-57G added, 1921, 500 (providing for the giving of bonds in
connection with the manufacture, wholesale storage or public exhibition of
fireworks).

Sect. 60 revised, 1925, 335 § 2.

Sect. 61 amended, 1925, 335 § 3.

Sect. 62 revised, 1921, 485 § 6.

Sect. 66 amended, 1921, 485 § 7.

Chapter 149. — Labor and Industries.

Sect. 1, par. contained in lines 19 to 22 amended, 1925, 151,

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 306 § 5.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 306 § 6.

Sect. 15 amended, 1921, 306 § 7.

Sect. 17 amended, 1921, 306 § 8.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 236.

Sect. 34 revised, 1924, 237.

Sect. 56 amended, 1921, 280.

Sect. 60 amended, 1921, 410 § 2.

Sect. 65 revised, 1921, 351 § 1; 410 § 3.

576 Changes in the [Chaps. 152-156.

Sect. 69 amended, 1921, 410 § 1.

Sect. 70 revised, 1921, 410 § 4.

Sect. 86 amended, 1921, 35i § 2. (See 1922, 401.)

Sect. 88, second paragraph amended, 1925, 47.

Sect. 89. See 1922, 401.

Sect. 94 amended, 1921, 351 § 3.

Sect. 95 amended, 1921, 341; revised, 1926, 188 § 3.

Sect. 117 revised, 1926, 159.

Sect. 120 revised, 1921, 50.

Sect. 141 amended, 1921, 53.

Sect. 148 amended, 1921, 51; 1923, 136; revised, 1924, 145; amended,
1925, 165.

Sect, 177A added, 1922, 215 (prohibiting employers from exempting
themselves from liability for certain injuries to employees).

Sect. 179A added, 1922, 517 (providing a preference to citizens in award-
ing contracts for public work).

Chapter 152. — Workmen's Compensation.

Special commission to investigate the operation of the Workmen's
Compensation Law, 1926, Resolve 36.
Sect. 3 repealed, 1921, 462 § 8.
Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 462 § 7.
Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 163; 1924, 207.
Sect. 31 revised, 1922, 402.
Sect. 32 amended, 1926, 190.
Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 368.
Sect. 45 revised, 1921, 310.
Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 125.
Sect. 52 amended, 1925, 267 § 14.
Sect. 54 repealed, 1923, 139 § 1.
Sect. 55 amended, 1923, 139 § 2.
Sect. 69 revised, 1924, 434.

Chapter 155. — General Provisions relative to Corporations.

Sect. 3A added, 1924, 166 (requiring certain public service corporations
to make certain deposits of funds in national banks and trust companies).

Sect. 5 A added, 1921, 268 § 1 (relative to provision for depreciation by
companies under the supervision of the department of public utilities).

Sect. 10 revised, 1926, 379 § 3. (Articles of amendment and certificates
of change of name of certain corporations filed in the office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)

Sect. 18 amended, 1925, 184 § 1.

Sect. 19 amended, 1925, 184 § 2.

Sect. 22 amended, 1923, 172.

Chapter 156. — Business Corporations.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and affidavits re-
lating to business corporations filed in the office of the State Secretary
deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 438 § 1. (See 1923, 438 § 6.)

Chaps. 157-160.] GENERAL LawS. 577

Sect. 28 revised, 1924, 91 § 1.
Sect. 30 amended, 1924, 91 § 2.
Sect. 33 revised, 192G, 129.

Chapter 157. — Co-operative Corporations.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and affidavits re-
lating to co-operative associations filed in the office of the State Secretary
deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 438 § 2.

Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 297.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 438 § 3.

Sects. 10-18 added, 1923, 438 § 4 (relative to the incorporation of agri-
cultural and other co-operative corporations without capital stock).

Chapter 158. — Certain Miscellaneous Corporations.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and affidavits re-
lating to certain public service corporations filed in the office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 37 amended, 1926, 26.

Sects. 41, 42. See 1924, 44 § 1.

Sect. 43 revised, 1924, 44 § 3.

Sects. 46-54. See 1922, 488 § 2.

Chapter 159. — Common Carriers.

Sect. 42 repealed, 1922, 259 § 2.

Sect. 45 re%-ised, 1925, 280 § 1; affected, 1925, 280 § 4; amended, 1926,
163; revised, 1926, 392 § 1.

Sect. 46 amended, 1925, 346 § 7; revised, 1926, 368 § 6; 392 § 2.

Sect. 47 amended, 1925, 176.

Sects. 48A and 48B added, 1925, 280 § 2 (further regulating operation
of motor vehicles as common carriers of passengers).

Sect. 49 revised, 1925, 280 § 3.

Sect. 56 amended, 1925, 195.

Sect. 59 amended, 1923, 351 § 1.

Sect. 61 amended, 1923, 351 § 2.

Sect. 62 amended, 1923, 351 § 3.

Sect. 86. (Certificates of organization of certain relief corporations
filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)

Chapter 160. — Railroads.

Certificates relative to railroad corporations filed in the office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 70 amended, 1925, 125 § 2.

Sect. 70A added, 1925, 125 § 1 (relative to the operation by railroad
corporations of motor vehicles).

Sect. 128 amended, 1922, 116.

Sect. 142 amended, 1926, 270.

Sect. 198A added, 1925, 216 (relative to the sale of certain tickets issued
by railroad corporations).

578 Changes in the [Chaps. 161-164.

Chapter 161. — Street Railways.

Boston Elevated Railway Company, public operation of, 1918, Sp. Acts
159; 1919, Sp. Acts 244, 245, 250, 251; 1920, 613, 637; 1921, 108; 1925,
Resolve 38.

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, formerly Bay State
Street Railway Company, public operation of, 1918, Sp. Acts 188; 1919,
Sp. Acts 247; 1920, 505; 1921, 223.

Act to assure the continued operation of the lines of the Berkshire Street
Railway Company, 1921, 479. See 1924, 293.

Certificates relative to street railway companies filed in the office of the
State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 4, par. (A) amended, 1923, 491 § 1.

Sect. 7, first par. amended, 1924, 205.

Sect. 20A added, 1923, 491 § 3 (authorizing a change of the par value
of shares of capital stock issued by street railway companies).

Sect. 82 amended, 1925, 236.

Sect. 85 revised, 1923, 482 § 3.

Sect. 98 amended, 1922, 430.

Sect. 136, par. (i) amended, 1923, 491 § 2.

Sect. 161 added, 1923, 296 (authorizing cities and towns to contribute
toward the cost of street railway service therein).

Chapter 162. — Electric Railroads.

Certificates relative to electric railroads filed in the office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter 163. — Trackless Trolley Companies. •

Certificates relative to trackless trolley companies filed in the office of
the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter 164. — Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity.

Certificates relative to gas and electric companies filed in the office of the
State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 354 § 1; 1923, 290 § 1; 1925, 184 § 3.

Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 354 § 2; amended, 1924, 44 § 1. (See 1924, 44 § 2.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 269; 1925, 150; revised, 1925, 184 § 4.

Sect. 9A added, 1923, 290 § 2 (relative to the corporate purposes of
certain electric companies).

Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 223; 1924, 173.

Sect. 14 revised, 1921, 230 § 1.

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 226 § 1.

Sect. 19 amended, 1921, 246; 1922, 226 § 2; 1924, 172.

Sect. 22. See 1924, 44 § 2.

Sect. 33 revised, 1924, 44 § 2.

Sect. 57A added, 1922, 184 (relative to appropriations for the mainte-
nance of municipal light plants).

Sect. 63 amended, 1923, 85; 1926, 99.

Sect. 70A added, 1925, 145 (authorizing the department of public
utilities to approve connecting locations of gas mains).

Chaps. 165-168.] GENERAL LawS. 579

Sect. 72 revised, 1924, 433; amended, 1925, 98; 1926, 256.
Sect. 73 revised, 1926, 257.
Sect. 77 amended, 1921, 48.
Sect. 84 amended, 1923, 90.
Sect. 92 amended, 1925, 153.

Sect. 94A added, 1926, 298 (providing for approval by the department
of public utilities of certain contracts of electric companies).
Sect. 97 amended, 1924, 146.
Sect. 107 amended, 1925, 234.
Sect. 116 amended, 1923, 162.
Sect. 119 amended, 1921, 404.

Chapter 165. — Water and Aqueduct Companies.

Sect. 13. (Certificates of payment of capital of aqueduct corporations
filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)

Chapter 166. — Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the
Transmission of Electricity.

Sect. 1. (Certificates of payment of capital of telephone and telegraph
companies filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see
1922, 151.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 230 § 2.

Sect. 22, second and third paragraphs amended, 1925, 166.

Sect. 34 revised, 1926, 252.

Chapter 167. — Banks and Banking.

Sect. 2 revised, 1922, 363 § 1; amended, 1923, 406 § 1.
Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 367.
Sect. 9 amended, 1922, 104.
Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 78 § 1; 1922, 114.
Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 78 § 2.
Sect. 15 amended, 1921, 153; repealed, 1923, 40 § 2.
Sect. 17 revised, 1924, 255.
Sect. 21 repealed, 1922, 411.
Sects. 22-35. See 1922, 291.
Sect. 24 amended, 1922, 488 § 1.
Sect. 31 amended, 1921, 471.
Sect. 35 revised, 1925, 240.
Sect. 37. See 1922, 114.

Sects. 46 and 47 added, 1922, 312 (fixing responsibility and providing
additional penalties for violation of laws relative to banks).

Chapter 168. — Savings Banks.

Sect. 10. (Certificates and articles of organization of savings banks filed
in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 258 § 1.

Sect. 14A added, 1922, 258 § 2 (providing for the election of trustees of
savings banks in groups).

Sect. 24 revised, 1922, 265 § 1; amended, 1925, 16 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1924, 67 § 1.

580 Changes in the [Chaps. 169-i71.

Sect. 31 A added, 1923, 40 § 1 (limiting the restriction on joint accounts
in banks to those in savings banks) ; amended, 1924, 67 § 2.

Sect. 32A added, 1921, 79 (authorizing savings banks to estabhsh and
maintain safe deposit vaults).

Sect. 33A added, 1923, 37 (permitting savings banks to transmit money
to another state or country); amended, 1926, 162.

Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 362 § 87.

Sect. 51 amended, 1921, 292 § 1; revised, 1922, 468 § 1.

Sect. 51A added, 1922, 468 § 2 (requiring savings banks to make loans
to depositors on deposit books).

Sect. 54, cl. Second, subdiv. (a) revised, 1925, 209 § 1; subdiv. (c) re-
vised, 1925, 209 § 2; subdiv. (/) revised, 1925, 209 § 3; cl. Third amended,
1926, 283; cl. Fifth revised, 1925, 208; cl. Sixth amended, 1921, 229; 1922,
159 § 1; cl. Sixth A added, 1926, 351 § 1 (authorizing investment by savings
banks in securities of certain additional public service companies); cl.
Ninth (c) amended, 1922, 159 § 2; 1926, 351 § 2; cl. Ninth (e) (3) amended,
1922, 159 § 3; 1924, 68; cl. Fifteenth revised, 1926, 351 § 3.

Chapter 169. — Deposits with Others Than Banks.

Sect. 1 revised, 1923, 473 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1923, 473 § 2.

Sect. 3 revised, 1923, 473 § 3.

Sect. 12 revised, 1923, 473 § 4.

Sect. 15 A added, 1923, 473 § 5 (regulating the dealing in foreign ex-
change by foreign bankers, so called).

Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 473 § 6.

Sect. 18 revised, 1923, 473 § 7.

Chapter 170. — Co-operative Banks.

Certificates and articles of organization of co-operative banks filed in the
office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 100; 1926, 150 § 1.

Sect. 9 amended, 1925, 16 § 2.

Sect. 10 revised, 1926, 150 § 2.

Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 242; 1924, 223 § 1.

Sect. 15A added, 1924, 223 § 2 (limiting the issuance and holding of
shares in co-operative banks).

Sect. 19 amended, 1922, 208.

Sect. 27 amended, 1921, 211.

Sect. 31 amended, 1921, 158; 1922, 212; 1923, 21.

Sect. 41 amended, 1921, 157 § 1.

Sect. 42 amended, 1921, 157 § 2.

Sect. 47 amended, 1922, 256.

Chapter 171. — Credit Unions.

Certificates and articles of organization of credit unions filed in the
office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

The following references are to the original Chapter 171 :

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 147 § 1 ; 1923, 38.

Sect. 4A added, 1923, 294 § 1 (permitting domestic corporations, volun-
tary associations and partnerships to become limited members of credit
unions).

Chaps. 172-175.] GENERAL LaWS. 581

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 294 § 2.
Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 294 § 3.
Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 147 § 2.
Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 147 § 3.
Sect. 15, first paragraph amended, 1922, 147 § 4.

Sect. 16A added, 1923, 143 § 1 (providing for a reserve fund for credit
unions).

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 147 § 5; 1923, 294 § 4.

Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 54, 143 § 2.

Sect. 27 revised, 1923, 55.

Chapter 171 repealed and superseded by 1926, 273, § 1.

Chapter 172. — Trust Companies.

Certificates and articles of organization of trust companies and certificates
of increase and reduction of capital filed in the office of the State Secretary
deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 41. (See 1923, 121.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 263 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 263 § 2.

Sect. 11 revised, 1922, 293.

Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 265 § 2.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 352.

Sect. 18 re\ised, 1926, 239.

Sects. 20-22 repealed, 1923, 406 § 2.

Sect. 23 repealed, 1922, 363 § 2.

Sect. 24 revised, 1922, 488 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 488 § 3.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 162.

Sects. 28-30 repealed, 1923, 406 § 2.

Sect. 30A added, 1922, 310 (subjecting interdepartment transfers of
assets by trust companies to the supervision of the commissioner of banks).

Sect." 39 amended, 1922, 264.

Sect. 40 amended, 1921, 194.

Sect. 41 revised, 1922, 321.

Sect. 44 amended, 1922, 292.

Sect. 46 revised, 1922, 396.

Sect. 65 amended, 1922, 365.

Sect. 66 amended, 1921, 292 § 2; revised, 1922, 468 § 3.

Sect. 66A added, 1922, 468 § 4 (requiring savings departments of trust
companies to make loans to depositors on deposit books).

Sect. 73 amended, 1922, 294.

Sect. 76 amended, 1922, 291.

Sect. 80 revised, 1922, 394.

Chapter 175. — Insurance.

Certificates and articles of organization and amendment relative to in-
surance companies filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded,
see 1922, 151.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 165 § 1.

Sect. 2 A added, 1921, 277 § 1 (relative to contracts of reinsurance).

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 406 § 1.

582 Changes in the [Chap. i75.

Sect. 3A added, 1924, 406 § 2 (relative to administration of certain
insurance laws by commissioner of insurance).

Sect. 4 second par. amended, 1926, 156.

Sect. 6 amended, 1925, 154 § 3, 267 § 1; last sentence revised, 1926,
114 § 3.

Sect. 7 repealed, 1925, 154 § 6.

Sect. 8 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 8A added, 1923, 197 (extending the authority of the commissioner
of insurance relative to hearings).

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 213.

Sect. 10 revised, 1924, 406 § 3.

Sect. 13 repealed, 1923, 39 § 3.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 166; revised, 1924, 450 § 1; 1925, 124 § 1;
amended, 1926, 174 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1924, 450 § 2.

Sect. 18, first par. amended, 1924, 285 § 2; first par. revised, 1925,
164 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1921, 172 (relative to the merger of insurance com-
panies); revised, 1923, 192.

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 277 § 2; second par. amended, 1926, 74.

Sect. 22 amended, 1924, 406 § 18.

Sect. 23 revised, 1925, 154 § 1.

Sect. 23A added, 1925, 154 § 2 (requiring certain insurance companies
to notify the commissioner of insurance in certain cases); revised, 1925,
267 § 2; 1926, 5.

Sect. 25, Form A, Item 32 (b) revised, 1921, 165 § 2; first par. amended,
1923, 86.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 406 § 4.

Sect. 31A added, 1923, 373 (extending the territory within which in-
surance business may be transacted by domestic insurance companies
otherwise restricted by their charters).

Sect. 32 revised, 1921, 190.

Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 144.

Sects. 38^3 repealed, 1923, 120.

Sect. 46 A added, 1922, 407 (giving preference to certain claims against
insolvent domestic liability insurance companies).

Sect. 46B added, 1923, 118 § 2 (requiring domestic insurance companies
to file copies of their by-laws and amendments with the commissioner of
insurance).

Sect. 47, cl. Second amended, 1921, 198; els. Fourth and Sixth affected,
1925, 345; cl. Fourteenth added, 1921, 215 § 1 (authorizing writing of in-
surance in foreign countries); cl. Fifteenth added, 1921, 277 § 3 (relating
to reinsurance); section amended, 1925, 267 § 3.

Sect. 48 amended, 1921, 215 § 2; 277 § 4; 1923, 39 § 1; 1924, 406 § 5;
cl. contained in lines 25-29 amended, 1926, 114 § 1.

Sect. 48A added, 1924, 406 § 6 (relative to the organization of mutual
insurance companies); revised, 1925, 267 § 4.

Sect. 49 amended, 1921, 277 § 5; revised, 1924, 406 § 7; amended, 1924,
450 § 3.

Sect. 50 revised, 1924, 253; amended, 1924, 450 § 4.

Sect. 51, cl. (a) amended, 1923, 39 § 2; cl. (g) revised, 1924, 298 § 1;
amended, 1924, 450 § 5.

Sect. 53 repealed, 1922, 76.

Chap. 175.] GENERAL LawS. 583

Sect. 54, cl. (6) revised, 1923, 153; cl. (g) revised, 1924, 298 § 2; amended,
1924, 450 § G; first par. and els. (a) to (/) stricken ont, and first par. and
els. (a) to (e) inserted, 1925, 267 § 5.

Sect. 55. See 1921, 486 § 30.

Sect. 56 amended, 1924, 450 § 7.

Sect. 60, last par. revised, 1926, 14 § 1. (See 1922, 77.)

Sect. 63, cl. 7 (a) added, 1921, 215 § 3; revised, 1923, 297 § 1.

Sect. 65 amended, 1923, 297 § 2.

Sect. 66 revised, 1923, 297 § 3.

Sect. 70 amended, 1924, 450 § 8.

Sect. 71 amended, 1924, 450 § 9.

Sect. 73 amended, 1926, 53 § 1.

Sect. 80 amended, 1921, 160; second par. revised, 1926, 115.

Sect. 81 affected, 1921, 372.

Sect. 90 revised, 1925, 154 § 4, 267 § 6.

Sects. 90A and 90B added, 1925, 267 § 7 (regulating issue of policies
by certain mutual insurance companies); sect. 90A amended, 1926, 53 § 2.

Sect. 91 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 92 amended, 1925, 154 § 5, 267 § 8.

Sect. 93 amended, 1921, 486 § 30; 1925, 267 § 9.

Sects. 93A to 93D added, 1925, 267 § 10 (regulating the transaction of
business by certain mutual insurance companies); sect. 93B revised, 1926,
53 §3.

Sect. 94 amended, 1922, 77.

Sect. 99, cl. First revised, 1923, 137; first par. amended, 1924, 285 § 3.

Sect. 100 amended, 1923, 152, 198 § 1 ; revised, 1924, 406 § 8.

Sects. 102A and 102B added, 1924, 285 § 1 (relative to the issuance by
fire insurance companies of a single policy of insurance on which they are
severally liable.)

Sect. 103 repealed, 1923, 336 § 2.

Sect. 105 amended, 1924, 406 § 9; 1925, 267 § 11; affected, 1925, 345.
(See 1924, 406 § 19.)

Sect. 110 amended, 1921, 136.

Sects. lllA and lllB added, 1925, 164 § 1 (permitting certain insurance
companies to issue a single policy of liability insurance on which they are
severallv or jointly and severally liable).

Sect."^ 112 revised, 1923, 149 § 1.

Sect. 113 revised, 1923, 149 § 2.

Sects. 113 A to 113D added, 1925, 346 § 4 (relative to the form of com-
pulsory motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, so called, to premium
charges and classifications in connection therewith, and to proceedings to
enable owners of certain motor vehicles to compel the issue or execution
thereof) .

Sect. 113A, pro\'ision (2) revised, 1926, 368 § 4; new par. added, 1926,
368 § 5.

Sect. 114 revised, 1924, 406 § 10; 1925, 73.

Sect. 115 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 116 last par. revised, 1926, 114 § 3.

Sect. 118 amended, 1921, 167.

Sect. 119A added, 1921, 168 (to protect persons entitled to the proceeds
of life insurance and annuity policies, and the income therefrom, when re-
tained by life insurance companies).

Sect. 123 revised, 1924, 268; amended, 1925, 100; revised, 1925, 197 § 1.

584 Changes in the [Chap. 176.

Sect. 132, first par. revised, 1925, 197 § 2; provision 2 revised, 1922,
75; amended, 1923, 195; provision 7 amended, 1924, 75 § 1; provision
11 amended, 1924, 75 § 2.

Sect. 133 amended, 1921, 141.

Sect. 139 revised, 1926, 93 § 1.

Sect. 142 amended, 1924, 75 § 3.

Sect. 144, last par. amended, 1925, 197 § 3.

Sect. 150 amended, 1921, 372.

Sect. 151 revised, 1925, 267 § 12; els. Second and Fifth amended, 1926,
44 §1.

Sect. 152 amended, 1924, 406 § 11; revised, 1925, 267 § 13.

Sect. 153 revised, 1926, 44 § 2.

Sect. 154 amended, 1924, 406 § 12; revised, 1925, 124 § 2.

Sect. 156 amended, 1922, 81.

Sect. 159 amended, 1922, 417 § 2.

Sect. 163 amended, 1924, 450 § 10; 1926, 231.

Sect. 166 amended, 1924, 450 § 11; 1925, 124 § 3; 1926, 174 § 2.

Sect. 167A added, 1924, 450 § 12 (exempting certain veterans from
payment of fees for certain licenses).

Sect. 168 amended, 1924, 450 § 13; 1926, 64.

Sect. 172 amended, 1924, 450 § 14.

Sect. 172A added, 1923, 354 (authorizing the commissioner of insurance
to license voluntary associations as insurance agents, brokers and adjusters) ;
amended, 1924, 450 § 15.

Sect. 173 amended, 1924, 450 § 16.

Sect. 174 amended, 1924, 406 § 13; revised, 1924, 450 § 17; 1926, 70 § 1;
affected, 1926, 70 § 2.

Sect. 174A added, 1922, 69 (relative to notices of hearings before the
commissioner of insurance and of the revocation or suspension of licenses).

Sect. 174B added, 1923, 116 (requiring insurance agents, brokers and
adjusters to surrender their licenses upon revocation).

Sect. 178 amended, 1923, 362 § 88; 1924, 406 § 14.

Sect. 180 amended, 1924, 406 § 15.

Sect. 180A added, 1924, 49 (requiring receivers of domestic insurance
companies to give notice of their appointment to policy holders).

Sect. 182 amended, 1925, 346 § 5.

Sect. 183 amended, 1925, 346 § 6.

Sect. 184 amended, 1926, 93 § 2.

Sect. 187 amended, 1925, 54.

Sect. 187A added, 1922, 408 (relative to the limitation of actions on
policies of insurance).

Sects. 187B-187D added, 1923, 336 § 1 (relative to the cancellation of
insurance policies).

Sect. 189 amended, 1924, 406 § 16.

Sect. 190 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 192 amended, 1924, 285 § 4.

Sect. 193A added, 1922, 417 § 1 (relative to the enforcement of the
insurance laws).

Chapter 176. — Fraternal Benefit Societies.

Certificates of organization and amendment of fraternal benefit societies
filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chaps. 177-180.] GENERAL LawS. 585

Administration of certain insurance laws hy commissioner of insurance,
see 1924, 406 § 2 (inserting § 3A in chapter 175).

Sect. 16 amended, 1926, 207.

Sect. 17 revised, 1926. 206.

Sect. 39A added, 1921, 295 (relative to the valuation of securities held
by fraternal benefit societies).

Skct. 45 amended, 1922, 90; revised, 1925, SO § 2; amended, 1926, 77.

Sect. 46 revised, 1921, 155 § 1; amended, 1922, 494; revised, 1925, 80
§3.

Sect. 46A added, 1921, 155 § 2 (relative to the payment of disability
benefits by subordinate lodges).

Sect. 47 revised, 1925, 80 § 4.

Sect. 47A added, 1925, 80 § 1 (relative to the validity of certain con-
tracts and certificates of fraternal benefit societies).

Sect. 49 revised, 1925, 80 § 5.

Chapter 177. — Assessment Insurance.

Certificates of organization and amendment of assessment insurance com-
panies filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922,
151.

Administration of certain insurance laws by commissioner of insurance,
see 1924, 406 § 2 (inserting § 3A in chapter 175).

Sect. 13 amended, 1924, 384.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Chapter 178. — Savings Bank Life Insurance.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 79 § 1.

Sect. 21 revised, 1921, 416; amended, 1922, 79 § 2.

Chapter 179. — Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate lying in Common,

and General Fields.

Certificates of organization of proprietors of wharves and real estate
lying in common filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded,
see 1922, 151.

Chapter 180. — Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes.

Certificates of organization and amendment of certain corporations filed
in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 3 amended, 1925, 226.

Sect. 5 revised, 1926, 379 § 1.

Sect. 9 A added, 1926, 204 (providing for the maintenance of burial
grounds bv religious corporations).

Sect. 11 amended, 1926, 379 § 2.

Sect. 20 amended, 1923, 252 § 1.

Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 252 § 2.

Sect. 26 revised, 1926, 247.

Sect. 27 revised, 1926, 108 § 1.

Sect. 29 added, 1926, 347 (enabling cities and towns to regulate certain
diversions and amusements conducted by corporations created for club
purposes).

586 Changes in the [Chaps. I8I-I86.

Chapter 181. — Foreign Corporations.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 486 § 31.
Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 258.
Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 28.
Sect. 10. See 1923, 290 § 4.
Sect. 23 amended, 1926, 189.

Chapter 182. — Voluntary Associations.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926, 290 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1922, 272; amended, 1926, 290 § 2.

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 290 § 3.

Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 290 § 4.

Sect. 5 repealed, 1924, 190 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1926, 290 § 5.

Sect. 7 amended, 1926, 290 § 6.

Chapter 183. — Alienation of Land.

Sect. 5A added, 1924, 227 (recording of certain affidavits relative to the
title of land).

Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 71.
Sect. 52 amended, 1923, 96.

Chapter 185. — The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 271 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1924, 271 § 2.

Sect. 10 amended, 1923, 374 § 1.

Sect. 12 revised, 1923, 374 § 2.

Sect. 13A added, 1924, 157 (relative to the appointment and compen-
sation of stenographers for certain trials in the land court).

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 486 § 32; revised, 1923, 385; amended, 1924,
271 § 3.

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 374 § 3.

Sect. 46, cl. Fifth amended, 1924, 31.

Sect. 53 amended, 1921, 117.

Sect. 97 amended, 1926, 90 § 1.

Sect. 103 amended, 1923, 362 § 89.

Sect. Ill amended, 1926, 90 § 2.

Chapter 186. — Estates for Tears and at Will.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1927, relative to termination of
tenancies at will, 1919, 257; 1920, 538; 1921, 489; 1922, 357 § 1; 1923, 11;
1924, 72 § 3; 1925, 86; 1926, 173.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1927, penalizing lessors for viola-
tion of certain rights of tenants, 1920, 555; 1921, 491; 1922, 357 § 2;
1923, 6; 1924, 72 § 1; 1925, 192; 1926, 172.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1927, granting dlscretionarj'^ stay
of proceedings in actions of summary process, 1920, 577; 1921, 490; 1922,
357 § 3; 1923, 36 § 2; 1924, 72 § 2; 1925, 111; 1926, 183.

Chaps. 18S-194.] GENERAL LawS. 587

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1927, abolishino; fictitious costs,
so-called, in certain actions of summary process, 1923, 30 § 1; 1924, 72 § 2;
1925, 111; 192(), 1S3.

Sect. 12 affected temporarily, 1919, 257; 1920, 538; 1921, 489; 1922,
357 § 1; 1923, 11; 1924, 72 § 3; 1925, 80; 192(3, 173.

Chapter 188. — Homesteads.

Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 56 § 4. (See 1924, 56 § 5.)
Sect. 7A added, 1924, 56 § 3 (relative to the releasing of rights of home-
stead). (See 1924, 56 § 5.)

Chapter 189. — Dower and Curtesy.

Sect. 1A added, 1924, 56 § 1 (relative to the releasing of rights of dower
and curtesy). (See 1924, 56 § 5.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1924, 56 § 2. (See 1924, 56 § 5.)

Chapter 190. — Descent and Distribution of Real and Personal Property.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 7 amended, 1925, 281 § 3.

Chapter 191. — Wills.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 20 revised, 1925, 155 § 1.

Sect. 21 repealed, 1925, 155 § 2.

Chapter 192. — Probate of Wills and Appointment of Executors.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 193. — Appointment of Administrators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 64.

Chapter 194. — Public Administrators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

588 Changes in the [Chaps. 195-201.

Chapter 196. — General Provisions relative to Executors and Adminis-
trators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 196. — Allowances to Widows and Children, and Advancements.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 197. — Payment of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, dnect enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 198. — Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 7A added, 1922, 175 § 1 (relative to the allowance of claims of
creditors receiving preferences).

Sects. lOA-lOC added, 1922, 175 § 2 (relative to preferences made by
persons dying insolvent).

Chapter 199. — Settlements of Estates of Deceased Non-Residents.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 200. — Settlement of Estates of Absentees.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926, 3.

Chapter 201. — Guardians and Conservators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 3 revised, 1922, 461.

Sect. 45 amended, 1924, 8.

Chaps. 202-206.1 GENERAL LaWS. 589

Chapter 202. — Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors,
Administrators, Guardians and Conservators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 321.

Chapter 203. — Trusts.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 21 revised, 1926, 226.

Chapter 204. — General Provisions relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases,
Compromises, etc., by Executors, etc.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 13 amended, 1925, 67 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1925, 67 § 2.

Sect. 23 amended, 1921, 44 § 1.

Sect. 24 amended, 1921, 44 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 44 § 3.

Sect. 26 amended, 1921, 44 § 4.

Chapter 205. — Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Con-
servators, Trustees and Receivers.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 1. See 1922, 512.

Sect. 6A added, 1923, 259 (relative to bonds required of national banks
as fiduciaries).

Sect. 7A added, 1922, 512 (relative to certain fiduciary bonds in the
probate court).

Sect. 19A added, 1924, 406 § 19 (relative to deposit of funds by fiduciaries
for safekeeping). [Formerly in chapter 175 § 105.]

Sects. 20-35. See 1922, 512.

Chapter 206. — Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administrators,
Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 23 A added, 1922, 59 (issumg of citations on probate accounts).

590 Changes in the [Chaps. 207-212.

Chapter 207. — Marriage.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 98; 1923, 305 § 1.
Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 305 § 2.
Sect. 39 amended, 1926, 102.

Chapter 208. — Divorce.

General provisions of law governing libels for divorce brought in the
superior court made applicable to such libels when commenced in the
probate court, see 1922, 532 § 6.

Sect. G amended, 1921, 466 § 1; 1922, 532 § 5; revised, 1922, 542 § 1.

Sect. 6A added, 1922, 532 § 6 (making the general provisions of law
governing libels for divorce brought in the superior court applicable to such
libels when commenced in the probate court); second paragraph amended,
1926, 363 § 3.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 60; 1924, 193.

Sect. 9A added, 1921, 466 § 2 (transfer from the superior to the probate
court of uncontested divorce libels); repealed, 1922, 542 § 3.

Chapter 209. — Husband and Wife.

Sect. 32 revised, 1921, 56.

Sects. 32A-32C added, 1922, 242 (naming of third parties in proceedings
for separate support).
Sect. 35 revised, 1924, 345 § 1.
Sect. 36 revised, 1924, 345 § 2.

Chapter 211. — The Supreme Judicial Court.

Provision for the publication and sale of advance sheets of the opinions
and decisions of the supreme judicial court, see 1923, Resolve 30; 1926,
Resolve 40.

As to the transfer of causes within the concurrent jurisdiction of the
superior court or the probate court and of the supreme judicial court, see
1922 532 § 1.

Sect. 7 revised, 1926, 329 § 8.

Sect. 12 revised, 1926, 329 § 9.

Sect. 15 amended, 1925, 279 § 5; revised, 1926, 329 § 10.

Sect. 22. See 1923, 375.

Sect. 23 revised, 1922, 228 § 2.

Chapter 212. — The Superior Court.

As to the transfer of causes within the concurrent jurisdiction of the
superior court or the probate court and of the supreme judicial court, see
1922, 532 § 1.

As to concurrent jurisdiction of divorce libels in the superior and probate
courts, see 1922, 532 §§ 4, 5, 7; 542.

Temporary act, inoperative after July 1, 1927, providing for the more
prompt disposition of criminal cases in the superior court, see 1923, 469
(amended, 1924, 485; 1926, 285).

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 532 § 3; 1925, 304 § 1.

Chaps. 213-217.] GENERAL LawS. 591

Sect. 3 amended, 1922, 532 § 4. (See 1922, 532 § 5.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1925, 279 § 4.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 35, 327.

Sect. 16 amended, 1922, 532 § 11.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 262 § 1.

Sect. ISA added, 1921, 350 § 1 (authorizing sittings of the superior
court at Quincy); repealed, 1923, 262 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1922, 533 (providing for the appointment of a special
master by the superior court).

Sect. 24 amended, 1926, 228; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 28 revised, 1924, 188.

Chapter 213. — Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts.
Sect. 7 revised, 1924, 150.

Chapter 214. — Equity Jurisdiction and Procedure in the Supreme Judicial

and Superior Courts.

Sect. 3 el. (7), see 1922, 486 § 1 subsect. 44; el. (10) revised, 1923,
149 § 3.

Sect. 6 revised, 1926, 138.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 431 § 1.

Sect. 25 A added, 1926, 177 (regulating practice as to exceptions in suits
in equity).

Sect. 32 revised, 1922, 532 § 1.

Sect. 33 repealed, 1922, 532 § 2.

Chapter 215. — Probate Courts.

As to the transfer of causes within the concurrent jurisdiction of the
superior court or the probate court and of the supreme judicial court, see
1922, 532 § 1.

As to concurrent jurisdiction of divorce libels in the superior and probate
courts, see 1922, 532 §§ 4, 5, 7; 542.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 466 § 3; 1922, 532 § 7; revised, 1922, 542 § 2.

Sect. 8A added, 1925, 159 (providing for a change of venue of proceed-
ings in probate courts).

Sect. 18 revised, 1923, 392; 1924, 194 § 1.

Sect. 24 revised, 1926, 214.

Sect. 56A added, 1923, 432 (relative to the appointment by judges of
probate of guardians ad litem in certain proceedings). (See 1924, 194 § 2.)

Sect. 62 amended, 1922, 41, 257; 1923, 325 § 1, 483.

Chapter 217. — Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency.

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 375; 1926, 97 § 1.
Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 164 § 1.
Sect. 24 amended, 1923, 164 § 2.
Sect. 25 amended, 1923, 164 § 3.

592 Changes in the [Chap. 218.

Sect. 27A added, 1924, 194 § 2 (authorizing the appointment of a per-
manent officer for the probate court for Suflfolk county).

Sect. 28 amended, 1925, 246.

Sect. 33 revised, 1921, 42 § 1; amended, 1923, 362 § 90.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 383 § 1; re\ised, 1926, 380 § 1.

Sect. 35 revised, 1926, 380 § 2.

Sect. 36 amended, 1922. 333 § 4; 1923, 362 § 91 ; repealed, 1926, 380 § 3.

Sect. 37 revised, 1921, 364; amended, 1923, 383 § 2; repealed, 1926,
380 § 4.

Sect. 38 re\'ised, 1926, 380 § 5.

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 42 § 2; revised, 1924, 415 § 1.

Sect. 40 amended, 1923, 384; 1924, 376.

Sect. 41 amended, 1926, 97 § 2.

Chapter 218. — District Courts.

As to jurisdiction and procedure in civil cases in district courts other
than the municipal court of the city of Boston, see 1922, 532 § 8.

Police courts to be known as district courts, 1921, 430 § 1.

Temporary act, inoperative after July 1, 1927, providing that certain
justices of district courts sit in criminal cases in the superior court, see
1923, 469 (amended, 1924, 485; 1926, 285).

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; 1923, 243 § 1; 1924, 229 § 1.

Sect. 6, first par. amended, 1924, 229 § 2; 1925, 88 § 1.

Sect. 10 revised, 1921, 287 § 1; 1922, 63 § 1; amended, 1923, 164 § 4;
revised, 1923, 314 § 1; amended, 1923, 379 § 1; revised, 1925, 257 § 1;
1926,69 § 1;366 § 1;389 § 1.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 156.

Sect. 16 revised, 1926, 191 § 1.

Sect. 19 revised, 1922, 532 § 12 A; 1924, 57 § 1.

Sect. 20 amended, 1924, 57 § 2.

Sect. 21 amended, 1922, 99 § 1.

Sect. 23 amended, 1925, 132 § 1.

Sect, 27 revised, 1924, 149.

Sect. 36 revised, 1924, 58.

Sect. 38 amended, 1926, 271 § 4; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 43 amended, 1922, 532 § 9.

Sect. 43 A added, 1922, 532 § 10 (estabhshing an administrative com-
mittee of district courts).

Sect. 47 amended, 1926, 191 § 2.

Sect. 53 amended, 1922, 309 § 1; 1923, 323 § 1; 1924, 36.

Sect. 55 revised, 1921, 486 § 33.

Sect. 62 amended, 1921,284 § 1; revised, 1922, 299 § 1; 1923, 448 § 1;
amended, 1924, 86 § 1.

Sect. 65 amended, 1924, 86 § 2.

Sect. 68 amended, 1925, 255 § 1.

Sects. 69-73, as amended by 1921, 430 § 1; 465 § 1, superseded by new
sections 69 and 70. (See 1922, 399 §§ 1-3).

Sect. 69 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; revised, 1922, 399 § 1.

Sect. 70 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; revised, 1922, 399 § 2.

Sect. 71 revised, 1921, 465 § 1; repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 71A added, 1921, 334 § 1 (relative to extra clerical assistance for
district court of Springfield); repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Chaps. 219-221.] GENERAL LawS. 593

Sect, 71 B added, 1921, 334 § 2 (relative to extra clerical assistance for
district court of Hampshire) ; repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 71C added, 1921, 464 § 1 (relative to clerical assistance for the
municipal court of the Roxbury district); repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 71 D added, 1921, 465 § 2 (relative to clerical assistance for the
municipal court of the Brighton district); repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 72 repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 73 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 75 amended, 1921, 284 § 2; 1922, 309 § 2; revised, 1923, 323 § 2;
amended, 1923, 448 § 2; revised, 1924, 506 § 1.

Sect. 76 amended, 1921, 355 § 1; 1924, 484 § 1; revised, 1924, 505 § 1.

Sect. 77 revised, 1923, 326 § 1.

Sect. 78 amended, 1923, 479 § 1.

Sect. 79 amended, 1923, 379 § 2; revised, 1926, 366 § 2.

Sect. 80 revised, 1921, 355 § 2; amended, 1924, 484 § 2; revised, 1924,
503 § 1.

Sect. 81 revised, 1925, 38.

Sect. 83 amended, 1921, 321 § 1; revised, 1923, 322 § 1; 1925, 256 § 1.

Chapter 219. — Trial Justices.

Sect. 2 amended, 1924, 229 § 3.
Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 364 § 1; 1924, 229 § 4.

Sect. 17A added, 1926, 288 (providing for clerical assistance for the trial
justice in the town of Ludlow).

Chapter 221. — Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 487 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 305; 1923, 164 § 5; revised, 1923, 206 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 164 § 6.

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 236.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 423 § 1; 1925, 108.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 423 § 2.

Sect. 20 amended, 1922, 53; revised, 1924, 392.

Sect. 24 revised, 1924, 131.

Sects. 34A-34C added, 1924, 244 (relative to a judicial council to make
a continuous study of the organization, procedure and practice of the courts).

Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 290 § 1; 1925, 11. (See 1922, 493 and 1924,
316, permitting certain aliens to take examinations for admission to the
bar.)

Sect. 38A added, 1924, 316 (permitting certain aliens to take examinations
for admission to the bar).

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 290 § 2.

Sect. 40 revised, 1924, 134.

Sect. 47 amended, 1925, 346 § 8.

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 163.

Sect. 69 amended, 1923, 407 § 1.

Sect. 70 amended, 1923, 324 § 1.

Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 352 § 1.

Sect. 72 amended, 1923, 407 § 2.

Sect. 74 amended, 1924, 417 § 1.

Sect. 75 amended, 1921, 423; revised, 1925, 138.

594 Changes in the [Chaps. 222-231.

Sect. 90 repealed, 1922, 228 § 1.
Sect. 92 re\ised, 1926. 294.
Sect. 93 amended, 1922, 487 § 2.
Sect. 95 amended, 1923, 206 § 2.
Sect. 96 amended, 1921, 486 § 34.
Sect. 98 amended, 1924, 350 § 1.

Chapter 222. — Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Commissioners.
Sect. 2 repealed, 1923, 164 § 7.

Chapter 223. — Commencement of Actions, Service of Process.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 432.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 99 § 2.

Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 111.

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 338.

Sect. 37 amended, 1926, 255.

Sect. 39. See 1921, 486 § 37.

Sect. 39A added, 1924, 285 § 5 (relative to service in actions against
fire insurance companies severally liable upon a single policy); revised,
1925, 164 § 3.

Sect. 45A added, 1921, 425 § 1 (security for officers making attachments).

Sect. 86 A added, 1925, 170 § 1 (relative to relief in the nature of equi-
table attachments in certain proceedings in the supreme judicial and superior
courts).

Sect. 115A added, 1924, 10 (dissolution of attachment of real property
if no service upon defendant).

Sect. 122 amended, 1926, 89.

Sect. 129A added, 1921, 425 § 2 (release by officer of personal property
attached upon filing of bond).

Chapter 224. — Arrest on Civil Process.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 33.

Sect. 18A added, 1921, 425 § 3 (security to officers arresting on civil
process).
Sect. 59 amended, 1923, 34.

Chapter 229. — Actions for Death and Injuries resulting in Death.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 486 § 35.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922,^439; 1925, 346 § 9.

Chapter 231. — Pleading and Practice.

Sect. 18 amended, 1921, 431 § 2.

Sect. 59A added, 1922, 509 § 1 (relating to the speedy trial of cases in
the supreme judicial and superior courts).
Sect. 63 revised, 1922, 314.
Sect. 69 revised, 1926, 381 § 1.
Sect. 97 amended, 1922, 532 § 12.
Sect. 103 amended, 1921, 486 § 36.

Chaps. 233-240.] GENERAL LaWS. 595

Sects. 104-110 affected, 1921, 486 § 36.

Sects. IIOA-IIOC added, 1922, 532 § 8 (relative to jurisdiction and
procedure in civil cases in district courts other than the municipal court of
the city of Boston).

Sect. IIOA amended, 1925, 132 § 2.

Sect. 115 revised, 1923, 5.

Sect. 146 amended, 1926, 381 § 2.

Chapter 233. — Witnesses and Evidence.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 263.

Sect. 5 revised, 1926, 230; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 70 revised, 1926, 168 § 1.

Sects. 71, 72 repealed, 1926, 168 § 2.

Chapter 234. — Juries.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 413 § 1; 1924, 311 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 455 § 2.

Sect. 3 A added, 1921, 455 § 1 (postponement of jury service).

Sect. 4 revised, 1924, 311 § 2.

Sect. S amended, 1926, 193; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 23 revised, 1924, 311 § 3.

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 311 § 4.

Sect. 29 amended, 1926, 192; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 37 amended, 1924, 311 § 5.

Chapter 235. — Judgment and Execution.

Sect. 8 amended, 1924, 38.
Sect. 17 amended, 1925, 217 § 1.
Sect. 23 revised, 1925, 217 § 2.

Sect. 35 revised, 1921, 425 § 4 (security for officers taking property on
execution).

Chapter 236. — Levy of Executions on Land.
Sect. 47 amended, 1925, 217 § 3.

Chapter 239. — Sunxmary Process for Possession of Land.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1927, relative to termination of
tenancies at will, 1919, 257; 1920, 538; 1921, 489; 1922, 357 § 1; 1923, 11;

1924, 72 § 3; 1925, 86; 1926, 173.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1927, granting discretionary stay
of proceedings in actions of summary process, 1920, 577; 1921, 490;
1922, 357 § 3; 1923, 36 § 2; 1924, 72 § 2; 1925, 111; 1926, 183.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1927, abolishing fictitious costs,
so-called, in certain actions of summary process, 1923, 36 § 1; 1924, 72 § 2;

1925, 111; 1926, 183.

Chapter 240. — Proceedings for Settlement of Title to Land.
Sect. 15 amended, 1924, 20.

596 Changes in the [Chaps. 246-255.

Chapter 246. — Trustee Process.

Sect. 4A added, 1921, 417 (relative to trustee suits in district courts).

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 486 § 37.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 93.

Sect. 32, cl. First revised, 1924, 151.

Sect. 45 amended, 1925, 217 § 4.

Chapter 260. — Writs of Error.
Sect. 11 amended, 1925, 279 § 3; 1926, 329 § 7.

Chapter 251. — Arbitration.

Sect. 2 revised, 1925, 294 § 1.
Sect. 7 amended, 1925, 294 § 2.
Sect. 11 amended, 1925, 294 § 3.
Sect. 13 revised, 1925, 294 § 4.

Sects. 14-22 added, 1925, 294 § 5 (relative to the arbitration by parties
to contracts of controversies subsequently arising between them).

Chapter 252. — Improvement of Low Land and Swamps.

Sects. 1-14, as amended by 1922, 349 §§ 1-9, and section 14A, inserted
by 1922, 349 § 10, were superseded by sections 1-14B, inserted by 1923,
457 § 1.

Changes noted below are to sections as inserted by 1923, 457 § 1.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926, 393 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1926, 393 § 2.

Sect. 5 revised, 1926, 393 § 3.

Sect. 6, first par. revised, 1924, 93 § 1 ; 1926, 393 § 4; last par. revised,
1924, 93 § 2.

Sect. 7, first sentence amended, 1924, 93 § 3; amended, 1926, 393 § 5.

Sect. 8 revised, 1926, 393 § 6.

Sect. 9 revised, 1926, 393 § 7.

Sect. 10 revised, 1926, 393 § 8.

Sect. 11 revised, 1926, 393 § 9.

Sect. 14 revised, 1926, 393 § 10.

Sect. 14A amended, 1926, 393 § 11.

Chapter 253. — Mills, Dams and Reservoirs.

Sect. 44 amended, 1924, 178 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 334 § 2; revised, 1924, 178 § 2.

Sect. 47 revised, 1924, 178 § 3.

Sect. 48 revised, 1924, 178 § 4.

Chapter 255. — Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal
Property, and Liens thereon.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 233.

Sects. 31A and 31B added, 1925, 175 § 1 (relative to the lien of spinners
and others to secure charges for work, labor and materials in respect of
certain goods).

Chaps. 2G0-266.1 GENERAL LawS. 597

Chapter 260. — Limitation of Actions.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926, 281.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 319 § 1; 1925, 316 § 10.

Chapter 261. — Costs in Civil Actions.

Sect. 4 amended, 1925, 132 § 3. (See 1925, 132 § 4.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1924, 108 § 1.
Sect. 25 revised, 1924, 108 § 2.

Sect. 25 A added, 1924, 108 § 6 (allowance to prevailing party of certain
expenses).

Sect. 26 revised, 1924, 108 § 3.
Sect. 27 revised, 1924, 108 § 4.
Sect. 28 repealed, 1924, 108 § 5.

Chapter 262. — Fees of Certain Officers.

Sect. 1 amended, 1925, 81. ■

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 128.
Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 363 § 1.
Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 259.
Sect. 25 amended, 1924, 111.
Sect. 39 revised, 1923, 374 § 4.
Sect. 40 re\ased, 1926, 363 § 2.
Sect. 50. See 1922, 377 § 1.
Sect. 53 amended, 1922, 377 § 1.
Sect. 56 amended, 1922, 377 § 2.

Chapter 263. — Rights of Persons Accused of Crime.

Sect. 8 A added, 1922, 432 (preventing double trials in district courts
and before trial justices).

Chapter 264. — Crimes against Governments.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 278; 1922, 227.

Sect. 10 A added, 1924, 219 (to prevent the abuse of the uniform of the
naval and other forces of the United States).

Chapter 265. — Crimes against the Person.

Sect. 14 amended, 1923, 280.

Sect. 24A added, 1923, 339 (relative to the venue of certain specific
crimes).

Chapter 266. — Crimes against Property.

Sect. 27A added, 1923, 347 § 1 (penalizing the removal or concealment
of automobiles with intent to defraud the insurers).

Sect. 28 revised, 1926, 267 § 1; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 347 § 2.

Sect. 52 revised, 1922, 313 § 1.

Sect. 53 A added, 1922, 313 § 2 (providing for the punishment of certain
crimes relating to banks and banking).

598 Changes in the [Chaps. 268-276.

Sect. 55 revised, 1922, 313 § 3.

Sect. 63 amended, 1926, 203; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. lllA added, 1926, 198 (relative to fraudulent claims under policies
of fire insurance).

Sect. 139 added, 1925, 237 § 2 (penalty for wrongfully tampering with
"serial number" of motor vehicle).

Chapter 268. — Crimes against Public Justice.

Sect. 1A added, 1926, 187 § 1 (relative to dispensing with the oath as a
method of verifying certain written instruments).
Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 451.

Sect. 8 A added, 1923, 241 (relative to bribing police officers).
Sect. 16 amended, 1925, 53.
Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 52.

Chapter 269. — Crimes against Public Peace.

Sect. 9 repealed, 1923, 248 § 2.
Sect. 10 revised, 1923, 248 § 1; 1925, 284 § 5.

Sect. lOA added, 1926, 261 (prohibiting the sale and use of silencers
for firearms).

Sect. 12 amended, 1922, 485 § 10.

Chapter 271. — Crimes against Public Policy.
Sect. 17 revised, 1922, 315.

Chapter 272. — Crimes against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good

Order.

Sect. 86 affected, 1921, 109; revised, 1924, 478 § 1.
Sects. 86A-86F added, 1924, 478 § 2 (relative to additional fire protection
for horses and mules in cities).
Sect. 88 amended, 1926, 76 § 1.
Sect. 89 amended, 1926, 76 § 2.

Chapter 273. — Desertion, Non-Support and Bastardy.

Sect. 1 amended, 1925, 126.
Sect. 4 revised, 1922, 397.
Sect. 5 amended, 1925, 182.
Sect. 9 amended, 1924, 381.

Chapter 274. — Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to commit Crimes.
Sect. 6 revised, 1924, 164.

Chapter 276. — Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives from Justice, Arrest,
Examination, Commitment and Bail. Probation Officers and Com-
mission on Probation.

Sect. 1, cl. Fifteenth added, 1924, 94 § 2 (search warrants for oleo-
margarine colored in imitation of yellow butter, etc.).

Sect. 57 amended, 1922, 464 § 1; revised, 1923, 436 § 1; amended, 1926,
320 § 1.

Chaps. 277-279.] GENERAL LaaVS. 599

Sect. 60 amended, 1923, 436 § 2.

Sect. (U revised, 1922, 465 § 1; amended, 1926, 340 § 3.
Sects. 61A and 61B added, 1922, 465 § 2 (relating to bail in criminal
cases); sect. 6lB revised, 1926, 340 § 1.

Sect. 63 revised, 1922, 465 § 3; amended, 1924, 18.

Sect. 74 revised, 1926, 340 § 2.

Sect. 81 amended, 1922, 361 § 1.

Sect. 85 revised, 1926, 320 § 2.

Sect. 87 amended, 1926, 271 § 1 ; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 100 amended, 1926, 320 § 3.

Chapter 277. — Indictments and Proceedings before Trial.

Sects. 1-14. See 1922, 466.

Sect. 1 amended, 1924, 311 § 6.

Sect. 2 amended, 1924, 311 § 7.

Sect, 2 A added, 1922, 466 (providing for special grand juries).

Sect. 35A added, 1926, 227 (authorizing amendments of indictments
and complaints in certain cases); affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 57 A added, 1923, 340 (relative to the venue of crimes in general).

Sects. 70 A and 70B added, 1922, 458 (regulating the disposition with-
out trial of criminal cases).

Chapter 278. — Trials and Proceedings before Judgment.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 262.

Sect. 16A added, 1923, 251 (protecting witnesses under the age of seven-
teen at trials for certain crimes).

Sect. 29 revised, 1922, 508 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1925, 279 § 2; 1926, 329 § 6.

Sects. 33A-33G added, 1925, 279 § 1 (relative to certain appeals in
murder and manslaughter cases and to the elimination of delay therein).

Sect. 33A amended, 1926, 329 § 1.

Sect. 33B amended, 1926, 329 § 2.

Sect. 33C amended, 1926, 329 § 3.

Sect. 33E revised, 1926, 329 § 4.

Sect. 33F revised, 1926, 329 § 5.

Chapter 279. — Judgment and Execution.

Sect. 1 amended, 1924, 175 § 1; 1925, 297 § 2; 1926, 271 § 2; affected,
1926, 296.

Sect, 1A added, 1924, 175 § 2 (relative to the suspension of execution of
sentences of both fine and imprisonment); amended, 1926, 271 § 3; affected,
1926, 296.

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 266; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 3A added, 1926, 245 (to expedite sentence in certain criminal cases) ;
affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 4 A added, 1926, 320 § 4 (requiring courts to obtain criminal records
of defendants in certain cases before disposition thereof).

Sect. 8 A added, 1924, 165 (relative to the time of the taking effect of
a "from and after" sentence).

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 152,

600 Changes in the General Laws. [Chaps. 281, 282.

Chapter 281. — The General Laws and their Effect.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 486 § 38.

Chapter 282. — Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves.

For additional acts and resolves repealed, see 1921, 486 § 39.
1906, 463 Part III § 2 and 1909, 490 Part II § 76 revived and re-enacted
by 1921, 486 § 40 and said § 76 later repealed by 1924, 7.

(illjp Qlommorauraltli 0f iiaBsarljuHFtta

Office of the Secretary, Boston, August 14, 1926.

I certify that the acts and resolves contained in this volume are true
copies of the originals on file in this department.

I further certify that the table of changes in general laws has been
prepared, and is printed as an appendix to this edition of the laws, by
direction of the Joint Committee on Rules of the General Court, in
accordance with the provisions of section 51, chapter 3 of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter 197, Acts of 1922.

FREDERIC W. COOK,

Secretary of the Commonwealth.

INDEX.

Item or
Chap. Section.

Abatement of taxes (see Taxation).

Absconders (see Absentees, estates of).

Absentees, estates of, proceedings to settle, participation of state

treasurer in ........ 3

receivers of, appointment of, petitions to probate courts for, en-
try fees for 363 2, 4

Absentee voting, application for ballots for, form of . . .38

appropriation ......... 79 195

Academy, Derby, Trustees of, name established, provision as to

trustees and authorized to hold additional property . 152 1-4

Accidents, industrial, department of (see Industrial accidents, de-
partment of).
workmen, to, compensation for (see Workmen's compensation
law).
Accountants, public, registration of, appropriation ... 79 405, 405?, 406
Accounts, cities and towns, of (see Municipal finance).

claims, and, unclassified, appropriation ..... 79 218-229

supplementary . . . _ . . . . .398 219-230h

director and division of (see Corporations and taxation, depart-
ment of),
public (see County finance; Municipal finance; State finance).
Actions, civil, admission of material facts and papers and documents

in 381 1,2

attachment of property in (see Attachment of property),
divorce actions, appeals in, from probate court to supreme judi-
cial court ......... 214

exceptions in (see Exceptions) .
executions in (see Executions in civil actions),
judgments in (see Judgments in civil actions),
limitation of (see Limitation of actions).

summary process, of, certain, discretionary stay of proceedings

in, act providing for, and temporarily abolishing fictitious

costs therein, amended and duration extended . .

trusts, certain, against ........

See also Equity; Evidence; Practice in civil actions; Service of
process.
Acts and resolves, approval of certain, withheld by governor Page
blue book edition of, appropriation .....

cumulative index of, appropriation .....

effective dates of certain acts passed at current session of general
court affecting functions of courts ....

number passed by general court ..... Page

pamphlet edition of, appropriation .....

vetoed by governor ...... Pages

See also Laws; Statutes.
Acushnet, Fire and Water District, officers of, election of certain,

validated ........ 325

river, dredging of, and its tributaries in New Bedford, Acushnet

and Fairhaven, investigation as to . . Resolve 53

appropriation ........ 398 622b

town of (see Cities and towns).
Adjutant general (see Militia).
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, COMMISSION ON:

in general, appropriation ....... 79 138-141

reclassification of certain appointive offices and positions in
government of commonwealth and investigation of cer-
tain statutory and other salaries, duties as to Resolve 45
appropriation . . . . . . . ' . 398 30d

budget commissioner, mental diseases, department of, consulta-
tion by, with, in investigating as to additional hospital
accommodations for patients in charge of said department

Resolve 22
comptroller, accounts against commonwealth on account of state

paupers and other poor persons, etc., certification by . 241 1, 9, 10

Dukes county, judge of probate for, salary of, deduction from,

by, when ........ 97 2

Newcomb, Amey F., payment to, certification as to, by

Resolve 14

183
290

1-3
5

531
79
79

186
185

296
531
79
531, 532

184

604

Index.

Administration of estates of deceased persons, petitions for,
fees for entry of, in probate courts ....

Administrators (see Executors and administrators).
Admissions, material facts and papers and documents, of, in actions
at law or suits in equity ......

AfTrrmation (see Oath).
Agents, insurance (see Insurance).

Agricultural College, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts Agri-
cultural Collcpe).
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, apples, grading and packing of, laws regulating,
enforcement by .
appropriation ......

supplementary .....

birds, report on, second volume, publication by . Resolve
appropriation . . . .

reclamation board, state, membership on, by one employee of
etc. .......

service in ..... .

commissioner, apples, grading and packing of, laws regulating
enforcement, etc., by . .

plant pest control, regulations as to, approval by
divisions, etc., of:

apiaries, inspector of, regulations by, enforcement of
dairying and animal husbandry, appropriation
markets, appropriation ....

ornithology, appropriation
plant pest control, appropriation

director of, regulations by, making, etc., . _
reclamation, soil survey and fairs, appropriation
Aid, state and military (see State and military aid). _

state, and pensions, commissioner of (see State aid and pensions,
commissioner of).
Aid and relief, division of (see Public welfare, department of).
Aircraft landing field, East Boston, improvement of .

lease to United States, period extended . . _ . . _ .

Aldermen, corporations, certain, change of location by, written
consent for, by . . . _. _. _ .

incorporation and change of name of, investigation and report

as to, by .
violation of liquor or gaming laws on premises of, etc., notice
to state secretary by . . . _ . . _ .

innholders, common victuallers, etc., conducting certain amuse-
ments, etc., licensing by ..... .

See also City councils; Mayor and aldermen.
Alewife brook valley, in city of Cambridge, additional main sewer

in, construction by metropolitan district commission
Alewives (see Fish and fisheries).

Alien minors, fishing by certain, in certain waters permitted without
license, etc. ........

trapping licenses, issuance to certain .....

Americanization, immigration and, division of (see Education,

department of).
Amusements, corporations created forclub purposes, conducting
by, of certain, regulation by cities and towns
innholders, common victuallers, etc., conducting certain, etc.,
licensing of ........

Andrews-Wasgatt Company, revived .....

Animal husbandry, dairying and, division of (see Agriculture,

department of).
Animal industry, division of (see Conservation, department of).
Animals, injuries by, to certain shrubs, plants, trees, etc., civil and
criminal liability for permitting .....

inspectors of, reimbursement of certain towns for, appropri-
ation .........

See also Game.
Annuities, Lord's Day League of New England, contracts by, to pay
soldiers and others, of, appropriation .....

state employees, of, appropriation . _ .
See also Retirement systems and pensions.
Anthracite coal, legal standard of sizes for, sold in commonwealth,
establishment of .......

Chap.

Item or
Section.

363

2,4

381

1, 2

;. / 35
. 1264

1,5, 6

. 79

235-253

. 398

251a

e 31

. 398

251a

! 393

. 393

gj 35
. 1264

1, 5, 6

. 31

. 23

. 79

241, 242

. 79

247, 248

. 79

245, 246

. 79

243, 244

. 31

1, 2

. 79

249-251

385
275

247

379

108

1.2

299

1. 2

213

352
352

347

299
345

311

103
79
79 212,

382

1. 2

1. 4
2-4

1, 2
1, 2

290

224
218-222

Index.

605

Apiaries, inspcrtion of, appropriation ......

laws rcpulatinp, onforconicnt of ..... .

APPEAL, BOARDS OF:

coniniissioncr of corporations and taxation, from decisions of,
appropriation ....

corporation taxes, appeals as to, to
income taxes, appeals as to, to _.
fire insurance rates, on, appropriation

motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, on, appropriation
secretary' and clerical assistants, appointment by .
Appeals, superior court, to, taxes, income, abatement of, for .

local, abatement of, for . . . . _ . . _

supreme judicial court, to, felony cases, in, certain, and provi-
sion for elimination of delay in all felony and certain
other criminal cases ......

law questions, argument before full court, when .
probate court, from, in divorce actions_
Apples, grading and packing of, laws regulating, enforcement of

uniform, made, with laws on same subject in other New
England states
APPROPRIATI9NS :

absentee voting ....

accountants, public, registration of
accounts, and claims, unclassified .

supplementary ....

division of, in department of corporations and taxation

supplementary ...
municipal, auditing and installing of .
supplementary . . _ .

acts and resolves, blue book edition
cumulative index ....

pamphlet edition . . . _. _

Acushnet river, etc., dredging of, investigation as to
adjutant general . . . . .

administration and finance, commission on
advisory board, department of agriculture

department of education
Agricultural College, Massachusetts
deficiency .....

supplementary .....

agriculture, department of .

supplementary . . . .

aid, and pensions, state, commissioner of

and relief, division of, in department of public welfare
Americanization, immigration and, division of, in department of

education . . . •. . . •

animal husbandry, dairying and, division of, in department of
agriculture . . . . . • •

animal industry, division of, in department of conservation
supplementary ........

animals, inspectors of, reimbursement of certain towns for
annuities, soldiers and others .....

state employees . . . _ .

apiary inspection, department of agriculture . _ .
appeal, from decisions of commissioner of corporations and taxa
tion, board of . . . . . . _ •

on fire insurance rates, board of, in department of banking and

insurance . . . _ .

on motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, board of
arbitration, conciliation and, board of, in department of labor
and industries ....

archives, Massachusetts, reproduction of manuscript collection
armories ......

superintendent of ... .

armory commission ....

arsenal, superintendent of

art commission .....

deficiency . . . .

Assabet River Reclamation District, certain work by, to benefit
state land .....

attorney general .....

supplementary .....

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79
23

79
287
287
79
79
272
287
312

329

214

264

Item or
Section.

240

157

300

299

1-11
8

1-7

79 195
79 405,405^406

218-229

398

219-230h

312-315

398

312-314

314, 315

398

314

186

185

184

398

622b

97-100

138-141

239

319

356-359

398

Page 501

398

356a, 356b

235-253

398

251a

145-147

498-505

338, 339

241, 242

283-290

398

287

290

224

212. 218-222

240

157

300

299

79 419, 426

79 181
79 128, 129, 144a

79 121

79 142-144a

79 121

79 153

398 Page 501

398

521a

231-234

234a, 234b

606

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

auditing and installing of municipal accounts

supplementary .....
auditor of the commonwealth
automobiles, registration of, in department of public works

supplementary .....
ballot law commission ....
ballots, printing and distribution of

supplementary .....
band concerts .....
banking and insurance, department of

supplementary .....
banks and loan agencies, division of, in department of banking

and insurance ....
bar examiners, board of . . .

Barnstable county, forest fire prevention in certain towns in
Belchertown state school

supplementary .....
blind, adult, instruction, aid, etc. .

deaf and, pupils, education of

division of, in department of education
blue book, printing and binding of
blue sky law, so-called, administration of
boiler, inspection service, department of public safety

rules, board of, in department of public safety
bonds, officials', premiums, reimbursement

serial ......

"bonus" for soldiers, sailors, etc. .

supplementary .....
Boston, psychopathic hospital

state hospital .....

boulevards and parkways

supplementary ......

boxing commission in department of public safety
boys, industrial school for

supplementary ....

Lyman school for ....
supplementary ....
boys' parole, department of public welfare
Bradford Durfee Textile School
Brennan, Patrick F., widow of, payment to
Bridgewater normal school

supplementary .....
Bridgman, Frank E., assistant clerk of house, salary
Brightman street bridge in Fall River, maintenance, etc. .
building inspection service, department of public safety .
buildings, superintendent of .

supplementary ........

bulletin of committee hearings, general court, publication of
Bunker Hill monument and adjacent property, maintenance, etc

supplementary .....

cancer, prevention and cure of, etc.

Carlson, Gustaf A., parents of, payment to .

census division in department of secretary of the common'

wealth ........

chaplains, general court ......

Charles river basin, maintenance, etc. ....

parkway or boulevard on southerly side of, from Bay State

road to North Harvard street in Boston, construction of
chief quartermaster ........

supplementary .........

chief surgeon .........

child guardianship, division of, in department of public welfare
chiropodists, registration of, department of civil service and

registration ........

circumferential highway, so-called, sections of, in Saugus, Mel-
rose and Hyde Park district of Boston, construction of .

Item or
Section.

314, 315
314
215-217
602, 603
602, 603
154, 155
189, 190
189, 190
652
291-304
297-299

291-295

86, 87

268a

473-i77

473

346-348

329

342-348

186

640, 641

576, 577

581, 582

225

213

208, 209

208

438

439

-q/ 643-645, 649,

'^ ^ 659-661

after 659d,

Page 502

649a-649d,

659a-659d

586. 587

519

521

521, 521a

513-515

Chap.

398
79
79

398

79
79

398
79

398
79
79
79
79
79
79
79
79
79
79

398
79
79

398/
398 /

79
79

398
79

398
79
79

398
79

398
79
79
79
79

398
79
79

398

398 1
398

79
79
79

|398{

398

377

230c

360, 361

361a

599

574, 575

162-171

170

642

642a

562a, 562b,

Page 503

230h

200, 201

650

649c, 649d,

659c, 659d

121-133

133

134-136

506-510

79 389

f 649e, 659e,

398 \ Pages 503,

I 504

Index.

607

APPROPRIATIONS — Cdntiimod.

cities, aid and relief, certain, by, reimbursement
by (see Municipal finance).

English speaking classes for adults, reimbursement
deficiency .......

militaiy aid, reimbursement ....

schools, certain expenses, reimbursement

deficiency .......

supplementary ......

taxes, reimbursement for loss of certain

supplementary ......

teachers' pensions, reimbursement
ci\nl service and registration, department of

supplementary .......

civil service, division of, in department of civil service and regis-
tration ......

supplementary ......

civil war veterans, formerly in state service, compensation

records of, publication of .
claims, accounts and, unclassified .

supplementary ......

clerk, house of representatives

senate .......

Colonial army in Cambridge, bringing of guns, etc., to, from
Fort Ticonderoga in years 1775 and 1776, route of, special
commission to mark ....

committees, general court, advertising hearings
bulletin of hearings ....

expenses ......

deficiency ......

supplementary .....

commonwealth pier five, supervision and operation of
communicable diseases, division of, in department of public
health ......

conciliation and arbitration, board of, in department of labor
and industries .....

conservation, department of .

deficiency ......

supplementary ......

constabulary, state .....

corporations and taxation, department of
supplementary ......

correction, department of .

supplementary ......

councillors, salaries and expenses .
counsel, house of representatives, and assistants
senate, and assistants ....

supplementary .....

counties, maintenance of certain, etc.
cumulative index, acts and resolves
dairying and animal husbandry, division of, in department of
agriculture .....

Danvers state hospital .....

supplementary ......

deaf and blind pupils, education of

debt, direct, payment of interest on

deer, wild, damages by ....

deficiency ......

deficiencies .......

dental examiners, board of, in department of civil
registration .....

diseases, communicable, division of, in department
health . . . . . .

mental, department of ... .

supplementary .....

district attorneys ......

deficiency ......

supplementary ......

district courts, administrative committee of

and
public

Chap.

79
79
79

79'

r 79

398

'398

398

79
398
79
79
79
398
79
79

398
79
79
79
398
398
79

79
79
79

398
79
79

398
79

398
79
79
79

398

354
79

79
79
398
79
79
79
79

Item or

Section.

501-505

335

Page 104

148

323-326,

335, 518

Page 104

Page 501

323

316

352

380-408

382-408

381-384
382
218
120

218-229

219-230h

5, 8

5, 7

152
23

20-23

Page 501

21a-22a

612

532, 533

419, 426

255-290

Page 104

268a-287

571, 572

305-316

306-316

478-494

479-491

90, 92, 94

19, 29

18, 27

18, Page 503

1-3

185

241, 242
440-442
440
329
214
281
Page 104

/ 79 Pages 104, 105
\ 398 Pages 500, 501

391, 392

398

532, 533

429-477

30a, 430-473

72-80

Page 104

Page 501

77, Page 503

608

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

district courts, justices of, compensation, expenses, etc., for serv-
ice in superior court .....

supplementary ...
special, services of certain, reimbursement of counties
deficiency ........

Doerpholz, Fred T. and Mabel M., payment to

doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers, general court

drugs, food and, inspection of, in department of public health

supplementary .
education, department of

deficiency

supplementary .
elections, matters relating to

supplementary .
electricians, state examiners of, in department of civil service
and registration .......

elevator regulations, board of, in department of public safety
embalming, board of registration in, in department of ci-dl service
and registration .......

employees, public, compensation for injuries sustained by

state, annuities and pensions .....

employment offices, free ......

engineering division, department of public health

English speaking classes for adults, department of education

deficiency ........

Essex county, water supply for cities and towns of, investigation

as to
executive department .
fairs, reclamation, soil survey and, division of, in department of
agriculture ....

farm, state ......

supplementary .....
fees, medical examiners'
Fernald, Walter E., state school

supplementary .....

finance, administration and, commission on
fire insurance rates, board of appeal on, in department of banking
and insurance .......

fire marshal, state .......

firemen, claims arising from deaths of .

firemen's relief ........

fire prevention district service, department of public safety
fire warden, state .......

fisheries and game, division of, in department of conservation

supplementary ........

Fitchburg normal school ......

food and drugs, inspection of, in department of public health

supplementary ........

forest fires, prevention of, in certain towns in Barnstable county
forestry, division of, in department of conservation .

supplementary .......

forests, state, planting, purchasing, development, etc

Fort Ticonderoga, bringing of guns, etc., from, to Colonial army

in Cambridge in years 1775 and 1776, route of, special

commission to mark .

Foxborough state hospital

supplementary .
Framingham, normal school .

town of, sewage disposal contract, reformatory for women
free employment offices
game, fisheries and, division of, in department of conservation

supplementary .

Gardner state colony

supplementary .
general court, bulletin of committee hearings
chaplains

clerk, house of representatives
assistant .
senate ....
assistant .
supplementary

Chap.

79
398

79
398
398

79
398

/ 79

t 398

398

79
398

79
79

79
79
79
79
79
79
79

398
79

79
79

398
79
79

398
79

79
79
79
79
79
79
79

398
79
79

398

398
79

Item or
Section.

48, 49

Page 501

230a

11-13

542, 543

542

317-379

Page 104

Page 501

323-372

189-196

189, 190

404
579, 580

398, 399

223

212, 218-222

418, 425

544, 545

333-335

Page 104

547b

249-251

486-489

486

202

451-453^

453^

138-141

300
583-585

226
206, 207
583-585

262

269-282

270, 279a

362, 363

542, 543

542

268a

257-268

268a

204-267

398 152

79 443, 4431, 444

443

364, 365

494

418, 425

269-282

270, 279a

445-447^;

Page 105

447a, 447b

5, 8
6

6. 7
6
6

Index.

609

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

general co\irt, committees, expenses

deficiency ......

supplementary .....

contingent expenses .....

counsel to ......

supplementary
doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers
hearings, advertising ....

bulletin of ..... .

legislative document room, clerks
members, compensation ....

messengers ......

pages .......

postmaster ......

printing and binding ...

sergeant-at-arms, salary, clerical assistance, etc.
stationery ......

traveling expenses .....

girls, industrial school for ....

supplementary . . .

girls' parole, department of public welfare
governor, salary and expenses

governor's council, salaries and expenses

Grafton state hospital .....

Hayden, living N., assistant clerk of senate, salary
supplementary ......

health, public, department of . . .

supplementary .......

hearings, committees of general court, advertising of

bulletin of . . . . . _ •

highways, division of, in department of public works

supplementary ......._

history of Massachusetts' part in World War, preparation of
Hospital Cottages for Children ....

hospital school, Massachusetts ....

supplementary .......

Hyannis normal school .....

hygiene, division of, in department of public health

supplementary . . . • . . .■

immigration and Americanization, division of, in department of
education .......

income tax division, in department of corporations and taxation

supplementary .......

index, cumulative, acts and resolves

industrial accidents, department of . . .

deficiency .......

industrial school, for boys .....

supplementary ......

for girls ........

supplementary ......

industries, labor and, department of . . .

infirmary, state .......

injuries, compensation of certain public employees for

ink, purchase of .

insolvency, probate and, courts of .

deficiency .......

supplementary . . . . . .

inspection, division of, in department of public safety
insurance, banking and, department of .

supplementary . . . .

division of, in department of banking and insurance
supplementary ......

fire, rates, board of appeal on, in department of banking and
insurance . . _ . _ . . . . _ . .

savings bank life, division of, in department of banking and in*
surance .......

interest, direct debt and temporary loans

investigations, special ......

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398

79
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79 {

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f
398^

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79
79

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398
79

398

„ 79

398

Item or

Section.

20-23

Page 501

21a-22a

18, 19, 27, 29

18. Page 503

11-13

1-4

11, 13

11, 14

9-16, 30

26, 28

2, 4, 11, 22

520

516, 517

88, 93, 94

88-90, 92,

94, 96

448-450

525-562

527-557;

562a, 562b,

Page 503

691-604

697-604

433

522

622

366, 367

528-531

631

338, 339

309-311

310

185

409-413

Page 104

519

520

414-428

523, 524

223

198

53-71

Page 104

573-578

291-304

297-299

296-300

297-299

300

301-304
214
30a-30d;
30e,
Page 503

610

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

journals of house of representatives of Massachusetts Bay, pur-
chase and distribution of copies of . . .
judge advocate general ......

judicial council ........

judicial department .......

deficiency ........

supplementary ........

juvenile training, division of, in department of public welfare
Kimball, James W., clerk of house of representatives, salary
Knox, General, Commission, so-called
labor and industries, department of . . .

laboratories, division of, in department of public health
Lakeville state sanatorium .....

supplementarj' .......

land court ........

laws, obsolete, etc., repeal of, investigation with a view to

uniform state, commissioners on ...

legislative department ......

deficiency . . . • .

supplementary .......

libraries, public, division of, in department of education
library, state .......

lieutenant governor, salary and expenses
loan agencies, banks and, division of, in department of banking
and insurance ......

supervisor of, in department of banking and insurance
loans, temporary, payment of interest on
Lowell, normal school ......

textile school .......

Lyman school for boys ......

supplementary .......

Macaulay, A. Vernon, late Lieutenant, Massachusetts national

guard, funeral expenses of, state reimbursement of
markets, division of, in department of agriculture
Massachusetts, Agricultural College

deficiency ......

supplementary .....

archives, reproduction of manuscript collection
hospital school ......

supplementary .....

nautical school .....

reformatory ......

supplementary .....

training schools, trustees of . . .

supplementary .....

May, Dorothy L., payment to . . .

Medfield state hospital ....

supplementary ......

medical examiners' fees ....

medicine, registration in, board of, in department of civil service

and registration .
memorial, world war, erection in Copley square or elsewhere in

Boston, investigation as to
mental diseases, department of

supplementary .
messengers, general court
metropolitan, district commission

supplementary

north, sewerage district

supplementary
planning, division of .
south, sewerage district
water system

supplementary ....
Mexican border service, certificates of honor ....
Middlesex county, water supply for cities and towns of, adjacent
to Essex county, investigation as to .

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79
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79

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79
79

398

398
79
79

398
79

398

398
79

Item or
Section.

398 30e, Page 503

398

398-

79
398
79
79
79
398
79

398

429-477

30a, 430-473

11, 13

G50-666

651a-666a;

659e.

Page 504

663

655

664

665, 666

666a

117

647b

Index.

611

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

military, aid, cities and towns reimbursed

expenses, special
militia

supplementary

adjutant general

aero squadron, organization and maintenance

armories .

chief quartermaster .
supplementary

chief surgeon .

horses, maintenance, etc

judge advocate general

property and disbursing officer

superintendent, of armories
of arsenal

uniforms for commissioned officers of national guard, allow-
ances for .....
Milne, Everett N., parents of, payment to
minimum wage service, department of labor and industries
Monson state hospital .
moose, wild, damages by

deficiency • . •. .

motor vehicles, registration of, in department of public works
supplementary ......

Mount Grace state forest, maintenance of
municipal accounts, auditing and installing

supplementary . . .

Mystic lakes, shores of, maintenance as reservations, etc.
Nantasket Beach reservation ....

nautical school, Massachusetts ....
necessaries of life, commission on .

supplementary . . .

Neponset valley, metropolitan sewerage system extension in

investigation as to
New Bedford, state pier

textile school .
Newburyport bridge, maintenance, etc
Newcomb, Amey F., payment to .
Norfolk state hospital .
normal, art school

schools

supplementary
North Adams normal school
Northampton state hospital

northern trafiic artery, so-called, construction of
north metropolitan sewerage district

supplementary . . . . .

North Reading state sanatorium ....

supplementary .......

nurses, board of registration of, in department of civil
and registration ......

ofiacials' bonds, premiums, reimbursement

Old Colony boulevard, completion of . . .

old provincial state house .....

optometry, board of registration in, in department of civil

and registration . .

ornithology, division of, in department of agriculture
pages, general court ......

pamphlet edition, acts and resolves

paper, purchase of ..... .

pardons, advisory board of, in department of correction

supplementary .......

park reservations, maintenance ....

parkways and boulevards .....

supplementary .....

parole, board of, in department of correction
supplementary ....

Item or

I!hap.

Section.

148

117-120

101-116

398 {

112; 101a,
Page 503

97-100

115

79 12

8. 129, 144a

121-133

398

133

134-136

110

137

124

121

398 101a, Page 503

398

230b

420-427

457

281

Page 104

602, 603

398

602, 603

267

314, 315

398

314

398

651a

656

353-355

173

398

173

398

647a

615

379

599

398

230d

437

376

360-376

398

361a, 372

369, 370

458-461

647

663

398

663

555, 556

398

556

396, 397

225

398

649b, 659b

172

400, 401

79 .

245. 246

11, 14

184

141

479

398

479

651

79|,

643-645,

349, 659-661

398 1

after 659d,

Page 502

398 {

649a-649d,

659a-659d

479

398

479

612

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

parole, boys', department of public welfare ...
girls', department of public welfare ....

pensions, judges, certain ......

police officers, state .......

prison officers and instructors .....

soldiers and others .......

state aid and, commissioner of .

state employees .......

supplementary .......

teachers .........

veterans, certain .......

supplementary .......

Petersburg, Virginia, Massachusetts military monument, etc.

at, improvement, repair, etc., of .
pharmacy, board of registration in, in department of civil service

and registration .
Philippine Insurrection, records of soldiers and sailors who served

during, compilation of.
pier, commonwealth, five, supervision . d operation of
New Bedford state, operation and maintenance of
one at East Boston, maintenance ....

Pinski, Wladyslaw and Stella, payment to . . .

plant pest control, division of, in department of agriculture
plumbers, state examiners of, in department of civil service and
registration
supplementary
Plymouth, town of, certain propeity in, taken by Pilgrim tercen

tenary commission, claim arising from
police, killed in discharge of duties, allowance to families of
patrol, state .......

state, division of, in department of public safety .
retired, compensation .....

porters, state house ......

postmaster, general court .....

premiums, officials' bonds, reimbursement

prison, camp and hospital .....

instructors, retired, compensation

officers, retired, compensation ....

state ........

supplementary ......

prisoners, psychiatric examination of . . .

probate and insolvency, courts of .

deficiency .......

supplementarj' ......

registers of ...... .

supplementary ......

probation, commission on .... .

supplementary .......

province lands, care and maintenance of
public accountants, registration of ...

public employees, compensation for injuries sustained by
public health, department of ....

supplementarj' .........

public lands, waterways and, division of, in department of public
works .......

supplgmentary .......

public libraries, division of, in department of education
public records, supervisor of, in department of state secretary
public safety, department of .

supplementary ....
public utilities, department of
public welfare, department of

deficiency ....

supplementary ....
public works, department of

deficiency ....

supplementary ....
quartermaster, chief

supplementary ....
Quincy Shore, reservation, shore protection, etc., of

roadway along, construction of .

Item or

/hap.

Section.

613-515

516, 517

33, 47. 54

221

220

224

145-147

212, 218-222

398

219

351, 352

218, 219, 224

398

219

398

152a
393-395

119

612

615

613

398

230a

243, 244

407, 408

398

408

Page 105

207

571, 572

567-572

221

165

225

492

220

490

398

490

436

53-71

Page 104

398

57-71

398

84,85

398

84,85

608

79 405, 4051, 406

223

525-562

527-557;

398

562a, 562b,

Page 503

605-622

398

611a-622b

340. 341

197-199

564-587

398

566a

623-641

495-524

398

Page 501

398

497-522

588-622

Page 104

398

597-622b

121-13'3

398

133

653

646, 662

Index.

613

Chap.

APPROPRIATIONS - Continued.

rapid transit service within metropolitan district, investigation

as to
reclamation, board, state . • •.

soil survey and fairs, divi.sion of, in department of agriculture
records, public, supervisor of, in department of state secretary
war, civil, publication of . . .

Philippine Insurrection, compilation of .

world, Massachusetts troops in, copying, etc., of

redistricting, joint special committee on, deficiency .
reformatory, for women ......

Massachusetts ........

supplementary .......

registers of probate and insolvency ....

supplementary ........

registration, civil service and, department of .

supplementary .......

division of, in department of civil service and registration
supplementary .......

rehabilitation, vocational, and co-operation with federal govern
ment ........

relief, aid and, division of, in department of public welfare
reporter of decisions of supreme judicial court
representatives, house of, members' compensation .
reservations, park
retirement, board of, state

teachers' ....

judges, certain ....

prison officers and instructors
state employees

supplementary
state police officers .
veterans, certain
supplementary
Rutland state sanatorium

supplementary ....

safety, public, department of

supplementary ....

Salem normal school

sanatoria .....

supplementary ....

Sanger, William H., clerk of senate, salary

savings bank deposits, unclaimed, reimbursement for funds de
posited on account of . . . . .

savings bank life insurance, division of, in department of banking
and insurance ......

scrub women formerly employed in state house, pensions
seals, bounties on ......

secretary of the commonwealth ....

supplementary . . . . .

securities, administration of law relative to sale of, etc.
senate, members' compensation ....

sergeant-at-arms, salary, clerical assistance, etc.
sewerage district, north metropolitan

supplementary ......

south metropolitan . .

sight-saving classes for children ....

sinking fund requirements .....

smoke, abatement of . •.•...•

soil survey, reclamation, and fairs, division of, in department of

agriculture. . _ .

soldiers, annuities and pensions of certain
Soldiers' Home in Ma.ssachusetts .
soldiers, sailors, etc., aid for, state and military, cities and towns
reimbursed .....

"bonus" for ......

supplementary .....

records of (see, supra, records, war).

state pay to ..... .

supplementary
testimonials to certain, of World War .
Bouthem traffic artery, so-called, construction, etc
supplementary ......

398
79
79
79
79
79

39s {
398

79
398

79
79
79

398

79
398

Item or
Section.

655a

254

249-251

197-199

120

119

after 190,

Page 491

Page 501

493, 494

491

67-71

380-408

382-408

385-408

327, 328

49S 505

40, 41

3, 4

651

210-212

349-352

33, 47, 54

220

212, 218-222

219

221

218, 219, 224

219

557, 558

557

564-587

566a

371

553-562

554a-557

229

301-304

222

282

174-202

175-190

640, 641

1, 2

9-16, 30

663

664

347

213

639

249-251
224
149

148

208, 209

208

208, 209
208
118
604
604

614

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

south metropolitan sewerage district ....
standards, division of, in department of labor and industries
Standish monument reservation, maintenance of
state aid, and pensions, commissioner of

cities and towns, by, reimbursement
state constabulary
state employees, annuities and pensions

supplementary .
state farm .

supplementary .
state fire marshal
state fire warden .

state forests, purchase, development, etc
state house, engineer's department

fire alarm system in .

maintenance of ...

supplementary

old provincial . . . .

porters .....

telephone service

watchmen ....

women formerly employed in cleaning, compensation
state infirmary
state library
state pay to soldiers and sailors

supplementary .
state police, division of, in department of public safety

patrol

retired, compensation
state prison

supplementary .
state reclamation board
stationery, general court

statistical service, department of labor and industries
Stoneham, town of, parkway or boulevard in, land taking for
superintendent of buildings

supplementary .
superior court
supreme judicial court .
supplementary

printing of reports of

reporter of decisions of
surgeon, chief
Taunton state hospital .
taxation, corporations and, department of

supplementary .....
taxes, loss of, on land used for state institutions, reimbursement
of cities and towns for
supplementarj'- . . . .

teachers', institutes, expenses of holding

retirement board ....
teachers, training of, for vocational schools
telephone and telegraph division, in department of public utilities
telephones, state house
textile schools

Ticonderoga, Fort, bringing of guns, etc., from, to Colonial
army in Cambridge in years 1775 and 1776, route of,
special commission to mark ....

towns, aid and relief, certain, by, reimbursement

animals, inspection of, reimbursement ...

by (see Municipal finance).

English speaking classes for adults, reimbursement
deficiency . . . . . •.-..•

forest fires, aid in purchasing equipment for extinguishing, etc
reimbursement for certain expenses in extinguishing .

military aid, reimbursement .....

school expenses, certain, reimbursement

deficiency .....
supplementary ....

Chap.

79
79
79
79
79
79
79

398
79

398
79
79
79
79
79
79

398
79
79
79
79
79
79
79
79

398
79
79
79
79

398
79
79
79

398
79

398
79
79

398
79
79
79
79
79

398

79
398
79
79
79
79
79
79

398
79
79

79
79
79
79
79

79
398
398

Item or
Section.

664

422, 428
266

145-147
148

571. 572

212, 218-222

219

486-489
486

583-585
262

264-267
163
171

162-171
170
172
165
168
164
222

523, 524

158-161

208, 209
208

567-572

571, 572
221
490
490
254
26, 28

417, 424
649a, 659a

162-171

170

43-47

31-42

187

40, 41

134-136
462-463 i

305-316

306-316

316
316
330

349-352
332
627
168

377-379

152

501-505

290

335

Page 104

261

268

148

323-326.

335, 518

Page 104

Page 501

323

Index.

615

APPROPRIATIONS — Concluded.

towns, taxes, reimbursement for loss of certain
supplementary ....
teachers' pensions, reimbursement
training schools, Massachusetts, trustees of

supplementary .....
treasurer and receiver general

supplementary .....

tuberculosis, division of, in department of public health

uniform state laws, commissioners on . . .

university extension courses .....

utilities, public, department of ... .

veterans, retirement of certain ....

supplementary •.•.-.

veterinary medicine, board of registration in, in department of

civil service and registration
vocational rehabilitation and co-operation with federal govern
ment. .......

vocational schools, training of teachers for
wage, boards

minimum, service, department of labor and industries
Walter E. Fernald state school ....

supplementary .......

war records, civil, publication of .

Philippine Insurrection, compilation of

world, Massachusetts troops in, of, copying, etc., of

wars, expenses on account of

supplementary .
Washburn, Bessie P., payment to
watchmen, state house .
water system, metropolitan

supplementary .
waterways and public lands, division of,
works

supplementary .
welfare, public, department of

deficiency

supplementary .
Wellington bridge
Westborough state hospital

supplementary .
Westfield, normal school
supplementary

state sanatorium
women, reformatory for
Worcester, normal school

state hospital .
supplementary
workmen's compensation law, operation
works, public, department of

deficiency

supplementary . .

world war, Massachusetts' part in, history of

records of Massachusetts troops in, copying, etc., of

testimonials to soldiers and sailors of .
Wrentham state school .....

See also State finance.
Aqueduct companies, certificates of condition of, omission of lists
of shareholders from .......

Aqueducts, municipal indebtedness outside statutory limit for con-
structing, etc. ........

See also Water supply.
Arbitration, conciliation and, board of (see Labor and indus-
tries, department of).
Archives, Massachusetts, reproduction of manuscript collection,
appropriation ........

Arlington, town of (see Cities and towns).

n department of

of, investigation as to

publi

Item or

Chap.

Section.

316

398

310

352

511-521

398

519-521a

203-214

398

204-208

548-552

398 1

after 542.

Page 498

156

3.30, 337

023-041

79 2

18, 219, 224

39S

219

402, 403

327, 328

332

421

420, 427

451 453^

398

453 J

120

119

398/

after 190,

Page 491

148-151

398

152, 152a

398

230e

104

665, 666

398

666a

605-622

398

011a-e22b

495-524

398

Page 501

398

497-522

79 648, 6.57, 658

464-408

398

404

372, 373

398

372

559-502

493, 494

374, 375

409, 470

398

470a

398

30c

588-022

Page 104

398

597-e22b

151

398/

after 190,
Page 491

118

471, 472

181

Chap.

Item or
Section.

79 12S,

129, 144a

123

1, 2
121

142-144a

260
79

121

79
398

153
Page 501

616 Index.

Armories, appropriation ........

Norwood, town of, sale of certain land by, to commonwealth
for armory purposes .......

superintendent of, appropriation ......

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